[NEW] Russia defies odds at PUBG Nations Cup | pubg nations cup – Vietnamnhanvan

SEOUL — Everyone thought South Korea had the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Nations Cup in the bag.

They were the favorite going in, had a constant lead throughout the first three two days of competition, and they had an incredible homefield advantage. But in the last three matches of the tournament, South Korea played it safe, opting to avoid conflict rather than take other teams head-on.

Just like that, South Korea’s surefire lead was gone with only one match left to play. Team Russia had snuck up on them and were trailing by a thin two-point deficit.

As parachutes opened for the final game, all eyes were on the two teams to see who would pull out a miraculous win. Shortly after shots started to be exchanged Cha “Pio” Seung Hoon and Ivan “ubah” Kapustin, the star player on each team, were knocked out. Down two players and struggling to survive, Russia rallied to get seven kills and gain the lead while South Korea faltered — through no fault of their own.

Yoo “Aqua5” Sang-ho disconnected and died in the storm during the final match, which the South Korean squad at a disadvantage in one of the most pivotal moments of the weekend. In a last-ditch effort to reclaim the advantage, the remaining two South Koreans took on a fight with Team Vietnam and were unceremoniously wiped out, all but sealing a first-place finish for Russia.

“We didn’t want to be afraid of playing aggressively,” ubah said after the final match on Aug. 11. “We dropped in Sosnovka, and that’s how we managed to stay alive longer than South Korea in that last game.”

Outside the exciting finish to the inaugural PUBG Nations Cup, effectively the World Cup of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the weekend was full of potholes and speed bumps. South Korean fans were furious with the outcome even though South Korean coach Seong “WatchinU” Hu Bae said that the outcome would have been the same without the technical mishap. The rules were clear though in that nothing would be done to rectify the disconnection.

Other teams were plagued by disconnections throughout the event, too, and lopsided incentives led to complaints that the tournament wasn’t completely fair.

That’s because the Asian country that placed the highest during the tournament would get an extra spot at the PUBG Global Championships, the biggest event of the year with a $2 million prize pool taking place in Los Angeles and Oakland in November.

The extra berth was the result of PUBG Corp. revoking the spot that would have gone to the winners of the MET Asia Series in Bangkok. A power outage during that event ended a decisive late-tournament match prematurely, leading to complaints and accusations of cheating.

After PUBG Corp. decided to reset the entire match, seven Chinese teams walked out of the event. PUBG Corp, citing a lack of “integrity” at the MET Asia Series in Thailand, then made the choice to put their slot up for grabs for the top-placing Asian team at the PUBG Nations Cup, which ended up being South Korea.

“It affects the quality of play,” ubah said. “South Korea and the other Asian teams were playing more aggressively for that extra spot at the championship. I didn’t think that was fair since we weren’t playing for something like that.”

That means Thailand, Japan, China, Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan had a big reason to play their hearts out all weekend. It’s difficult to say if the difference in incentive had a real impact on individual performances, but it’s undeniable that Western teams fell short of their lofty expectations.

“It has an impact; the fact that the slot is there changes the dynamic of the tournament,” Australian PUBG commentator and analyst Jake “Zenox” Brander said. “The Asian countries that are eligible are going to put more work into it. It’s hard to say if it actually affected things as we don’t really know if anything changes if that slot isn’t there, but the only thing we can say is that the Asian teams scrimmed harder, played more games together and took more interest outside the monetary incentives.”

Each squad was made up of all-star players who were either voted in or chosen based on their level of skill. Teams like Finland and the United Kingdom, who finished at last and second-to-last, struggled to gain any traction in Seoul.

Team synergy wasn’t the only issue, either. The disconnection issue that cost Seoul a player in the final match happened earlier in the tournament, too, with Team Australia and Athletico esports’ Luke “luke12” Newey being cut off, although the stakes weren’t nearly as high.

Despite the issues, the PUBG Nations Cup offered another chance to see emerging talent from underrepresented regions like Thailand and Vietnam. Both Thailand’s Katanyu “DUCKMANZ” Chinsorranan and Vietnam’s Nguyen “Leviz” Huu Doan put on dominant performances throughout the weekend and demolished the expectations the community, and other teams, had for them.

The Nations Cup also drew just more than 470,000 peak viewers, according to Esports Charts.

“This event brings in viewership that PUBG wouldn’t usually have,” Zenox said. “It’s a lot easier to support your country than it is to support teams in any esport. You always want to cheer on your country and see how they do. There are probably thousands of viewers who don’t generally watch PUBG, but they are here. We’ve seen that because we’ve had the most English viewers we’ve had all year.”

Auzom organise ce week end (le samedi 2 dès 19h, et le dimanche 3 décembre) la PUBG Nations Cup (PUBGNC pour les intimes). Dans ce tournoi, ce sont 20 nations qui vont s’affronter lors de 8 parties de PUBG afin de déterminer quel pays a pris le plus d’avance dans la maitrise du battle royale de Bluehole. Retrouvez sur l’avancement de la PUBG Nations Cup et suivez avec nous la performance de l’équipe de France composée de par Shadow1k (aAa), Monkey (aAa), Dahmien7 (Millenium), et Houlow (Orkz).

 

1

 

 

Classement final

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 Autriche

1
 164

 Royaume-uni

2
 129

 Suisse

3
 126

 Portugal

4
120

 Italie

5
118

 Finlande

6
109

 Belgique

7
 86

 Suède

8
 95

 France

9
 94

 Estonie

10
 83

 Islande

11
 82

 Canada

12
 77

 République tchèque

13
 75

 Danemark

14
 61

 Norvège

15
 56

 Espagne

16
 56

 Allemagne

17
 55

 Pays-bas

18
 55

 Lituanie

19
 35

 Etats-unis

20
 30

 

 

Jour 1

 

Partie 1

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 République tchèque

1
 37

 France

2
 37

 Autriche

3
 23

 Royaume-uni

4
 20

 Islande

5
 18

 Finlande

6
15

 Suisse

7
13

 Danemark

8
 12

Allemagne

9
 10

 Italie

10
8

 Estonie

11
6

 Portugal

12
 4

Norvège

13
 3

Canada

14
 2

 Suède

15
 2

 États-Unis

16
 2

 Lituanie

17
 2

 Pays-Bas

18
2

 Belgique

19
 1

 Espagne

20

 

Partie 2

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

Autriche

1
 57

Suisse

2
 54

 République tchèque

3
 39

France

4
 37

Danemark

5
 33

  Belgique

6
 32

 Royaume-uni

7
 31

 Italie

8
 23

Islande

9
 21

Portugal

10
 20

 Finlande

11
 18

 Allemagne

12
 16

 Norvège

13
 15

 Lituanie

14
 13

 Espagne

15
 9

 Pays-bas

16
 7

 Estonie

17
 6

 États-Unis

18
 2

 Canada

19
 2

 Suède

20
 2

 

Partie 3

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 Autriche

1
92

 Suisse

2
 68

 Belgique

3
 60

 Portugal

4
 55

 République tchèque

5
 47

 France

6
 43

 Danemark

7
 37

 Allemagne

8
 36

Royaume-uni

9
 33

 Italie

10
 30

 Pays-bas

11
 25

 Finlande

12
 21

 Islande

13
 21

 Canada

14
 20

 Norvège

15
 19

Lituanie

16
 13

 Espagne

17
 13

 Suède

18
 8

 Estonie

19
 6

 États-Unis

20
 3

 

Partie 4

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 Autriche

1
132

 Portugal

2
 87

 Suisse

3
 73

 Belgique

4
 62

 France

5
 61

 République tchèque

6
 49

 Allemagne

7
 48

 Finlande

8
 40

 Royaume-uni

9
 40

 Danemark

10
 40

 Italie

11
 38

 Norvège

12
 35

 Canada

13
 34

 Pays-bas

14
 31

 Estonie

15
 29

 Islande

16
 21

 Lituanie

17
 20

 Espagne

18
 14

 Suède

19
 8

 États-Unis

20
 5

 

 

Jour 2

 

Partie 5

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 Italie

1
 44

 Canada

2
 33

 Royaume-uni

3
 21

Finlande

4
 21

 Islande

5
 21

 Suisse

6
 16

 Espagne

7
 12

 Estonie

8
 11

France

9
 9

 Suède

10
 7

 Danemark

11
 6

 Portugal

12
6

 Pays-bas

13
4

 Autriche

14
2

Allemagne

15
2

 États-Unis

16
1

 Belgique

17

 Norvège

18

 République tchèque

19

 Lituanie

20

 

Partie 6

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

Suède

1
 58

 Finlande

2
 54

Italie

3
 46

 Royaume-uni

4
 45

 Canada

5
 35

 Portugal

6
 26

 Espagne

7
 24

 Pays-bas

8
 22

 Suisse

9
 21

 Islande

10
 21

 République tchèque

11
 15

 Norvège

12
 13

 Danemark

13
 12

 Estonie

14
 11

 France

15
 10

 Belgique

16
 6

 Etats-unis

17
 5

 Allemagne

18
 3

 Autriche

19
 3

 Lituanie

20
 2

 

Partie 7

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

Suède

1
 86

 Italie

2
 71

 Finlande

3
 59

 Islande

4
 57

 Royaume-uni

5
 50

 Canada

6
 40

 Portugal

7
 33

 Estonie

8
 31

 Belgique

9
 25

 République tchèque

10
 25

 Espagne

11
 24

 Suisse

12
 23

 Autriche

13
 22

 Pays-bas

14
 22

 Norvège

15
 17

 Danemark

16
 16

 Lituanie

17
 15

 France

18
 14

 Allemagne

19
 7

 États-Unis

20
5

 

Partie 8

Équipe

Drapeau

Place

Score

 Royaume-uni

1
 89

 Suède

2
 87

 Italie

3
 80

 Finlande

4
 69

 Islande

5
 61

 Estonie

6
 54

 Suisse

7
 53

 Canada

8
 43

 Espagne

9
 42

 Belgique

10
 34

 France

11
 33

 Portugal

12
 33

 Autriche

13
 32

 République tchèque

14
 26

 États-Unis

15
 25

 Pays-bas

16
 24

 Danemark

17
 21

 Norvège

18
 21

 Lituanie

19
 15

 Allemagne

20
7

 

Présentation de la compétition

La particularité de la compétition, c’est que chaque pays a du constituer une équipe de quatre joueurs, qui peuvent venir d’équipes différentes, mais qui doivent tous obligatoirement posséder la nationalité du pays qu’ils représentent, pas de joueurs importés donc. 

L’équipe de France est composée de par Shadow1k (aAa), Monkey (aAa), Dahmien7 (Millenium), et Houlow(Orkz). L’équipe de France aura fort à faire, la compétition sera rude et certaines concurrents s’annoncent particulièrement féroce. Mais avec la récente victoire de aAa aux IEM Oakland, nous sommes ne droit d’attendre beaucoup de nos représentants.  D’autre part, l’intégralité de la Team Millenium prendra part à la Nations Cup puisque THZ fait partie de l’équipe Belge, et que Yukie et Sezko intègrent l’équipe Suisse.