YNk, SPUNJ, and moses are Talking Counter. Or trying to. Doing

our best, really.

This episode was recorded PRIOR to the most recent update to

CS2 - therefore the update is not discussed.

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*I REPEAT THE RECENT CS UPDATE IS NOT DISCUSSED IN THIS

EPISODE*

00:00 Intro,

7:00 Is it VRS crunch time yet???

26:00 FPG2 and assessing Legacy

39:40 NaVi may not qualify to the Major for the first time EVER

1:00:20 Ynk’s homework on paiN

1:18:50 StarSeries 20 results

1:36:20 the state of FURIA

Janko is back from ANOTHER vacation so we can all get

together and Talk Counter.

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00:00 Intro, Janko's vacations and the best behavior of CS

talent

07:15 Eating your CS vegetables

14:10 sidde's interview with HLTV and FURIA's travel schedule

19:50 The importance of China to CS esports

31:25 Stagnant rosters need changing

40:40 The latest CS update brings childhood nostalgia

49:30 Which IGL's play the hardest positions? CT positional

philosophies, targeting weak players.

It's all there to take you to the finish line. gl hf

We're all back home Talking Counter

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00:00 Intro, Chad's show and tell clip

25:30 Discord Question: discussing a team’s “form”

32:00 What role does Vitality play for the rest of the season?

46:25 A Counter-Strike haiku

48:30 That’s a good looking FUT

54:45 NaVi: To make changes, or not to make changes

1:14:30 Monte video dramas

1:40:00 Hally’s coaching POWERS Team Spirit to EWC title

1:43:40 “Have FURIA ruined the opportunity for a historic last

year for FalleN?"

We're Talking Counter in the City of Love at the Esports World

Cup.

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00:00 Intro, the EWC Player Lounge, American education and Serbian driving

12:00 What the EWC event experience has been thus far

36:30 Length of average pro player career; highlighting s1zzi as a young talent

47:30 Spirit and Vitality stumble in EWC groups

1:03:35 Trials and tribulations for Vitality and FURIA this season

1:19:40 Running through the EWC playoff bracket

YNk- is quite literally back from vacation, so we're all Talking

Counter.

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00:00 Intro, The Cold Open, the two things you NEED in life

8:50 EWC Qualifier and EWC

33:30 EWC is CRUCIAL for Vitality

48:07 Falcons at EWC

1:03:25 MOUZ beat Spirit to win BLAST Bounty

1:24:00 jL standing in for Vitality for two events

1:34:23 Vibes on Liquid after loss in Grand Finals

SPUNJ and moses are enjoying the slow news off-season as

online CS eases us back into the swing of things. YNK is on a

beach somewhere.

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00:00 Intro, Rushly joins us and Get Animated! updates

37:40 BLAST Bounty format change for 2027

51:15 Sticker money catastrophe

1:08:30 Upsets at BLAST Bounty

1:26:10 Aurora +ash, +jimmphat, +kyxsan

SPUNJ, moses, and YNk are BACK

00:00 Intro, the last Major glaze

20:25 FURIA in the Final

28:30 Game updates: Cache is in, New bomb explosion

39:40 BC.Game +mzinho +magisk

52:50 MOUZ +PR, GamerLegion +FL4MUS

1:01:20 G2 +r1nkle -sunpayus

1:04:45 Legacy +try +n1ss1m

1:08:10 Liquid +jorko +JT(?)

1:13:20 Astralis +neo -ruggah

ALL INFORMATION and HOW-TO-ENTER THE PICKEMS

CONTEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISCORD

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We'd like to thank the following partners for helping us with

supplying prizes for the giveaway:

Wooting (wooting.io) for their amazing keyboards

AceZone (AceZone.io) for their awesome headsets

CS.Money (https://cs.money/r/TalkingCounter) for all the

beautiful skins

00:00 Intro, the illness, two weeks into the Major, casting a

Major

04:45 PICK'EMS CONTEST PRIZES

10:35 Working the Major, casting the Major, and the Major

experience

32:22 Lopsided playoff bracket, looking back on older Major

Playoff brackets

40:55 Legacy's coach ADR disqualified, the coach rules at

Majors

51:10 Adding details into production for viewer experience

57:05 Legacy targets insani for n1ssim, Ruggah departs Astralis

1:04:36 MOUZ and NaVi at IEM Cologne Major

1:10:44 Major Playoffs seem wide open? Who wins?

ALL INFORMATION and HOW-TO-ENTER THE PICKEMS

CONTEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISCORD

https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya

We'd like to thank the following partners for helping us with

supplying prizes for the giveaway:

Wooting (wooting.io) for their amazing keyboards

AceZone (AceZone.io) for their awesome headsets

CS.MOney (https://cs.money/r/TalkingCounter) for all the

beautiful skins

00:00 Intro, Ash on the desk, Janko’s apology

01:30 PICK’EMS CHALLENGE GIVEAWAY INFORMATION

06:35 Players/teams receiving abuse on social media after

elimination

15:30 Astralis eliminated in Stage 2

20:00 No more NA teams or players left in the Major

38:50 Spirit and Donk’s dominance, BetBoom continues, FUT

looked great

45:13 Vitality tangent

56:50 Stage 3 Pick’ems and conversation

1:08:30 Assessing G2’s chances

1:12:40 Can Legacy test this mouz lineup? and more opening

matchups

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are TALKING MAJOR COUNTER

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00:00 Intro

01:40 WATCH THIS BEFORE SKIPPING TO TIMESTAMPS

07:12 Looking ahead to Stage 2

-- "First" part of the podcast begins now (lower audio quality moving forward)

34:30 Tyloo v Lynn Vision, adjusting expectations for Stage 1

56:00 Valve at the Major? Or not at the Major? That is the question

1:17:30 Finalizing our look back on Stage 1 of IEM Cologne