All language subtitles for PLAYERS 2022.S01E01.HDR.2160P.WEB.H265-GGEZ

(crowd cheering)

ANNOUNCER 1:
And they're on the march.

Fugitive Gaming,
they're gonna take down...

They're gonna take game four!

ANNOUNCER 2:
The future is incredibly bright
for this team.

JATT:
I think most fans,

when they think about
Fugitive Gaming,

they think of one name.

And that's Creamcheese.

(crowd cheering)

CHRIS:
I mean, he's iconic.

The only comparisons
I can recall being apt

are Squigs and Pancake.

That's it.
That's the list.

There's nobody else on it.

ANNOUNCER: They're trying
to chase him down.

Creamcheese, what a play!
What a setup!

-Nice.
-DASH: That's it.

I mean, Fugitive Gaming is
absolutely dominating right now,

a-and I got to be honest

I think the biggest reason
why is Creamcheese.

APRIL:
Creamcheese is 27, you know.

He's old-school.

Fuck you, bitch.

Nowadays, esports are

some of the biggest sports
in the world.

JATT:
Back when Creamcheese
started playing,

players didn't have
million-dollar contracts.

Teams barely knew how
to juggle turret and run dives.

I mean, you could still
one-shot people

with APDFT Tristana.

It was a different time.

-Ah, I lost it.
-MAN: Nope.

KYLE:
Esport players weren't cool.

Uh, girls didn't think
we were hot.

You know? Not-not in the way
they do now.

CHRIS:
Before Creamcheese,

cream cheese was just a spread
that you put on bagels.

And then Creamcheese happened.

The guy Creamcheese.

(cheering)

And now, if you go to Wikipedia,

and you look up "cream cheese,"

it gives you an option
to go look at the guy.

-♪ When they sweat
the technique ♪
-JATT: I know it's early,

but if we're talking
best supports all-time,

I put him right up there
with SPF and Muffintop.

You know what?
I'm with you, dude.

♪ ♪

(crowd cheering)

PAUL:
But with greatness comes
high expectations.

I want to say
to all those doubters,

be careful what you wish for.

PAUL:
And with fans, ownership,

they only have so much patience
for Creamcheese.

CREAMCHEESE:
Never underestimate Creamcheese.

No one in the LCS will work
harder than me.

Because as great as he is,

he never met the expectations
that he set for himself.

So go ahead,
keep on doubting,

'cause we're not gonna win
just one championship.

We're not gonna win
just two championships.

We-we could...

We could-- honestly, we'll--

Honestly, we'll probably win
seven championships.

-(crowd murmuring)
-We'll probably win
seven championships.

♪ ♪

No. No, I...

I'm...

I'm proud of my legacy,
you know.

I don't have regrets.

I don't, I don't--
I try and live life

without regrets.

You know?

I do...

I mean, sometimes I do wonder

what my life would've been like
if I hadn't fucked up

the Alistar knock up
on the Kog'Maw in 2016.

Like, uh...

It just would've been the
perfect setup to wombo combo.

And...

(chuckles) M-Maybe my whole life
would've been different.

AZAEL:
Yeah, I mean, to me, his legacy
isn't fully written yet.

He's probably got at least one
good year left in him.

And with Frugger ADC,

I actually think
this is the best shot

-he's ever had.
-I mean, it's a shot,

but it's a long shot.

Do you see them beat TSM?

Do they beat 100 Thieves?
Not happening.

At the end of the year,

the trophy case
remains empty...

Recently,
he's been mostly cheese

-and very little cream.
-Is it a mental thing?

Does he have the blocker
that's gonna prevent him

from ever winning
a championship?

MAN:
Yeah, he does.

ANALYST 2:
I'm just saying,
it's now or never,

because ownership's been asking
for years:

What is life like
after Creamcheese?

And they've got their answer.

It's Organizm.

MAN:
Organizm is the single
most exciting thing happening...

MAN 2:
Organizm is just dismantling
people in solo queue

in a way we haven't seen before.

MAN 3:
This soft-spoken
17-year-old kid out of Philly

-is a phenom.
-MAN 2: Who is this kid?

-Where did he come from?
-WOMAN: I mean,
his mechanics are just unreal.

People love him. You've got
the most popular streamer

in North America
waiting in the wings in Academy.

It's just a matter of time
until Creamcheese

is no longer the face
of the franchise

because fans are ready
for the era of Organizm.

♪ ♪

ANNOUNCER: Fugitive is gonna
take the Nexus!

It's all over.

We'll probably win
seven championships.

MAN:
A two-year, $3 million contract?

WOMAN:
He's gonna be the youngest
pro player in North America.

MAN 3:
Creamcheese is a choke artist.

CREAMCHEESE:
This would've been the perfect
setup to wombo combo.

MAN 3:
Is it time for Fugitive
to move on from Creamcheese?

-MAN 4: Something
is brutally wrong in this team.
-MAN 5: This season will make

or break the Fugitive franchise.

♪ ♪

NATHAN: Do you guys, uh,
ever go to any games out here?

Um, yeah. I catch the Sixers
games, man. Yeah, absolutely.

-I love it. Mm.
-Sometimes he drags me
out there, so...

-(all laugh)
-Well, you know. Yeah.
You don't want to miss that.

NATHAN: When I first pushed
our ownership group

to move into esports...

you know, I was asking myself

the same exact questions
you guys are.

How is this a sport?

-Right.
-Mm.
-(chuckles) You know?

I mean, watching people
play video games?

-Professionally?
-Right.

NATHAN:
But after a few years
of doing this...

-Can I be honest with you?
-Please.

That doesn't really change.

-(all laugh)
-It still makes no sense.

But the truth is, um,

your son is the real deal.

And, uh,
I'll put it to you this way.

KYLE: Frankly, our-our owner is
a bit more of a basketball guy

than a League guy,
and I think he sees ad dollars

when he looks at a prospect
like Organizm.

MAN:
He's an extremely popular
player, and we all know

-that means
big sponsorship dollars.
-MAN 2: It's money

they're willing to spend:
$3 million over two years

for an Academy player?

Like, he's probably
not even gonna start

for a couple years.
That's absurd.

KYLE: But I'm drawn to Organizm
because I think

in a couple of years
down the road,

he has the chance to be
an enormous difference-maker

-for this team.
-PAUL: He's special.

He's special.
It's-it's rare that you see

that kind of mouse movement

in a player that age.
He's special.

SIMONE:
I used to say that, um,
buying that computer

-was the worst mistake
that we made with him.
-RUDY: Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah.

-Now it looks like I was wrong.
-Yeah, yeah.

-Clearly. (laughs)
-(laughs)

-I played college ball.
You know.
-SIMONE: Right.

-RUDY: Rudy Jr.
played college ball.
-SIMONE: Right, right.

RUDY:
It's a thing where you want
to impart these things myself,

-but he just really
wasn't interested.
-SIMONE: I know.

You know? But, you know,
but that League of Legends

and that-that-that computer
and that-that whole thing,

that was his focus. And, man,
he really made something of it.

-So he showed us, you know?
-He did.

And he's showing the world
right now.

-He's gonna show the world.
-He is.

Listen,
I'm not normally in the business

of making house calls
for esports players.

Or-or for any of our players,
for that matter. You know,

I'm not here today
because I think your son

can make it in the league.

I'm here because
I think he can be

the face of the entire sport.

SIMONE:
I like the sound of that.

-RUDY: Face of the sport.
-The face of the sport.

Well, well, if he could be
the face of the sport,

then how come you guys
haven't guaranteed

the second year
of his contract yet?

Oh, I thought that, uh,
all deal points were discussed.

-This was meant to be
just a visit.
-RUDY JR.: I'm just curious.

-The face of this.
-How important is
a guaranteed second year to you?

It doesn't matter to me.

Uh, I mean,
it matters a little bit

because if they guarantee you,
then they cannot cut you.

They're never cutting me.

-(Nathan laughs)
-RUDY JR.: Man, he said "never."

That's my player right there.

-(Rudy Jr. laughs)
-That's my player right there.

-RUDY JR.: All right, man,
all right.
-(chuckles)

♪ ♪

KYLE:
Okay, welcome.

-Make yourself at home.
-(car door closes)

-Cream will give you the tour.
-There he is!

ADC of the future.
What's up, dude? How are you?

-ORGANIZM: Good.
-You doing all right?
Check this out.

I got this for you.

I've watched him solo queue.

People have been, like,
saying his name around.

He's been on Reddit threads

and stuff like that
and saw his hype.

And, like, yeah,
he seemed... cool.

I'm so psyched you're here.
You're-you're a prodigy, dude.

It's like standing in front
of one of those kids

who plays the piano, you know?

-Awesome, dude.
-ORGANIZM: I mean,

I've been watching Creamcheese
for so many years,

and it's like, now I'm suddenly
right next to him.

-What's up, man?
-FRUGGER: Fr... uh, Frugger.

-All right, nice to meet you.
-CREAMCHEESE: That's Frugger.

ORGANIZM:
And Frugger, who's, like,

the most underrated ADC
in the LCS.

It was amazing.

CREAMCHEESE:
Got our GM, Paul, over here.

-Hi. How you doing?
-ORGANIZM: GM Paul, what's up?

-CREAMCHEESE: Yo, Nightfall.
-NIGHTFALL: Yeah.

-CREAMCHEESE: Say what up
to Organizm.
-NIGHTFALL: Hey, man.

-Welcome.
-ORGANIZM: Yo, what's up, bro?

And then I see Nightfall

-and Bucket.
-BGOLBKTOFWTR over here.

-Yo, Bap!
-What?

Organizm's here!

ORGANIZM: It's like,
these guys don't know it,

but I've already learned a lot
from them.

And now it's like

I'm here as the future
of Fugitive Gaming.

The whole thing
feels like a dream come true.

CREAMCHEESE:
The Academy, the minor leagues,
your new home.

Look, I've seen you play.
You're good, dude.

Like, y-you're gonna be
in the scrims with us

in, like, two years, tops.

Y-You're fast, you know?
He's coming for you, Frugger.

Organizm's gonna spend
his time at Academy

learning from one of the
league's best veteran duos,

Frugger and Creamcheese.

It's really the perfect
situation for him.

CREAMCHEESE:
So, uh, yeah.

Make sure you don't pick up
any bad habits,

especially from this guy.

He's your support. Cronklyn.

Cronklyn, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, buddy.
Cronklyn, how you doing?

You still one-tricking
Dark Harvest Maokai?

-CRONKLYN: It was just one time.
-It was more than one time.

And put your headphones on,
dude. Comms. Come on, bro.

Of course,
there are a lot of fans

who want Organizm
to start day one,

but remember,
he just turned 17. (chuckles)

He's gonna be the youngest
pro player in North America.

And he gets to play
on the Academy team

for a real title contender.

RUDY JR.:
PJ.

Good shit. You fucking made it.

All right.

(exhales)

(softly):
Yeah.

(whoops)

(indistinct chatter)

APRIL:
Great, awesome.

Okay-- Hey.

It's looking good, thank you.
Yeah. Looks great, right?

Um, okay, toss us
the-the Fugitive hand symbol?

Asset Day is our media day.

It's when we present our team
as a brand to the world.

You know you don't have to do
that slow motion, right?

Like, we're gonna slow it down
in post? So...

-Oh. Okay.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, no,
so just go ahead

-and do it regular speed.
-So just a little faster.

Eventually, Fugitive
is going to have to rebrand.

-What's up?
-Hey, how's it going?

How you doing?
This is my daughter Emma.

INDIANA:
Because the future face
of the franchise, Organizm,

he's quiet, he's mysterious,
he's enigmatic.

EMMA:
Would you be cool

with doing an interview
for my YouTube channel?

I'm sure the Fugitive fans would
love to meet the new signing.

-Yeah.
-(whispers): I'm just gonna...

-Yeah, no, get out.
-Okay.

Just kidding. I love you, Dad.

And the current face,
Creamcheese,

has a bit of a reputation
for being annoying.

♪ ♪

Oh, shit. These fuckers.

It's gonna be
a good, good season.

Not for you, for us. But...

CREAMCHEESE: A lot of these
dweebs suck at Asset Day.

It's like, "Dude, turn around,"
you know?

Like, look at the camera,
look cool.

You know? It's not that hard.

Like, for me, um,
it's not hard at all.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
All right, thanks, guys.

One more right here.

-What you gonna do, get them...
-Okay.

Okay, let's get
Organizm in here.

Uh... Oh, sorry.

Um, they just,
they want an option

with, um, with-with Organizm.

CREAMCHEESE:
What's happening?
What's going on?

KYLE: Yeah, sure, okay.
So, just-just...

CREAMCHEESE:
Kyle?

-Kyle? Are we clearing out?
-KYLE: Uh...

-We're done?
-Yeah, no, I think,
I th-- I-I think,

um, they just want
to get a photo

with Organ, oh, uh,
with all you guys.

I think it's because
he's a new star Academy sign,

so they just want to have,
like, a-- it's-- I don't know.

Just, it's just a photo. I'm
gonna get to the bottom of it.

They want a photo
with the six of us?

KYLE:
I, yeah, I guess.
Uh, I'm gonna, I'm gonna...

NATHAN: Same thing,
just too many people.

Frugger, hop out.

Let-let's get a couple shots
without Frugger.

There's too many people
in the shot right now.

-APRIL: Sorry, guys, um...
-I know, that's 'cause
there's an Academy player

-in the shot and...
-Come with me for a second?

-There's five starters in the...
-Just come talk to me
for a second?

-Are we all done?
-Uh, just-just come with me.

Wait, what is happening?

KYLE:
I don't know what's going on,

but I'm gonna figure it out.

But I need you to do me a favor
just, in the meantime,

because we're here,
we're on the campus

and everyone's looking
and just here-- just go with it.

We're just gonna
take the picture.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Okay, let's just get tight real
quick, real quick. Here we go.

-I'm gonna get to the bottom
of this.
-I couldn't possibly--

I couldn't possibly imagine
what this is for.

-I don't-- Okay.
-PHOTOGRAPHER: Here we go, guys.

Ready, one, two
and this looks amazing.

-That looks great, guys.
Looks great.
-KYLE: You guys look great.

KYLE:
Champions, right here.

NATHAN:
Do me a favor.
Organizm, hop up in the--

hop up in the middle.

Into the middle?

Step out front, please. Yeah.

-KYLE: Uh...
-CREAMCHEESE: Wait,
is this a joke?

KYLE:
We're gonna figure it out.
We're gonna figure it out. Okay?

I'm not-- Don't want to stand
behind a fucking Academy player.

I-- This is what
I want to avoid.

-Just want to avoid this.
-PHOTOGRAPHER: One, two and...

-hold that.
-NATHAN: That looks awesome.

-PHOTOGRAPHER: Amazing.
-CREAMCHEESE: This looks
awesome?

This is-- makes
no fucking sense.

NATHAN:
I get it, Kyle,
but he's starting.

You know?
It's not up for debate.

My guys want to see ad dollars.

I do maintain that,
from a business standpoint,

the best thing for your guys,
the best way to get ad dollars,

is for us to win games.

I understand where
you're coming from-- It's done.

We're already in advanced
conversations with Razer.

Well, Nathan, Razer is not
coaching this team, are they?

-I'm coaching this team.
-They want to see Organizm,

you know, start.

-Bro.
-No. W-- No, no, no.

-Please. We-we-we...
-Cream.

You-- This is our year.

-Please.
-You cannot do this to us.

-Please. Seriously.
-Nathan, I'm sorry.

-It's okay.
-Please-- Me and Frugger...
-Cream?

-...have been duo-ing
all winter.
-I got this.

Bap's visa issues
are finally solved.

We can win this year.
If you leave me Frugger,

I promise you we can win
this year, okay?

This year could be it for me.

He doesn't even know--
He doesn't even know

what Frugger is worth
to the team.

-Nathan, Frugger has been
making leaps...
-You're wrong.

NATHAN:
Ah-- Look, this isn't
about Frugger, guys. You know?

It's about Red Bull.

-Razer. Buffalo Wild Wings.
-Who-- Are those players?

-Who are th-- Who is that?
-T-Those are the players
I'm dealing with.

How will Buffalo Wild Wings
feel when they put in

this hotshot player
and he loses 'cause he doesn't

-have experience?
-He's not ready. He's not ready.

This is a business. This
works exactly like any team.

It's no different
than pro basketball.

Okay, but we're different
than the Kings.

Like, we want to win.
Do you understand that?

-Really funny.
-Okay.
-That's not a joke!

-I want to win a championship.
-What do you think, I don't?

CREAMCHEESE:
There is no one who has earned

a spot in the LCS just
by-by playing on Twitch,

and-and it-it's a--
it's as simple as that.

-It's like we built
this for nothing.
-You think I'm happy?

-I don't like this.
-I want to win.

-Yeah, I know, I know.
-Just, I want to win one fucking
year of my life, Braxton!

-I know, I know. Come here.
-I just want to fucking win.

Hey, come here.

(sighs)
Great.

FRUGGER:
What they don't understand
is that titles

aren't won with how many
Twitch subs you have.

Right? It is-- it's literal--
it's all about teamwork.

Th-- I said those exact words.

It's so fucking frustrating.

Like, he comes into my home

and tells me how to build
the fucking team?

Like he knows what's better

-for Fugitive than I do.
-It's your team.

-It's your team.
-Exactly, dude.

Like, why do you think
it's called Fugitive?

-Because I am the Fugitive.
-Right.

I've been building this team
since I was Nutmilk, dude.

APRIL:
And we have Nutmilk

-on the floor.
-KYLE: Uh-oh, someone get a mop.

-What's up?
-APRIL: Now, Milk,
what are we looking at?

-What's, uh-- walk us through.
-What-- Just, uh, getting
set up for the qualifier.

KYLE:
In 2015, we were broke,

grinding it out in my apartment,

playing qualifying tournaments
for no money.

APRIL:
Back then,

teams were just kids
who found each other online

on the solo queue ladder
and decided to team up.

A hundred or more teams
would enter

these qualifying tournaments
for a chance

just to get into
the Challenger Series.

And even, like, the biggest orgs
now are still the ones

that were just...
that-- like, TSM

was just Andy Dinh
and some dudes and his brother

and they, like, made a team.

CLG is the exact same boat, just
with-with HotshotGG, basically.

It was all just,
people put a team together,

and one in 500
would actually go pro.

CREAMCHEESE:
I was a sophomore in high school
when I started playing League,

under the name Nutmilk,

and, uh, Kyle and April
were seniors.

At first I just thought
it was hilarious

watching people tilt
when they'd get shit-stomped

by someone named Nutmilk.

But... the-- we-- then
we started getting really good.

APRIL:
They would play together
every night after school,

arguing about drafts,
pushing each other every day.

KYLE:
We started climbing
the ranks of solo queue,

and I said, "You know,

we should consider
putting a team together."

And we got a lot of interest,
from, uh, players like

Guru, PuttPutt, Foresite.

FORESITE:
All I knew about them

was their aggressive playstyle.

I didn't even know
what they looked like.

CREAMCHEESE:
Those guys were my family.

More than my family
was my family.

(babbling)

KYLE:
Cream had a tough time
with his family.

They were just not supportive.

I will be with you
all my life and beyond.

CREAMCHEESE:
They didn't really care
how much time I spent gaming,

but when I told them

that I wasn't gonna
go to college

to pursue going pro,
I mean, that was it.

Like, they kicked me
out of the house.

APRIL:
We let him crash on our couch

in our two-bedroom apartment

until he could find
a place of his own,

but I think we knew
that the only way

that was gonna happen
was through gaming.

CREAMCHEESE:
I slept on that couch
for almost three years,

which is disgusting
to think about now,

like, there was stuff
on that couch that I...

I probably can't
even say on camera.

Like, cum.

But at the time, like,
I didn't care.

I was ju-- I felt
so motivated by it all.

I mean, even now, I--
sometimes I miss grinding

in that apartment,
'cause back then it was just us.

You know? Like...

It was our team.

-APRIL: Hello.
-KYLE: Here he comes.

-CREAMCHEESE: Oh, my God.
-APRIL: It's Ben!

-KYLE: What's up?
-Hi.

-Wait, wait, one sec, one sec.
-KYLE: What do you got?

Do you guys like Patrón?

-KYLE: Oh!
-Is he joking?

APRIL:
Oh, my God.

CREAMCHEESE:
Can you believe this guy?

-Mmm.
-Oh, yeah.

-Let's go.
-(April laughs)

-Let's go.
-I feel like it's stronger.

(laughs)
Where do you want to set up?

The first time we got
the whole team together

was for the qualifying
tournament.

Back in the day, before you got
to be a professional team,

you had to play in the qualifier
for the Challenger Series.

KYLE: We were playing
to get into the league

before the LCS.

We played great
from our own places,

but we decided to get together
for that qualifier

because we knew
we were gonna win.

And we wanted to be together,
to celebrate.

-Guru. What's up, dude?
-GURU: What's up, man?

-Hey, how are you?
-I'm Trevor.
-Hey.

-Hey.
-Kyle. Nice to meet you.
-APRIL: Hi.

ORGANIZM:
I mean, all those
players were crazy.

At the time, it was, uh,
Foresite, uh, Guru,

Creamcheese, Braxton, PuttPutt.

-PuttPutt!
-Hello!
-(chanting): PuttPutt! PuttPutt!

CREAMCHEESE:
And when we finally
met each other,

we knew our team was different.

JATT:
Most teams are really bad
at branding.

But Fugitive,
before they even played

in the LCS,
had things to grab onto.

(megaphone wailing)

CREAMCHEESE:
Up-- It's time to wake up.

Fugitive is not a name.

Th-- Fugitive
is a lifestyle, dude.

Sorry to interrupt
your wet dream, dude.

Who was it,
was it Carmen Electra?

(chuckles)

People know that we are
not about the rules,

'cause we break
every single rule.

(chanting):
Nutmilk, Nutmilk, Nutmilk.

APRIL:
Perfect, perfect,
perfect. (laughs)

KYLE:
April knew exactly
what made us different.

-Oh-- What the...
-(laughter)

A-And how to tell the world.

-Don't post that, okay?
Don't post that.
-APRIL: What?

INDIANA:
These guys weren't just playing
League of Legends,

they were doing pranks,

they were doing skits.

It was wild.

We were kind of the bad boys.

We'd do shots of hot sauce.

Oh, baby. You want to be Team
Fugitive, you got to go hard.

-Line 'em up.
-Whoa.

KYLE:
And I mean,
it-it's not like we were

shooting Frank's RedHot

or Cholula.

We were doing, like, Mad Dog 44.

-Black Mamba number six.
-Meet Your Maker Retribution.

Like, fucking insane shit.

-Fugitive, baby.
-Fugitive. To Fugitive.

♪ I'm known as a fugitive... ♪

APRIL:
Do it, do it, do it... (laughs)

CREAMCHEESE:
Millions upon millions

of Scoville.

I mean, you think the Golden
Guardians are doing that? No.

CREAMCHEESE: And then
we'd fucking destroy, you know?

It was psycho shit, honestly.

GURU:
That's it, baby,
that's it, baby.

Look, we never claimed
to be role models.

Beat the shit out of--
Like that.

CREAMCHEESE:
We were kings, and my keyboard
is, like, our mascot.

I've used that keyboard
in almost

every single game of League
that I've played.

JATT: The story goes that when
Cream's parents kicked him out,

they got into
this huge screaming match

and Cream stormed off.

KYLE:
Couple of weeks
after he moved in with us,

he had a bad losing streak,
few games in a row.

And he decided, you know,
"I need my lucky keyboard."

So, uh, I called them.

Which was not an easy thing
for me to do.

And they said, "No,"
just flat-out no,

so I plot out this whole scheme.

Middle of the night,
Ocean's 11 shit.

I sneak back
into my parents' house.

I see they've already moved out
most of the stuff from my room,

but they left the keyboard.

So I grab that and I ran back
to the apartment.

And that night,
me and Kyle went four for four.

The next day we got a knock
on the door from the cops.

His parents had filed
a police report

for breaking and entering
and theft.

You know, it-it-- If there was
any chance of reconciliation,

it was gone with that.

APRIL:
I know he jokes
about it now, and, uh,

you know, the story is-is legend
at this point, but...

I also know that,

at the time, it...
it really hurt him.

CREAMCHEESE:
I always thought my parents

didn't want me to be
a pro gamer because

they just wanted
the best for their son.

But, like...

calling the cops
on your own kid?

After that, I realized, like,

this isn't that
they don't understand

esports or whatever.

Like, I know a lot of parents
go through that.

It's like, they...

...these people want me
to fail, actually.

Like, they're rooting
for me to fail.

FORESITE:
He told the story the next day,

how the cops showed up
for the keyboard, and Guru goes,

"Nutmilk,
you're a fucking fugitive."

And in that very second,

April was the one
that chimed in and said,

"That's your team."

"Fugitive" just felt right.

And I was printing T-shirts
the next day.

KYLE: We all took
a huge leap, you know?

Um, you all came here,

to be with us here,
um, and, uh...

this is it, this is, this is
a big one for us, right?

We win this, we're officially
in the Challenger Series.

-Yep.
-CREAMCHEESE: It's been
so fucking sick

watching you guys play...

-APRIL: Yeah.
-...but having you here,

it's a totally different
feeling.

And I just, like,
feel good about it,

-I feel like we have
a real shot.
-FORESITE: Yeah.

-So let's fucking do it.
-GURU: Yeah, dude,
right back at you, man.

Let's fucking do this! Let's go.

-Let's go. Fugitive?
-Yeah.

-Fugitive...
-On three.

-Fugitive.
-One, two, three.

ALL:
Fugitive!

Oh, we're close. We're close.

It's good.
Play around, play around.

I got your back, got your back.

CREAMCHEESE:
Qualifying for
the Challenger Series,

it's still one of the best
moments of my entire life.

GURU:
Got you-- heal me, heal me!

CREAMCHEESE:
Like, I've been
around the world...

APRIL:
Nice, nice, nice, nice.

-Oh, my God.
-...I've played
in huge arenas...

-Foresite, you still got heal?
-FORESITE: Yeah, yeah.

-Okay, okay.
-Here we go.

...gotten a shit-ton of girls,
you know,

like the way I am now.

Gucci.

But back then, when...

I was just Nutmilk
playing with my friends,

proving to the world
what we were made out of...

No matter what I do after that,
career-wise or sexually,

like, it will never be that.

(all shouting)

(cheering, whooping)

You did it! You fucking did it!

(whooping)

Mwah. You want this,
Mom and Dad?

-You can't have this.
-Uh-uh.

I'm a Fugitive. I'm too fast.

And we're not stopping
at Challenger,

we're going to the LCS,
we're going to win the LCS.

We're gonna World,
we're gonna win World.

Fuck yeah, baby.
Fugitive for life!

DASH:
Opening day is never short
on surprises,

but starting Organizm
over Frugger--

am I the only one
shocked at this?

Yes and no. Frugger's great.

If you're trying to win
this year, you play Frugger

and-and you might get
that title, but they're going

with Organizm,
which means Fugitive

are thinking about the future.

APRIL:
A season opener doesn't count

any more or less
than any other game,

but there was more attention
on Organizm's first game

than any player I can remember.

-(audience cheering)
-CAPTAINFLOWERS: And you just
can't beat opening day.

11 teams, 11 dreams,
with all eyes

on the LCS trophy.

AZAEL:
I cannot wait to see
Creamcheese pairing up

with a brand-new rookie
straight out of solo queue.

The infamous Killer Robot,
the 17-year-old Organizm.

And you got to wonder,
how is his solo queue success

gonna transition
to the LCS stage?

-Yeah.
-We know the guy has talent,

but is he gonna be able
to pull it off at the pro level?

(Rudy Jr. whoops)

Let's go, PJ.

Yo, how's Team Liquid?
Are they any good?

Yeah. If Dillix gets going,
they can beat anyone.

He's a monster.

AZAEL:
With rookie Organizm starting

far earlier than
any of us expected,

you've got to feel
for veteran ADC Frugger,

who's watching this one
from the sidelines.

-APRIL: Right.
Well, we expected that.
-Yeah.

-Hey, baby.
-Right down.

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
Not much action so far,

but, oh, there goes SirThiccness
right onto Organizm.

He lands a double taunt,
but Organizm flashes forward.

And Creamcheese
lands the Zenith Blade.

That'll be first blood
for Fugitive.

But Organizm goes down.

That's a one for one.

It is action-packed
on opening day.

Okay.

GABRIELLA:
I think everyone was dying

to know how Organizm's game
would translate to the pros.

And one thing was clear:
he was not playing scared.

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
He's gonna push forward,

he's gonna flash forward!

He's got the Triple Kill.

-Yes!
-AZAEL: That is huge
for Organizm.

He gets the triple.
Organizm is fed,

and Fugitive has got a shot
in this game.

Nice, nice.

JATT:
Organizm's mechanics,

you just don't see that
from a rookie.

You don't see that
from anyone, really.

You could really tell
he was in the zone.

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
And Organizm is breaking off

-from the rest of Fugitive...
-APRIL: Just push mid.

What is he do--
What the fuck is he doing?

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
Oh, he's going in for this.
Organizm, ready to contest.

Here with the Baron,
flashing out of the way.

-Still trying to find
some sort...
-Uh...

...of a way to maneuver
around the 1v4.

Nearly finding the kill.
Holy moly, is he gonna do it?

-No!
-AZAEL: Oh!

-(sighs)
-AZAEL: He almost had it.

-That would've been insane.
-Yeah. Of course.

TL gets the kill and
the Red Bull Baron Power Play.

That should be all they need.

KYLE:
That's one way to put it.

RUDY JR.:
I mean, I didn't know
what the fuck was going on.

Organizm started
walking up to this

giant purple
magical worm thing--

looked like Grimace's dick
from McDonald's--

and there's a bunch of fireworks
and then he died

and everybody started
cussing him the fuck out.

CREAMCHEESE:
Org, I hope you
fucking like this.

God-fucking-damn it.

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
And Team Liquid

shuts down
the solo queue superstar.

How you doing? You all right?

(quietly):
I'm good.

CAPTAINFLOWERS:
It's pretty clear that team
wasn't on the same page here.

It's a team game. It's what

everyone's gonna be
talking about.

It's what Fugitive
is gonna be talking about.

-Fucking...
-Hey!

-...joke! No.
-That is enough.

Let me tell you,
I'm not gonna play with him.

Alleyway. Outside, outside now.

-That's enough.
-Nathan and his fucking...

Get out there.
Nightfall? Nightfall?

What do you think you're doing?

-Not starting with him.
-Out there.

CREAMCHEESE:
We're all on the same page.

We're all pushing mid.

Organizm decides

to contest Baron, which is...

a terrible move.

He almost pulled it off,
which is impressive,

but so risky.

So what are you even thinking?

CREAMCHEESE:
But the worst part of it

is he doesn't say anything.

He doesn't say one fucking word.

Look out for the chips.
There's just chips everywhere.

Uh, sorry-- I got it.

When you ignore
your teammates like that...

...you're insulting
their experience.

It's why you need
to communicate.

I try.

Look, I want you
to apologize to your teammates.

Especially your support.

I will.

(crunching)

FRUGGER:
I'm out.

Come here, man.

Listen, dude.
Forget the noise, okay, bro?

This is a fucking joke.
Are you kidding me?

-I know.
-We should be laughing
right now.

-It's...
-'Cause it's such
a fucking joke.

It's not funny, though.

It's not funny.
You saw the game today, right?

-Yeah.
-Like, this is not gonna work.

-No, it's bullshit.
-So this isn't over,

by any stretch, just 'cause
you're going to Academy.

-Yeah.
-Which is fucking insane,
by the way.

-Frugger in Academy? That
doesn't make any sense to me.
-Yeah...

Frugger in Academy? Are you
kid-- Like, that doesn't even...

I-- honestly, I wish
you would stop saying it.

And dude, do not worry about me.

Seriously, like,
I'm gonna be fine.

-I'm gonna be totally fine.
-FRUGGER: Okay.

(crunching)

-NATHAN: Hey, honey.
What's up, baby?
-EMMA: Hi, Dad.

I'm sure it can get kind
of crazy at the other house,

so anytime you want to just
chill out here, come on by.

We got mochi, too.
You like mochi balls?

KYLE:
Organizm is staying
at the Resnick's tonight

because tensions are
a-a little high at the house.

BAP:
He just didn't listen.

-Yeah.
-No communication,
just running at the Baron

when we said push mid.

Look, the fact is,
he isn't communicating

with his teammates, um...

But I-I keep telling Cream,
you know,

you can't take that personally.

'Cause at the end of the day,
he's-he's just

a shy 17-year-old kid.

CREAMCHEESE:
I'm trying, I am,

because I know
it's not Organizm's fault

that he's starting
before he's ready.

It's not his fault
he lost the game for us.

God-fucking-damn it.

It's ownership.
It's fucking Resnick.

What-- Get him
some mochi, honey.

CREAMCHEESE:
So if the kid apologizes to me

and shows he's ready to learn,

I'll try to be civil.

You know who it is. You reached
Trevor, crème de la Cream.

-Leave a message at the beep.
-(phone beeps)

(muttering)

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