*Recorded on Apr 9, before the Parivision - Mongolz

Quarterfinal concluded*

SPUNJ and moses are Talking Counter while YNk is on vacation.

For real this time. I think.

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00:00 Intro, right into things, Janko on vacation

07:15 PGL Singapore Major adds 3rd/4th decider, changes invite

cutoff date

18:08 Should FaZe change roster before the Major?

23:39 Chad's Game: Moses' Malpractice

39:50 Qualification through Asia and Oceania regions

54:27 PGL Bucharest Playoffs - who is going to win the whole

thing?

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00:00 Intro, the moon landing, ranch dressing

15:18 Animgraph2 update

37:50 Turning the corner to Major Qualification cutoff

58:45 Salacious rumor around Aurora

1:18:00 PGL Bucharest

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00:00 Intro, blackmail material

09:30 The Vitality Era // Vitality vs Astralis GOAT team

36:00 ESL announces improvements to their 2027 circuit

55:00 FURIA/Falcons tech issues and importance of strong admins

1:09:00 Competing at T1 events vs T2 events, BCG Masters upsets

1:18:30 Overdrive on magixx as IGL, the state of Spirit

1:39:00 Is it over for MOUZ?

This episode was recorded on the 21st before all the BLAST Rotterdam results had concluded.

moses, SPUNJ, and YNk are Talking Counter.

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00:00 Intro, Chad dips into his plumber past

09:30 CS2 Update (Reload changes)

37:30 Liquid swaps to NA for VRS standings

52:45 Liquid and G2 swap Malbs and Nertz

1:05:30 Mid-season checkin around the scene

1:28:00 Flyquest status check

1:37:30 FaZe -neo (coach), eliminated from Rotterdam

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00:00 Intro, showering habits

12:00 Valve update for CS2, NYAG lawsuit

18:00 PGL circuit announcement, TO’s doing battle in ’27-’28

38:30 Rumors around G2/TL signing up for BCG Masters

46:30 EPL Playoffs - Spirit, mouz, Aurora, MongolZ, NaVi, Legacy,

FUT, Astralis

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00:00 Intro, the Frag Movie, minigames

12:45 Would you cast CS forever? Player retirements and

motivations

42:45 PGL Cluj-Napoca results - do we HAVE to glaze Vitality?

56:20 PGL Cluj - The MongolZ

1:02:50 No Vitality at EPL - who will win instead?

1:14:45 100 Thieves VRS and early going

1:28:00 Questions from the Discord!

moses, SPUNJ, and YNk are Talking Counter.

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00:00 Intro, the Frag Movie, minigames

12:45 Would you cast CS forever? Player retirements and

motivations

42:45 PGL Cluj-Napoca results - do we HAVE to glaze Vitality?

56:20 PGL Cluj - The MongolZ

1:02:50 No Vitality at EPL - who will win instead?

1:14:45 100 Thieves VRS and early going

1:28:00 Questions from the Discord!

moses, SPUNJ, and YNk are Talking Counter.

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00:00 Intro15:00 The State of the Analyst Desk50:30 PassionUA sign try, Senzu // Legacy signs arT1:11:54 ENC TEAM USA1:18:15 Vitality and Zywoo dominate IEM Krakow1:40:35 who is vitality's competition this year?2:00:00 Exciting teams to watch in PGL Cluj-Napoca

YNk- and SPUNJ have managed to drag the man with the most Majors in CS history into the podcast. We're Talking Counter with Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen!

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00:00 Intro, celebrity producer, superstitions, inverted sound

06:23 Evolution of pro CS gear, Dupreeh’s involvement with AceZone

11:02 Dupreeh’s Origin Story

32:19 Apex’s wise words, expectations and public pressure, the beauty of the game unfolding

41:04 Astralis signs Magisk instead of k0nfig (2018)

49:30 s1mple and the BCGame roster. YNk’s idea for a BCG roster change.

1:06:05 FaZe at IEM Krakow (the bad)

1:25:54 Falcons at IEM Krakow (the ugly)

1:46:17 Astralis and FUT at IEM Krakow (the good)

1:51:49 IEM KRAKOW PLAYOFF BRACKET