Talking Counter

YNk, moses and SPUNJ talk all things Counter-Strike.

With the CS season on holiday break we go through some brief headlines and pull heavily from our Discord AMA channel to answer questions from the podcast followers:

00:00 INTRO

18:00 s1mple's niko comments during Reflections with thorin

23:15 BLEED's unannounced AWPer

30:00 have you ever beefed with each other or blocked each other?

37:40 how would you rate cs2 transition from 1-10

47:22 what CSGO lineup was the biggest what-if in your opinion?

56:10 current mouse, and mousepad combo? And how important is mouse choice really at a top level of cs? Any stories of pros with weird mouse and pad choices?

1:08:00 Is grassroots programs in high schools a good shout for building the next generatrion [of gaming/esports]?

1:37:00 I'm curious about your opinions on the new pre-determined pairing for the major first round swiss matchups. (and additional questions on the new major seedings)

1:43:55 Stavn/Jabbi joint statement

SPUNJ, moses, and YNk are joined by Joona "natu" Leppänen, marketing director for ENCE to talk all things Counter Strike

YNk, moses and SPUNJ talk all things Counter-Strike.

00:00 Intro, nexa's skincare routine, flashlights, Japanese toilets

07:15 ENCE may lose their core three players to Heroic

27:50 Where's snappi going? Qualification difficulties for new rosters

34:30 TaZ to G2

48:31 NiKo's HLTV interview

51:20 ESL Challenger Atlanta and coL

53:30 THE DISCORD UPDATE, THE MERCH UPDATE

1:01:22 Reflecting on Twistzz to Liquid and Frozen to Faze

1:08:20 Janko presenting an HLTV award

1:14:57 Dexter to Grayhound

1:18:50 ESL Impact dramas

1:25:26 Long live DONK

YNk, moses and SPUNJ talk all things Counter-Strike.

00:00 intro, celebrity deathmatch

20:00 life updates

22:45 skullz to Liquid, Liquid overall

45:12 online counter strike, the G2 saga

59:40 event expectations and BETBOOM event

1:08:28 Brief thoughts astralis and furia

1:16:06 frozen to FaZe

1:24:00 riffing and rambling through topics

1:38:20 RMR and Major conversations

The glorious return of SPUNJ as he joins the boys in Talking Counter

00:00 Intro, CHADS BACK

12:00 What's been happening? bo5's, event schedules, online vs lan

30:00 legacy orgs strugglin

37:40 heroic saga

50:22 dexter out. aussie cs

55:50 g2 & niko & jks

1:03:44 CLOUD9 AND BOOMBL4 AND SHIRO OH MY

1:08:00 looking at the rest of the year

1:16:30 ZYWOO HAS AN EGO

1:33:00 GLAIVE JOINS ENCE

moses and YNk continue driving the Talking Counter bus while Chad soaks in the Australian sun.

00:00 Intro fluff

3:28 looking back on CAC event

11:05 complexity/FaZe joint ownership complications

19:35 VLDN standin performance

25:41 nexa back to G2, jks out

38:05 prize money influence on rankings

48:46 Shanghai Major 2024 by PerfectWorld

57:00 award shows, HLTV awards

1:07:30 Grayhound gets a coach, NRG

1:12:00 Leakers and Overdrive drama

moses and YNk take the reigns again as SPUNJ languishes on his island home. We're Talking Counter baby.

00:00 Indonesian poop coffee

3:16 s1mple stepping down from NaVi, taking a break

10:00 sh1ro stepping down from Cloud9 and where does he go?

23:40 Cloud9's perspective

28:50 NiP +alex from Movistar as IGL

41:30 Heroic's patchwork roster for BLAST Fall Finals

48:16 mezii leaves Fnatic for Vitality

52:40 Falcons +magisk +niko, what happens with G2?

1:01:25 Falcons targeting snappi

1:15:30 What's going on with G2?

1:19:24 Whats going on with FaZe?

1:22:45 Major changes

1:37:45 NRG's return

moses interrupts YNk's vacation to do some Talking Counter

1:18 - First thoughts on CS2 in pro competition

15:35 Team Liquid reported roster moves

26:40 Heroic shituation

39:50 Falcons rumored target players

44:50 thoughts on s1mple and NaVi

47:30 steel unbanned Jan 2025

moses, YNk and SPUNJ are yet again Talking Counter.

00:00 Small talk

8:00 The CS2 Premier experience

15:00 The MJ peek and reflections on CS2 release

23:00 Pro teams adapting to CS2

52:00 moses gets caught

54:00 There are STILL CSGO matches

55:30 "nuking" smokes. Game terminology. Traveling to Sydney

1:02:00 Premier Grinders, 270 games of CS2

1:07:55 Let's talk about IEM Sydney, speed of adaptations and learning

Moses, YNk and SPUNJ are back with another episode of Talking Counter.

Audio only.