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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?

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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

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are TALKING MAJOR COUNTER

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00:00 Intro, Chad's travel woes, Janko's microphone woes

18:30 The Major is FINALLY here

28:50 New sticker money split

42:00 THUNDER dOWNUNDER

52:00 Consequences of skipping CAC

1:02:45 STAGE ONE PICK'EMS

1:27:15 NiKo's miss, NiKo vs Ropz, NiKo Karrigan and Falcons

THE MALBS FILES HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED

*****This episode was recorded on the 14th of May BEFORE the

playoffs of PGL Astana and IEM Atlanta******

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00:00 Intro, getting into CS and early career

13:55 Playing with coldzera in 00Nation

19:05 Experiences on M80 and G2

33:40 Individual struggles in 2025 after NiKo's departure

41:40 The State of CS - animgraph updates and map rotation

45:30 Joining Team Liquid, time in roster so far

52:55 What is TaZ like as a coach?

59:35 Current (aka week-old) Counter-Strike and the

dominance of Vitality

Chad and Jason have gone full retro with this episode. No edits, no timestamps no thumbnails just RAW TALKING COUNTER.

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are Talking Counter.

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00:00 Intro, cache experience, ghost nades

12:47 IEM Atlanta

34:10 ESL Pro League s25 in Riyadh for 2027

47:30 BLAST Fort-Worth

1:20:00 G2's loss to FaZe at BLAST Rivals

1:27:40 FURIA at BLAST Rivals into Astana

1:34:55 How important is PGL Astana for Falcons?

1:51:45 MOVING ON :x

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are reunited FINALLY and Talking

Counter

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00:00 Intro, bullying, Chad's eye

7:55 Animgraph2 Update fully released

25:55 Karrigan's departure from FaZe and his future with

Falcons

53:55 Feelings on FURIA, Fallen's retirement

1:02:05 Spirit's bounce back performance in Rio

1:16:10 Chad's Worms (Is Vitality the Greatest Team of All Time)

1:22:55 Is Vitality's dominance GOOD for CS?

1:36:03 MOUZ changes and Sycrone's statements

*Recorded BEFORE enkayJ announced as FaZe coach*

YNk- and moses are Talking Counter while SPUNJ is battling the

ocean undertow in Rio.

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00:00 Intro, moses has a pond, nocries update

10:50 Karrigan to Falcons after IEM Rio

39:50 NiP sign Stavn as an AWPer (-r1nkle)

46:50 Fer to play Major for Gaiman Gladiators

53:00 BC.Game bench Mutiris and AragorN

56:30 PGL Bucharest - FUT's first championship

1:09:00 Focused on Vitality and Falcons at IEM Rio

1:31:50 IEM Rio Playoff bracket

1:36:30 Spirit - are we worried?

*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?