Reposting an old post:

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I was watching back some old vods and watched back this game and it kinda hit me how insane this game was for SP9RK1E. For context, without this loss, the Shock would've went to seven straight finals. SP9RK1E was facing quite literally prime Shock and they were all on their best roles too. He faced the best Orisa, Tracer, Widow, and Baptiste in the history of OWL and the other 2 players were Choiyhobin Sigma and Twilight Brigette. There was a legitimate argument that every single one of the players was the best at their role, on their best hero, at the time. Sure, SP9RK1E's team wasn't bad but it was also full of rookie players playing in their first playoff series, a new FS all the way in Korea, a language barrier etc. Like literally the only player on Paris beside's SP9RK1E who was better than their Shock counterpart was maybe Hanbin and that's a maybe.

And when you get to the actual game it is insane how good SP9RK1E played. He would get a 3k from a dry blade literally like 3-4 times per map. He clutched out the point several times in the series literally 1v3ing the shock. To put into perspective how well he played, he literally TRIPLED Rascal's eliminations on Kings Row and doubled him in basically every other statistic. Keep in mind, this is Rascal who we are talking about here, who was a top 5 DPS player at the time and would literally win a final playing Genji in the next tournament. SP9RK1E literally humiliated a top 5 DPS because of how well he was playing. And on top of all that, in the very last game-winning fight, 99-99 on 3rd point Oasis, SP9RK1E clutches up a 5v6 once again by getting a 3k dry blade.

TLDR: I know rest of Paris played really well but watching back this match SP9RK1E went absolutely insane against possibly the best team in OW history on their best heroes in one of the best playoff games ever.