86 down, won by one
CDL Launch Invitational, Day 1 · 6 Nov 2026 · Hardpoint on Sentry
Carolina Royal Ravens led Sentry Hardpoint by 86 points. G2 Minnesota won it 250–249. Here are the five moments that decided it, each one on the Map Lab board with all eight players, plus the numbers behind it and what your team can copy.
Renegade is on Driveway before it goes live
P4 Driveway, 3 seconds before it goes live
Three seconds before Driveway goes live, Renegade is already standing on it: Carolina had a player there 16 seconds early. They took the hill 48–1. That made it 124–38, the biggest lead of the game: 86 points.
Watch it in Map LabG2 let Driveway go and wait on Utility
P5 Utility, 2 seconds before it goes live
Two seconds before Utility goes live, Carolina are only now leaving Driveway. Spart is already waiting on Utility: G2 had a player there 19 seconds early. Carolina's first player got there 38 seconds after it went live. Utility went 50–4 to G2.
Watch it in Map LabThe same rotation, the same result
P5 Utility, 1 second after it goes live
Carolina answered with Driveway again, 39–3, and led 221–181 with two hills left. Then the same rotation. G2 were on Utility as it went live, and Carolina's first player arrived 32 seconds later. G2 took it 26–20 and the lead was down to 34.
Watch it in Map LabOne point from the win
P1 Control Center, 25 seconds left on the hill
Last hill. Carolina needed 9 points and G2 needed 43. G2 scored the first 24. Carolina fought back to 249–231 with Nejra on the hill, one point from the win. He went down a second later.
Watch it in Map LabFour against two, and nobody on the hill
P1 Control Center, 11 seconds left on the hill
G2 scored the last 19 points. At 249–245 Carolina had four players alive to G2's two, but they were spread across the map and none of them stood on the hill. G2 Minnesota won 250–249.
Watch it in Map LabHill by hill
Points are what each team scored while that hill was live, so they add up to the final. First on is the first player to stand on the hill, in seconds before it went live (early) or after it.
| Hill | Carolina | G2 | Score after | First on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 Control CenterScore after 45–0 | 45 | 0 | 45–0 | – |
| P2 BarracksScore after 47–35 | 2 | 35 | 47–35 | G2, 1s after |
| P3 DomeScore after 76–38 | 29 | 3 | 76–38 | Carolina, 16s early |
| P4 Driveway1Score after 124–39 | 48 | 1 | 124–39 | Carolina, 16s early |
| P5 Utility2Score after 128–89 | 4 | 50 | 128–89 | G2, 19s early |
| P1 Control CenterScore after 158–118 | 30 | 29 | 158–118 | Carolina, 15s early |
| P2 BarracksScore after 174–154 | 16 | 36 | 174–154 | Carolina, 5s after |
| P3 DomeScore after 182–178 | 8 | 24 | 182–178 | Carolina, 3s early |
| P4 DrivewayScore after 221–181 | 39 | 3 | 221–181 | G2, 4s after |
| P5 Utility3Score after 241–207 | 20 | 26 | 241–207 | G2, 1s early |
| P1 Control Center45Score after 249–250 | 8 | 43 | 249–250 | Carolina, 16s early |
What you can copy
- 1
Leave early when the next hill is across the map
Driveway and Utility sit at opposite ends of Sentry. Twice Carolina stayed on Driveway and reached Utility 38 and 32 seconds late. Those two hills went 4–50 and 20–26, a 52-point swing in a game they lost by one.
See moment 2 - 2
Give up a lost hill and set up the next one
G2 scored 1 point on Driveway. Instead of feeding more players into it, they had someone on Utility 19 seconds before it went live, and won it 50–4.
See moment 2 - 3
With one point to win, go in together
From 249–231 Carolina died five times in 16 seconds, one player at a time, and never took the hill back, even with four alive to G2's two. One second alone on the hill would have won it. Group up and walk on together.
See moment 5
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Game: CDL Launch Invitational, Day 1 (6 Nov 2026), Carolina Royal Ravens v G2 Minnesota, Hardpoint on Sentry. Boards from the Scout Drop Map Lab, where every moment above plays back with all eight players.