OBS co-stream analysis · 18-19 Oct 2026
Five recordings, about 9 h 10 min of co-stream, follow the $100k WoW Forever duel Finals from the first upper-bracket round to the trophy. Warlockguy beat Neepzen in an all-Undead-Warlock Grand Finals after dropping to the lower bracket.
Timeline
The bar is drawn to real clock time. Hatched blocks are the gaps with no footage (about 3 and 7 minutes). Select a recording to see what it covers.
Bracket explorer
Scores come from the official Finals bracket page, read from screenshots. Search a player, filter by bracket, or press a name to follow that player.
Class scorecard
Qualifier turnout set against the eight best finishers: the champion, the runner-up, and the players knocked out in the Lower Finals, Lower Semis, Lower Round 8 and Lower Round 7. Finishing places come from the bracket in the explorer above.
| Class | Qualifier players | Share of field | Top 8 finishers | Share of top 8 | Best finish |
|---|
Share of field uses the 1,380 checked-in players. Top 8 counts finishers from 1st to 8th place.
Standout duels
Chosen from the commentary and checked against the official scores. Times are offsets inside the recording.
Rules and meta
Everything here comes from the live commentary. It has not been checked against the game files.
Other rules mentioned: stealth players get an uncontested opener while others wait at the starting flag, and fighters must stay inside the Hyjal crater arena. In Jázggz vs Dakkroth the commentary describes game 1 going to Dakkroth after Jázggz stayed out of bounds.
Open issues
The official bracket is treated as the source of truth for every score. These are the places where something else on screen or in the transcripts did not match.
| Match | What the recording showed | Official score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamelol vs Bcw U2-8 · Rec 1 1:38 | Counter read Bcw (1) | Lamelol 2-0 | The notebook reads the commentary as confirming 2-0 and an overlay glitch. |
| Warlockguy vs Lamelol U3-4 · Rec 2 0:38 | Counter read Lamelol (1) first, then Warlockguy (1) | Warlockguy 2-0 | Same reading: the commentary confirms 2-0. |
| Neepzen vs Gomzy U4-3 · Rec 4 0:42 | Counters read 1-1, then reset to 0-0 | Neepzen 2-0 | No restart or dispute is mentioned in the commentary around it. A display glitch is the likeliest reading, not proven. |
| Fighter shown as "(Unavailable)" Kyroo, Pshero, others | The unit frame greys out for minutes | n/a | The broadcast lost sight of the player. It is not a forfeit. |
| Seeds Finals bracket | The event does not publish them | n/a | Rebuilt from points, wins and Buchholz. Treat as labels only. |
| Player names Transcripts | Phonetic spellings, for example Nepson, Gamsy, Sidu | n/a | Sidu is Cdewx, the shaman Warlockguy beat in the Lower Finals. Use the bracket spelling. |
Critique audio
NotebookLM's Critique format reviewed the sources in a 16-minute audio discussion. Three points came up, with what has been done about each.
The logs noted counters that disagreed with the official bracket and then said "check the audio". The reviewers want the cause stated, not left to the reader.
Done The three cases now carry a conclusion: an overlay glitch, with the Neepzen vs Gomzy reading marked as an inference.
One frame per minute misses the split-second plays the commentators shout about. The example given: Cdewx ending Minpojke's Lower Round 8 series with a triple Windfury proc and a Storm Strike inside about three seconds.
Still to do Pull extra frames around the loudest commentary moments and add them to the visual logs.
The last 20 minutes of Recording 5 show unrelated content, such as a 3v3 arena push and another stream, which dilutes the story. The suggestion is to end with the champion's interview in the crater.
Still to do Trim or move that stretch to an appendix in the logs. This report only mentions it in one line.
Prizes and announcements
From the live commentary. Treat amounts and dates as claims to confirm before you publish them.
Mind map
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Infographic
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Slide deck
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