Talking Counter

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CONTEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISCORD
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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

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