As the clash of rivals was about to commence at Sosnovka Military Base, teams at other locations on the map were still scrounging for resources.
Even though the tournament placed a higher weightage on kill count, the majority of the twenty-four participating teams preferred to score by placement rather than kill count.
Therefore, most teams would elect to play safe and survive in the early stages of the game, rather than going around picking fights.
Scoring kill points for your team also meant increasing placement points for other teams.
From the caster's God's perspective camera, the live audience could see that most of the teams along the seven o'clock to one o'clock airplane flight route placed their priority in finding a means of transportation upon touchdown and distancing themselves from other teams.
There were even instances when opposing teams played "bumper cars" as they fought over control of vehicles.
