“We don't look like the losing team. We are very confident we will return stronger after winning the losing branch,” the player Kim “Zest” Gi-seok of Drx shared after defeat of 1-2 optic.
“That match would be like a rematch of today. We are confident that we will win. Today my whole team has made a lot of personal errors and we lack the cohesion to be able to shine as a team. It must be said that Optic has played very well today, they play a little better than what we expect.”
Zest emphasized: “Most of the defeated network comes from the fact that Yay played 'barren' and the way he pushed in even when he was on the attack and defense. I think Yay's personal play style made a difference in this match.”
In the opposite direction, Optic's Pujan player “FNS” Mehta made an assessment: “Whenever we have to play with a strong team, who always prepare tactics for all cases, we all find it very interesting. Because at that time, the only thing you can do is to constantly rotate the cards. Moreover, I want to honor my teammates because I believe in me and listen to the game and want to play the game.”
“It has been many times, they showed signs of overdoing the card, especially when they were at the attack. That was also the way they 'bullied' us on the Ascend map.”
FNS continued to assert: “After the first map closed, the whole team was quite calm. We felt that we should have won. Even when the score was 13-8, there were many games we defended the distance between winning and losing as a very fragile curtain.”
“The opponent almost loses the advantage in our hands. So, we feel like we are about to win, but the result is lost. All the games they win, we have a very high opportunity to win even before they do it. I praise them, but I feel that we don't lose. So the whole team is quite calm when I enter the map.”
Optic Gaming entered the top 4
Considering his failure at Worlds into motivation to motivate himself, Drx has reached Masters as one of the top candidates. The whole team successfully completed the group stage, before they almost slipped in front of Paper Rex. Sharing in an interview with Esports.GG, Drx Buzz said the reason they almost slipped was because the team made many personal mistakes.
Optic chose Ascent as the first map. However, they were overwhelmed by the way Drx controlled the game in most of the match. With Yay's constantly being overcome in each game, Optic's extremely successful history at this map was half deleted.
The first map encapsulated in the continuous overwhelming Drx to Optic. The Drx ended the first half of the map with a score of 9-3, but in general, they played much more overwhelming than that ratio. Optic has shown a little sign of prosperity when changing to the defense, but the Drx continuously leads them.
In the second map, everything changes completely. Optic became more crazy and the back hook of Marved made the Drx completely vigilant. There are many moments that Drx played very smart, making this map extremely struggle. This time, Optic became the winner, ensuring that he was not eliminated from the tournament after only 2 maps.
Split – The 3rd map – Continuing to maintain the struggle with the two teams no one gained more advantages. This time, the audience was treated for excellent personal skills performances from the players on both sides. There is almost no ratio of this map to be more than 2 points. As soon as Optic seemed to bring the match into the decisive game, Drx pulled everything back to the starting line.
With constantly changing the fighting style, playing style and various tactics, the only way for this match to end is that the two teams entered the extra time in Split. Finally, Optic Gaming became the winner, when the last Split map ended with a score of 15-13.
This result brought Drx to play in the losing branch, where they will face Zeta Division. In the opposite direction, Optic has successfully protected the position of 1 of the 4 farthest teams at VCT 2022: Stage 1 Masters – Reykjavík.
