On the tenth matchday of the GSA League in Rainbow Six Siege, a promising German newcomer has slipped to the lower positions. FACT Gaming is no longer among the top teams in the league. What happened?
Who are the newcomers? FACT Gaming qualified for the GSA League alongside DIVIZON during the qualifiers. They have been facing strong opponents for 10 weeks now, including the best teams in Europe.
In the first few weeks, both FACT and DIVIZON proved themselves and built a strong lead on the leaderboard. Both spent a long time in 1st and 2nd place. On our site MeinMMO, FACT was even considered a problem for the professional teams in the league.
However, the image of the strong newcomers is now crumbling. They are losing more and more matches and are not showing much of their original performance anymore. At the same time, their opponents seem to be putting in more and more effort.
For FACT as well as DIVIZON, the GSA League is important for promotion to the EU League, the professional league of Rainbow Six Siege. Currently, it does not look good for FACT in that regard.
Team Secret dismantles FACT in the second half
What happened? On Thursday, July 16, the 10th matchday of the GSA League took place. On that day, FACT Gaming faced off against the professionals of Team Secret in the second half. In the 3rd matchday of the league, the teams had met before, at which point FACT had won with a solid 7:3.
Now, in the second half, Team Secret’s professionals turned the result around and defeated FACT 7:3. FACT thus enters a negative round difference for the first time and drops to 5th place in the standings, just ahead of WarKidz.
You can watch the full match on the official Twitch channel of Rainbow Six Germany or on the YouTube channel of Ubisoft. We’ve also embedded it here. The match starts around hour 4:21:45:
This is how the match went: Despite initial difficulties with a 0:4 start in the attack, FACT managed to work their way up to a 4:2 by the time they switched to round 7. This is considered a score that leaves everything open for both teams, as the defender position is usually easier to win.
Especially the fact that FACT won the last two attacking rounds and seemingly overcame their initial weakness promised an exciting ending to the encounter.
However, FACT did not build on the insights gained here but continued to lose even as defenders. The last decisive round at 6:3 for Team Secret then proceeded without loss for the professionals, ultimately leading to FACT’s defeat.
Victory for Team Secret: “There was no pressure”
What is FACT doing wrong? FROM the outset, FACT showed some weaknesses. Although they found themselves in advantageous situations at times, they did not capitalize on these. In the first round, they killed three opponents relatively early while losing only one player.
However, FACT lost the 4 against 2. Both communication and a real strategy were lacking. Whenever a FACT player could breach, none of his teammates took advantage of it.
They had already faced the same difficulties a week earlier in the match against Rogue. FACT fails to capitalize on advantages gained through strong plays or mistakes made by their opponents.
How does this happen? One possible reason could be that the team has to do without player Daya. He transferred to the competitor WarKidz a few weeks ago. With the new player, Slypher, as well as substitute players YLZ and Witheball, the team apparently is not yet well coordinated.
Additionally, many of the professionals are now taking this seriously, after some were even accused of intentionally losing. Teams like Rogue and Team Secret apparently held back in the first weeks to not show too many tactics and then come from behind to sweep the field.
In an interview after the match, Secret player Daniel “Exp0” Massierer explained that Team Secret really wanted to win this match: “There was no pressure. We played as we always do. We just said we want to win against them and we play just our game.”
Results of Matchday 10
This is how the other teams played: The second legs on the tenth matchday all had a similar outcome to the first legs a few weeks ago. Only FACT is at a disadvantage this time. The teams played as follows:
- Turtle eSport 5:7 DIVIZON
- Rogue 7:1 WarKidz
- G2 Esports 7:1 mYinsanity
- FACT Gaming 3:7 Team Secret
Thus, all EU League teams achieved a strong victory and are now at the top positions along with DIVIZON. Particularly, the match from G2 on that day demonstrated why the team is one of the best in Europe and even in the world. The colleagues from GameStar provide a closer analysis of the match G2 Esports vs. mYinsanity.
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What’s next? The coming weeks will be tough for FACT Gaming. In the upcoming 11th matchday, they have to face the professional favorite G2 Esports and have only slim chances there. The following week they face DIVIZON, a match that was probably the best of the whole league in the first half.
DIVIZON is currently the new favorite among newcomers. They will also have to face strong professional teams in the coming weeks, including another match against G2 Esports. Those looking for a fresh, new team to cheer for should support DIVIZON.
GameStar and MeinMMO are media partners of this year’s league for Rainbow Six: Siege in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. We will be regularly reporting on our websites and channels about the league, matches, and teams in the coming weeks and months.
