Lower Bracket - Finals - RAISY vs rapha

[@CheckedJackets]

What an insane match! The level of Raisy is really something else! That last map is probably the best i've seen in terms of aiming!

[@Ti5GR]

46:03 - Ballsy mode activated

[@stoneeh]

Thank you Raisy :) This was also probably the best duel of this stage.. insane skill.

[@alexbell8352]

Wow! Historical match of two great Quake players! One of the most spectacular that I’ve ever seen! Skill level of these two is just something else!

[@mMarlie2000]

Ez akkor is egy hatalmasan nagy haditett! Gratuláció!

[@thefinnishbolshevik2404]

Great match, incredible result

[@stoneeh]

What I also particularly enjoy about this match is Raisy just hiding behind corners on Keep and catching Rapha unprepared time and time again. It's such a simple and effective move, and I am really astounded how little it is used today. If it was, players wouldn't zoom around the map all 10 minutes at a frantic pace, and Quake would actually start to become tactical again.

[@Trivialdm]

Yeah :) Raisy remembered his Counter Strike origin

[@GunTech]

You mean after Raisy beat Rapha to a pulp on his own map for 7 minutes?

[@СергейНикулин-в8е]

Такое напряжение чувствовалось в игре! Оба игрока молодцы.

[@TheModernBalance]

Raisy monster! Good job

[@goprodog4304]

Szép volt, Adrián!

[@Mr_Sph1nx]

Вот это игра. Рейзи красавчик. Просто огонь

[@eD8yGames]

Fact is, Venguerr & Raisy have surpassed all others in term of aim & the speed at which they play.

[@GunTech]

1:45 - 2:33 adding to this I'd say NA rank 1 has been a huge bonus for Rapha going into all tournaments, and that as soon as that's removed we get the true rank, which is he can beat top 5 EU on a good day, and all top 5 EU are equal to him. Rank 10 EU fresh out of (EU) relegation match immediately took a map from him FCOL, something the other 9 NA players have not succeeded in doing. Rank 9 EU could have put him out in his third match. No surprise EU players go toe to toe and win, so much talent. WP Raisy! GB Rapha.

[@Mikomanus]

Raisy is a human aimbot :)

[@darchandarchan7036]

i feel like vengeur got easier bracket than raisy, while raisy was slaughtering everyone in the upper and losers. Then, it was easier for vengeur to play against his teammate, not rapha or cypher. Great performance nontheless

[@johnrintala4885]

Of course he had the easier bracket he was seeded 2nd, and he earned it. All sports including esports seed easier for the teams that perform well in the regular season. It’s a reward for consistent performance.

[@GunTech]

Every year Rapha gets seeded the easiest bracket, because he has no competition in the US, and is therefore always seed 1 US. This is logical. Why #1 seed US is above #1 seed EU is the opposite of logical. Nevertheless, this year again, Rapha was seeded as #1 in the tournament, and seed #1 in the tournament gets the easier bracket.

[@pehhii]

7:34 22:00 37:00

[@jtjdrums]

Surprised Rapha got this far tbh, he looked out of sorts (uncharacteristically stressed) in his preceding Cypher practice sessions. No way he was going to be able to ride out the Raisy storm.

[@stoneeh]

He looked off in the initial games of this tournament.. don't think av3k would have won otherwise.. but here I think he is close to his 100%. I think the Myztros just took it to another level.

[@MsNathanv]

He's been playing a bit poorly for a while now, losing maps to Chain, Maxter recently IIRC. I still would have expected a different outcome from this match, but I felt it was closer than any time since Killsen's QCon.

[@attractivegd9531]

Rapha made a few surprising mistakes (at least it surprised me), never thought I would say that. for example at 45:53 the superior angle would have been to go for the health bubble that was under Raisy but instead he went for the only one which would expose him, had he took the other he could have forced a bad engagement at the LG room since he had 15 rockets. Overall he played a style that I found less analytical that his usual. Raisy might have played with a better composure he also was moving really well and fast when he had the lead.

[@陽李-g4o]

It's the vaccine.

[@danilvoronin2703]

US fans when Rapha wins: YEAH RAPHA GOAT #1 EASY PEASY ROADTOFIRSTPLACE SUCK IT DOWN THE THROAT US fans when rapha looses 3-0: well he was stressed and haven't slept well, maybe uhn he was like kind of sad, or out of this tournament... Meanwhile, Cypher playing at the midnight 6th game in a row without any breaks: U fookin w0t m8

[@Wobbothe3rd]

Rapha wins a lot more than he loses.

[@KekForce1]

@@Wobbothe3rd Because he plays with US noobs who make him look good. EU is just better, deal with it

[@Gutek524]

​@@KekForce1 are you sure about that? (ofc its not everything that he did) DreamHack Winter 2018: Duel rapha vs CMRN: rapha won rapha vs spart1e: rapha won rapha vs cYpheR: rapha won rapha vs toxjq: rapha won rapha vs k1llsen: rapha won Quake Pro League Stage 2 Finals rapha vs cYpheR: rapha won rapha vs vengeuR: rapha won rapha vs RAISY: rapha won rapha vs RAISY (again): rapha won Quake World Championship 2020 rapha vs cnz: rapha won rapha vs vengeuR: rapha won rapha vs RAISY: rapha won Quake Pro League Season 2: Stage 1 Finals rapha vs GaRpY: rapha won rapha vs cYpheR: rapha won rapha vs RAISY: rapha won rapha vs k1llsen: rapha won rapha vs RAISY (again): rapha won Quake Pro League Season 2: Stage 2 Finals rapha vs GaRpY: rapha won rapha vs maxter: rapha won rapha vs Av3k: rapha won rapha vs vengeuR: rapha won rapha vs cYpheR: rapha won all of these people are from EU (only maxter is from argentina), so no its not because he plays with "US noobs" rapha is just really good, deal with it also what does nationality have to do with anything? stop being delusional, both EU and US have really amazing players

[@Daknightfury]

accurate

[@SubL0ck]

What a match!!!

[@darchandarchan7036]

46:10 lmaaao

[@HexxuSz]

how was this played what servers?

[@KSZmimovi]

Not gonna lie, i'm glad Rapha lost and somebody else got to play the finals, but nvertheless it's a great match

[@EVS2585]

I want Rapha to come back. I don't want him to ever give up. I know he's had a rough past couple of years, but I don't want him to quit. Rapha was Rapha because he always came back. As he often said, "it's okay to be beaten, it's not okay to lose".

[@EVS2585]

That being said I'm proud of all the top level players pushing each other to bring us some of the best Quake matches we've ever seen. If only more new players could appreciate the tradition, the craft that's been developed over the years.

[@REIVAXEBONFIEND]

I wish I could play this on console 😩

[@lekolega]

17:22 It's a Raisy play. NOOOOOO!

[@ChessRapid1300rating]

SPOILER! 17:21 It looks like rapha has reached his ceiling in this match, literally.

[@dominiksovak6914]

nagy király vagy NOFEAR!

[@F1END.MEGALITHIC]

dammmm

[@gillbates35]

If this was played on a eu server with him playing from na the outcome was pretty much already decided.

[@JAZIBKALEEM]

Rapha lost to aim. His reads were on point though. Also BJ needs a buff. The time on the dual wield needs to be increased by about 3 seconds.

[@Kyuss-Unida]

The better idea would be nerfing other champs as buffing him imo.

[@KekForce1]

Lol funny idea

[@JAZIBKALEEM]

@@Kyuss-Unida I don't think other champs need a nerf. BJ needs to be more usable. The dual wield duration being longer would incentivize using BJ. Otherwise, corrupted keep is the only place where he's viable and even throughout the pro league, BJ was a bad pick.

[@ozzyosbourne5866]

Maybe a movement speed buff in dual wield

[@zachariasstarlid5365]

I miss qpl

[@EVS2585]

Also, bring back LAN, lol

[@reliquia66]

This video is accelered

[@bryanrootsdeep]

They need to give the boot to these champion ability’s.. Shits so lame..

[@fkeyzuwu]

its been 4 years, grow up

[@NeaRaRiver]

Horrible horrible casters. I was so sad and hyped and filled up with so many emotions, QC, or even Esport history is being made at 46:20 crucial moment, tense situation, the nerves for Rapha must be on fire and maybe everyone else's, chat was blowing up and casters are like: "No freaking way", " I dont know what to say" , "wow". I wanted to hear something like: OH MY GOD IS THIS IT? RAISY IS MAKING GOD FALL AGAIN AFTER AVEK SHOWED US THAT RAPHA CAN BLEED, THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE RAPHAS TOURNAMENT, RAPHA HAS 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SHOW US MIRACLE, THAT HE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST BUT NOO RAISY WITH A BEAUTIFUL ROCKET EXTENDS HIS LEAAAAD, RAPHA IS 2 FRAGS DOWN AT THE EDGE OF THE ELIMINATION IN THE LOSERS BRACKETS LAST MATCH AGAINST RAISY, 20 SECONDS, RAPHA KNOWS HE HAS TO GO, UNBELIVEABLEE JUMPS IN AND KILLS RAISY IN A RAIL FIGHT, 7-8 TO RAISY THIS IS INSANE, 10 SECONDS RAPHA, CAN HE SAVE HIMSELF FROM ELIMINATION ONE MORE TIME? CAN HE DO IT? HE HAS TO FIND ONE MORE FRAG RAPHA YOU NEED TO USE YOUUR WEAPOOON BUT NOooooo RAISY SURVIVES AND WINS THE GAME, I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS SENTECE, RAPHA LOST, THE 2020 TITLE DEFENDER WORLD CHAMPION IS OUT, AFTER AVEK BEATEN RAPHA DOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL GAME, RAISY PROOVED THAT IT WAS NOT JUST AN ACCIDENT, RAISY ELIMINATES RAPHA FROM QC World Champions 2021 AND MOVES TO THE GRAND FINAL Ps.:Just take your job seriously man.

[@skillerx79]

Chill

[@Trivialdm]

I never understood the Rapha Fanboys. Are you serious? Rapha had several losses to players like Cooller, Cypher, Raisy and so on... you act like Rapha is the Quake God or something. This is emberrasing to read. Rapha is a Top 5 player. That's it. The other big names had beaten him in the past and are still able to beat him now and in the future. Raisy beat Rapha in this Grand Finals before (Italian Esports Open 2018): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpK1nJp6pMignMk

[@fairdav]

Best casters ever.

[@NeaRaRiver]

@@Trivialdm I'm not sure if you are serious with what you had written. You are new to Quake or just baiting. In case you are not and you don't understand the fanboy thing, maybe you just don't feel it, or don't have the joy or you lost the spirit? Yes Rapha is the God of Quake.

[@mms-sc6jc]

@@Trivialdm Since the modern QPL was formed, Rapha has 4 championships and Raisy has 0. Rapha beat Raisy for 3 of them. Cooller, K1llsen, and Vengeur each have 1 championship. Rapha has 4. Rapha is #1.

[@robology1388]

As usual, no matter the game, you EU/NA MasterRace people are cringe af. If you think Rapha sucks or is overrated you're just salty af. His Quake E-Sports record speaks for itself, you just can't deny it without coming across as an absolute idiot. Stop with the division, we're ALL gamers & humans who love the same thing ... Arena FPS and Quake. Rapha wasn't himself this tournament. I think playing Finals that would normally be on LAN got in his head and effected him more than a slightly higher ping ever could. Almost like his mind was already made up that he wasn't going to play his best, therefore, he didn't. That's no excuse of course, the mental aspect of E-Sports is just as important as anything else. Raisy was more poised, and it showed with his usual elite plays. Raisy deserved to win, 100%, he proved it with better decisions and better aim. He was clearly the better player and displayed better skill. But if you think Rapha is overrated you clearly don't know shit about Quake, n00b. Congrats to Raisy, looking forward to the Finals and more God-Tier Quake!

[@unclerhombus]

Rapha was definitely not on form this tourney.

[@mms-sc6jc]

Rapha seemed off for this tourney. I'm used to seeing him rage after every missed machine gun shot, but on cam, he looked so... I don't know... Tired. Defeated. Helpless. Not to take anything away from the Myztro players, because they both played better than ever and very well could have gone #1 #2 on LAN, but I wonder how much of an impact the EU server advantage had over the NA players throughout the tourney?

[@Trivialdm]

Please dont come up with such things like "impact of the EU server"... come on man, be honest to yourself. The european players and other had also to deal with the U.S./American server (disadvantages). No excuses. Rapha played pretty good as always. Fact is: the european favourites improved their game and played better. Simple as that. Still... I want the next tournament on LAN.

[@mms-sc6jc]

@@Trivialdm All the sets started on EU servers, which guaranteed that the EU player would always get an extra map on their home server. Not sure why they didn't alternate or find a way to randomize it - anything to make it more even - but they didn't, so EU had a clear advantage. It's fine, though. It's been over a year since EU has won anything, so enjoy... You guys really needed it.

[@saudude2174]

​@@Trivialdm nah, that's not a fact, that's also something you came up with because you want to make yourself feel better i've watched all QPL tournaments and this one was probably the worst in terms of player performance. Raisy was off as well, the fact that he won 3-0 with rapha means nothing, since rapha lost to av3k earlier. Raisy from the previous tournament would stomp Raisy from this tournament, as well as that italian boy in the final.

[@VolusFM_]

@@saudude2174 "you want to make yourself feel better" Also SauDude "bla bla bla Raisy would stomp that italian boy" ok dude lmao

[@saudude2174]

@@VolusFM_ sad but true, cry more

[@ozzyosbourne5866]

Can we get some new more lively commentators please, these guys are miserable 😣

[@SimonHaestoe]

Why don't you commentate? Eat a bat and you'll be hyped

[@ozzyosbourne5866]

@@SimonHaestoe I don't wanna offend anyone but it's like they just came from a funeral or something, I understand there are some older players in the quake scene but would be good to get some younger more energetic faces in there. I wouldn't do any justice as I'm not naturally funny.