The MCSR LAN delivered one of the strangest moments competitive Minecraft has produced in a while, with two top speedrunners dying in the End within seconds of each other during a match for a spot in the Grand Finals.
Both Skycrab and Doogile had cleared the run, reached the dragon, and looked ready to close things out. Then, in the space of about five seconds, both of them were dead.
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The cause was a high-risk zero-cycle attempt. Instead of waiting for the Ender Dragon to perch, runners build straight up, drop beds next to the dragon’s head, and use the explosions to delete it before a normal fight even starts. It is the fastest way to end a run and the easiest way to throw one.
Beds explode in the End, which is exactly why elite runners hoard them on the way to the final fight. When a zero-cycle hits, it is brutal. When it misses, the player usually pays for it with their life.
That is what happened here. Both runners went up, both attempts went wrong, and the race reset in the most dramatic way possible. On the MCSR ranked client the dragon is forced to perch after roughly three minutes to cut down on RNG, but neither player got the chance to enjoy that safety net.
Skycrab kept his composure, made it back to the End first, and finished the dragon off to take the match 3-0 and book the Grand Finals slot.
