RLO Swipe Week 6 1s Recap: The King Bleeds, But Cannot Be Killed

Just when we thought we'd seen it all, the RLO Swipe producing the most exciting tournament of 1s yet. Unfortunately, it was difficult to keep up with everything, as the bracket quickly progresses with minimal streams, but we've tried our best to keep up with all the day's highlights, and be sure to stay around for the crazy finish. Unbelievable.

Matro Vs Trademrk

Two top 8 players unfortunately found themselves competing in the ro32, needing crucial points to lock in a spot for the end of season finals. In game 1, Matro's gold shots, especially from high, were on fire, and with Trademrk a little slow on defence, he quickly closed out game 1 with a clean purple shot finish.

However, Trademrk, the #3 ranked player, wasn't to be outdone just yet, conceding early to another gold shot before a perfect kickoff read and patient finish netted him a 2-1 lead. Although Matro came back with a beautiful purple pop, he missed the second opportunity for a purple pop finish, with Trademrk quickly scoring to send us to game 3. After Trademrk produced a purple pop of his own, an overcommit and good 50 goal from Matro granted him the lead again.

The drama wasn't over yet though, with Matro own goaling to send the game to overtime, before showing his ability to stay calm by forcing it in, winning an incredibly clutch series, and an important one for his finals hopes.

Matro Vs Fin

Unfortunately, Fin has looked outpaced by top players recently, and that continued today. Despite having an early 3-1 lead off the back of a Matro overcommit, another own goal, and a clean bottom finish, Matro refused to let game 1 drop. His superb goal line defence and long clear granted him goal number 2, before a beautiful top in gold shot tied it up at 3-3, leaving Fin at the mercy of a frame perfect gold pass-double tap to secure game 1.

Fin came out fighting in game 2, and although outpaced, had the opportunity to tie it up, 2-2, late in the game and at least give himself a chance in overtime. But it was not to be, as Fin's shot was an inch too low, sending Matro through 2-0, and meaning the 12th placed Fin will need a spartan like performance next week to make finals.

Lacasa De-Papel Vs Schmory

At times, Schmory can get overexcited at the beginning of games, which was shown here with an early overcommit granting De-Papel the lead. Sadly for De-Papel, the gifts ended there, with a gold shot pass, bounce shot, and perfect leads helping Schmory cruise to a game 1 victory.

In game 2, he was relentless again, showing his wide array of mechanics, mind games and speed to outclass De-Papel with another sweep. With some other results going his away, this top 8 finish, however, should be enough for De-Papel to sit comfortably for finals.

Schmory Vs Scarth

For the fifth time, Scarth has been forced to play Schmory before grands. After putting up a fighting performance so many times, Scarth looked completely out paced today, with Schmory quickly going under him twice, before opening up a 4-0 lead within the first minute of game 1.

Scarth's mental appeared absolutely shot, with him memeing the rest of the game, which appeared to be backed up by an early game 2 whiff. But Scarth wasn't done just yet. He went under him for his first of the series, and although Schmory was still faster, two perfect fakes from Scarth granted him the lead, before essentially parking in the bus to secure to 1-1, and Schmory's first loss since week 3.

Unfortunately, Scarth own goaled under the pressure of game 3, and although he bounced right back, that mishap would prove decisive, with Schmory taking the win 3-2, and series 2-1, after a last second scare from Scarth, who produced a great comeback after that trouncing of a game 1.

Off-stream Results

Rubblage, an upcoming touch player, was able to 2-1 Ocean in ro16, a very rough loss which puts him in a tie with Rubblage himself for the final slot.

Scarth sweeps long time team mate, in both Rocket League and Sideswipe, to book himself a rematch with Schmory and instils confidence into his top 4 seeding chances for playoffs.

Jordy takes down Peak in semi finals, with the two being arguably the contenders to Schmory's throne, helping Jordy secure his high seeding after an abysmal start to the competition.

Hammertoes and Lacasa Luva both skip the event, meaning their playoff chances have slipped into almost obscurity.

Jordy Vs Schmory

A rematch of week 4's final, which ended in a sweep to Schmory, seemed to be going the same way early on. A perfect 50 and fake got Schmory to an early 2-0 lead, which combined with some astonishing goal line defence, secured game 1 comfortably.

Despite making a mistake early, which Jordy managed to capitalise on, Schmory's mind games and unfathomable stalling ability quickly returned. After shutting down a gold shot with a last ditch, zero boost save, Schmory made a perfect 50 to get the scoreline to 2-1, which would prove more than enough for the win.

Trailing 0-2, the dagger appeared to be in Jordy's heart, but he instead turned to scrappy plays, trying to break Schmory's rhythm, and managed to bring up a 2-1 lead, playing calmly and passively before killing the ball to find enough to win game 3.

In game 4, the momentum seemed to have swayed, with Jordy bringing up some pristine defence and smarter 50s to lead early 1-0. With a lucky goal getting a 2-0 lead, Schmory forfeited game 4, and it seemed that it was Schmory's turn to have his mental shattered.

The first game 5 in RLO Swipe history did not fail to disappoint. Jordy scored a full pitch, high power gold shot to lead early. But Schmory had finally turned it on to full volume, scoring an unbelievable stall goal to tie it up 1-1, but Jordy was not to be out done, holding his flip to find a perfectly placed gold shot finish to quickly reclaim the lead. And then Schmory whiffed, for almost the first time in his career, letting in a reasonably tame shot to trail 3-1. But Schmory, was not finished. Baiting Jordy to go high, he nailed a purple shot to the bottom of the net, and after Jordy desperately tried to sit it out in net, he ended up overcommitting, handing Schmory an open net to tie it.

Yet Jordy wasn't finished either, getting the ball over Schmory not once, but twice, to set up an easy finish to lead game 5 4-3, with just 6 seconds remaining. So it was all over, right? Wrong. Schmory has proved time and time again why he's the 5 time champ, and tonight, proved why he's the 6 time. He read Jordy like a book off kickoff, tying the game up and sending it to overtime, with a clearly distraught Jordy letting in another kickoff goal, getting Schmory the 3-2 win.

Schmory may still be undefeated, but tonight exhibited that gods do bleed. Schmory may not have died yet, but the competition is finally lapping at his heels, with the 6 time having to pull out every trick in the bag to produce an unbelievable win tonight, against all odds.