Overtime on Inferno - Weekly CS2 News

IHC's surprise at Katowice, a deep-dive on Asia CS, talent scouting and more


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Asia analysts TeaTime and YouM3 joins aizyesque to talk about IHC's impressive run at IEM Katowice. And we get a ton of unique insights about the Asian CSGO scene. 

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    (00:00) Intro

    (02:45) Did you see IHC coming?
    (07:45) Cloud9 and FURIA are over-aggressive and anti-strattable
    (12:22) IHC’s mental fortitude is promising
    (14:41) Asia CS in reverse: Smart players but can’t frag?
    (19:14) Other “unexpected” Asian teams
    (22:53) Tyloo’s erraticerotic? play style
    (25:00) The 2018 Asia pro player’s history was lost and set back the scene
    (27:46) Asia CS unique server and ping time problems
    (30:34) How IHC made use of scrims with 100+ ping
    (33:11) NA teams whine too much about ping times
    (35:33) More Major slots for Asia?
    (37:21) Valve will never let us do this: A wildcard qualifier
    (39:19) The RMR makes you more money than the Major itself
    (42:21) Pro League Conference probably best format so far
    (45:50) rare atom’s JamYoung is a pleasure to watch
    (47:40) EU players that can’t make it to Tier 1, go play Middle East
    (48:41) Endpoint’s talent scouting as a business
    (50:02) Why Asia players aren’t scouted by EU and NA teams
    (52:01) Machinegun to Splyce was ahead of its time
    (54:23) IHC could be Evil Geniuses’ 5th roster
    (57:51) Academy teams as test beds for Asia talent trials
    (59:51) Old “proven” players versus talent
    (01:04:01) EU & NA scouts not even be aware of Asia talent
    (01:06:32) Could the Asia talent floodgate be about to open?
    (01:08:44) How TeaTime would fix Asian CSand NA plus AUS
    (01:12:42) The Triple A league in Mexico and Asia

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