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DRX eradicated Cloud9 at VCT LOCK//IN within the second spherical of the event 2-1. After the match, DRX’s Byung-chul ‘BuZz’ Yu mentioned he may see via Cloud9’s cool demeanor on stage and knew his staff was going to win.
DRX continued to impress at VCT LOCK//IN, defeating Cloud9 2-1 to ship the North American squad dwelling. The South Korean staff’s first-round matchup in opposition to BBL Esports ended in a similar way, 2-1. After that match, DRX’s BuZz mentioned in a Riot Video games broadcast interview that he may see in his opponent’s eyes that they had been mentally defeated earlier than finally profitable the sequence.
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DRX BuZz appears to be like into the eyes of VCT LOCK//IN opponents
In a post-match press convention after their win in opposition to Cloud9, BuZz mentioned he noticed one thing totally different in Cloud9’s eyes however that he nonetheless knew his staff would prevail.
“I didn’t see that supply of desperation of their eyes,” BuZz mentioned. “They had been actually calm they usually had been actually cool and picked up. However, they did one thing on the stage that I felt like they had been form of faking that complete being cooling collected, and perhaps they predicted that they had been going to lose and go dwelling. That’s once I knew we had been going to win the sequence.”
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Cloud9 took the preliminary map, Pearl, 13-3 over DRX earlier than the South Korean squad managed to win convincingly on Haven 13-7. BuZz and his teammates then despatched C9 dwelling after ending the sequence 13-2 on Icebox.
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Cloud9’s IGL Anthony ‘vainness’ Malaspina mentioned in a post-match press convention that he felt just like the match was nearer than the scoreline would possibly make it appear.
DRX will transfer on to the third spherical of the occasion and play to qualify for the playoff stage on February 19.