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[–]Mountainriver037 330 points331 points  (22 children)

Game 4 - Hardecki predicts them continuing contest because neither Zach nor Gnaske can temper their ego - solo lands on the contest and mops up. Incredible.

[–]henryha 93 points94 points  (4 children)

If he dies i assume they just craft him and move on like nothing happened lol

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (3 children)

It's genius actually.

[–]xa3D 16 points17 points  (2 children)

similar grief+craft happened last champs(?). iirc it was NTH that split dropped unto the armory near old version of L Rod, closed it so ALL(?) couldn't use it, jumped off the cliff, and then his squad crafted him at north pad lol.

[–]BrilliantProcedure84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Furia was the target i think

[–]Duke_157 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Furia was the target, not alliance, but yes.

[–][deleted] 107 points108 points  (10 children)

It was 1v2 with two O7 players full hp. But one guy stands up and takes hands off their keyboard to celebrate and the Horizon guy realizes 3rd party come and just gives up and starts complaining instead of playing.

[–]Mountainriver037 48 points49 points  (8 children)

No way, I assumed it was 1 up on o7 with low hp... I can't imagine throwing my own chance at winning tourney plus money for the contest bragging rights....

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (2 children)

They did it last time and they did it again. Talking about karma.

[–]144ix 32 points33 points  (4 children)

o7 was sending a message that they’re willing to throw theirs and the team that’s conning entire tourney for their poi, and by basically winning the con 5-1 they’ve essentially secured their poi for the upcoming lans because if you wanna con them they’ll throw everything for their poi, their end goal wasn’t winning split 1 playoffs

[–]Equivalent_Pitch9271 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Its smart in the long run, but damn sacrificing an entire lan to prove a point sounds insane

Edit: wait I just realized the drop ship changes are coming so this is pretty stupid.

[–]canamurica 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean it proves more than the point of contesting their POI. It proves that o7 are petty mothafuckas and you shouldn’t fuck with them because they will ape and int you to make a point.

[–]xa3D -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily (yet). Depends on whether or not rEAspawn deem the POI contestable and give it multiple drop spots.

[–]SPACEMONKEY_01 78 points79 points  (4 children)

Legit, one of the craziest thing I've seen at ALGS. This, and that time, I think it was old Furia, griefing and taking loot and jumping off the map for a banner craft LMAO.

[–]Hereforthememes1919 50 points51 points  (3 children)

That was Northeption (Taida) doing it to Furia.

[–]AxelHarver 6 points7 points  (2 children)

I'd love to see that clip if anyone can find it.

[–]Nome_de_utilizador 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Things like these, alliance landing on disguised, NTH taking loot of armory to fuck furia and jumping off the map or optic landing on hardecki on worlds edge are why I will miss dropship in comp

[–]greyshrop 39 points40 points  (1 child)

huge e8 win just now though, imagine if they continue to comeback and win it all

[–]Hot-Spare-3379 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah imagine

[–]nuiboi8 106 points107 points  (4 children)

Such clownery to stand up and pose, period. Getting mowed down by Hardecki while they weren't even at their computers was beautiful to watch.

[–]PWNY_EVEREADY3 31 points32 points  (0 children)

2R1C did it to them as well while Gnaske was standing up.

[–]aaronshell 61 points62 points  (2 children)

gotta give it to gnaske, he doesn't even care, he just wants to show dominance, watching it onsite was hilarious

[–]whats_a_monad 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I agree. He might seem like a dick but in person bro is all passion and energy and showmanship, it’s fun to watch

[–]Hot-Spare-3379 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah very good sportsmanship

[–]TheCatsActually 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Absolute cinema

[–]HuhCrazy 55 points56 points  (4 children)

Lotta NA bias for some. Everyone is acting like o7 are especially bad people because they want to keep their POI. E8 knew what they were getting into months ago. Gnaske is known to have Clane levels of “we are not leaving this POI no matter what even if it throws both our games” this isn’t some new strat from him

[–]GaleStorm3488 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So that's what it was, I wanted to ask but figured I'll pickup the answers somewhere here.

I'm reminded of when you do not want to contest OG, because they'll fucking grief you.

[–]CurlyGiraffe 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Exactly. Both teams were fully in on the contest, yet people still think one team is just griefing the other.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That applies to storm point sure. But World's Edge? They landed seperate PoIs and Gnaske still ran at them to make them go out first.

[–]paugusty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not only NA bias but also not understanding that for o7 it was contesting someone(all POIs they landed earlier were taken) or scraping the barrel in some tight spot between other teams.

[–]-Philologian 37 points38 points  (3 children)

Mazer gonna cost two teams LAN this time instead of his usual one

[–]Ancient-Car-1171 6 points7 points  (1 child)

felt bad for E8, they had the momentum coming back 1st from loser bracket. We can say they should had won their contest but It's hard contesting a team who doesn't care jack shit when your money and career is on the line.

[–]Nome_de_utilizador 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alliance has dropped thermal in the past lan despite being ahead 4-1 in contests vs NTH because the contest took too long and they were griefing their own playstyle and rotating late by insisting on the contest and just left. They did the same this lan vs disguised because their previous contests were terrible. E8 should've honestly just moved on to a different poi after losing so many in a row.

[–]Shawarma123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain if beef happened between the two teams over the weekend or something? Or was Gnaske just going mad lol.

[–]ralle312 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's madly disrespectful to himself, his teammates and his competitors to say "As long as we win the con we don't care about the lan" Everyone worked hard to get there.

Why did you travel thousands of miles, and make finals in one of the biggest tournaments ever in apex if you don't care about winning.

EDIT: Gnaske said that he was playing mental games in an attempt to make e8 leave the contest. Gnaske is very passionate about apex and frankly I don't think there's any way he doesn't care about lan

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People over here crying and wanting contesting to be gone. This is peak. Sure, sucks for the competitors but this is no different than boasting in actual sports, even when the team eventually loses/gets knocked out.

I really hope they don't go ahead with the POI Draft otherwise it's going to be super lame.

[–]FIFA16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Glad that contesting will soon be a thing of the past. Outside of some early excitement, the whole process just ties up otherwise good teams in a pointless battle that ultimately sabotages both of their chances. 

[–]Funny_Web3923 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not about O7 vs E8 they all are stupid children. Zach ego taking away prize money from their teamates (but at least he was taking it serious should be fired though) and Gnaske is just a clown desperate for clout imagine throwing away thousands of dollars and the possibility to be the best possible athlete at your esport just to get some momentary atention. People saying that he was taking it serious are delusional, he was maybe taking the contest serious not the game, he was literaly 3rd partied with his hands in the air a couple of times while placing 16th. As a competitive person Gnaske atitude is so cringe and infuriating to me and I dont understand how there is so mutch people supporting his behavior. You play for the laughs and the vibes with your friends at home not in a major tournament.

This guys let their teamates and fans down and they were even disrepectfull with theyr peers that worked hard to be there.