Thorin, Mauisnake, and Pimp make the case that zonic is the GOAT coach in Counter-Strike despite the fraud narrative, and why Vitality are still a title team even with a stand-in.

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Thorin, Mauisnake, and Pimp debate whether Falcons should bench karrigan as IGL and hand the reins to NiKo before 2027.

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The new-look Hot Take Point Made debuts with Pimp joining Thorin and Mauisnake, and the crew come out swinging: was Astralis's legendary dominance actually less impressive than Vitality's?

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Thorin, Mauisnake, and kassad go to war over their CS2 IGL rankings, debate Spirit's title odds, and ask if donk can ever be the GOAT.

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Thorin, Mauisnake, and kassad debate whether m0NESY can beat ZywOo and donk to HLTV's 2026 Player of the Year.

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kassad, Mauisnake, and Thorin debate whether karrigan's Cologne Major win was IGL genius or a perfect storm of anomalies.

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karrigan is posting the worst fragging numbers of his career, the Cologne Major bracket was built wrong, and Mauisnake just put boombl4 in the top 5 IGL conversation. kassad and Thorin have a few things to say about all of it.

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kassad opens with the definitive verdict on Astralis at Cologne: HooXi is the worst leader competitive Counter-Strike has ever seen. The post-match interviews, the Instagram victim posting, the passive listen-in communication, the players who needed more from the man in charge. It all adds up.

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We deliver three hot takes on Falcons' CAC final loss, the all-time rifler debate, and whether Team Liquid CS should just shut it down.

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Takes on karrigan's future at Falcons, who's actually top-3 in competitive CS right now, and what happens at IEM Cologne.

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