We're all back home Talking CounterJoin our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout the season.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, Chad's show and tell clip25:30 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 haiku48:30 That’s a good looking FUT54:45 NaVi: To make changes, or not to make changes 1:14:30 Monte video dramas1:40:00 Hally’s coaching POWERS Team Spirit to EWC title1:43:40 “Have FURIA ruined the opportunity for a historic lastyear for FalleN?"

We're Talking Counter in the City of Love at the Esports WorldCup.Join our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout the season.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, the EWC Player Lounge, American education and Serbian driving12:00 What the EWC event experience has been thus far36:30 Length of average pro player career; highlighting s1zzi as a young talent47:30 Spirit and Vitality stumble in EWC groups1:03:35 Trials and tribulations for Vitality and FURIA this season1:19:40 Running through the EWC playoff bracket

YNk- is quite literally back from vacation, so we're all TalkingCounter.Join our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout theseason.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, The Cold Open, the two things you NEED in life8:50 EWC Qualifier and EWC33:30 EWC is CRUCIAL for Vitality48:07 Falcons at EWC1:03:25 MOUZ beat Spirit to win BLAST Bounty1:24:00 jL standing in for Vitality for two events1:34:23 Vibes on Liquid after loss in Grand Finals

SPUNJ and moses are enjoying the slow news off-season asonline CS eases us back into the swing of things. YNK is on abeach somewhere.Join our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout theseason.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, Rushly joins us and Get Animated! updates37:40 BLAST Bounty format change for 202751:15 Sticker money catastrophe1:08:30 Upsets at BLAST Bounty1:26:10 Aurora +ash, +jimmphat, +kyxsan

SPUNJ, moses, and YNk are BACK00:00 Intro, the last Major glaze20:25 FURIA in the Final28:30 Game updates: Cache is in, New bomb explosion39:40 BC.Game +mzinho +magisk52:50 MOUZ +PR, GamerLegion +FL4MUS1:01:20 G2 +r1nkle -sunpayus1:04:45 Legacy +try +n1ss1m1:08:10 Liquid +jorko +JT(?)1:13:20 Astralis +neo -ruggah

ALL INFORMATION and HOW-TO-ENTER THE PICKEMSCONTEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISCORD https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5YaWe'd like to thank the following partners for helping us withsupplying prizes for the giveaway:Wooting (wooting.io) for their amazing keyboardsAceZone (AceZone.io) for their awesome headsetsCS.Money (https://cs.money/r/TalkingCounter) for all thebeautiful skins00:00 Intro, the illness, two weeks into the Major, casting aMajor04:45 PICK'EMS CONTEST PRIZES10:35 Working the Major, casting the Major, and the Majorexperience32:22 Lopsided playoff bracket, looking back on older MajorPlayoff brackets40:55 Legacy's coach ADR disqualified, the coach rules atMajors51:10 Adding details into production for viewer experience57:05 Legacy targets insani for n1ssim, Ruggah departs Astralis1:04:36 MOUZ and NaVi at IEM Cologne Major1:10:44 Major Playoffs seem wide open? Who wins?

ALL INFORMATION and HOW-TO-ENTER THE PICKEMSCONTEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISCORD https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5YaWe'd like to thank the following partners for helping us withsupplying prizes for the giveaway:Wooting (wooting.io) for their amazing keyboardsAceZone (AceZone.io) for their awesome headsetsCS.MOney (https://cs.money/r/TalkingCounter) for all thebeautiful skins00:00 Intro, Ash on the desk, Janko’s apology01:30 PICK’EMS CHALLENGE GIVEAWAY INFORMATION06:35 Players/teams receiving abuse on social media afterelimination15:30 Astralis eliminated in Stage 220:00 No more NA teams or players left in the Major38:50 Spirit and Donk’s dominance, BetBoom continues, FUTlooked great45:13 Vitality tangent56:50 Stage 3 Pick’ems and conversation1:08:30 Assessing G2’s chances1:12:40 Can Legacy test this mouz lineup? and more openingmatchups

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are TALKING MAJOR COUNTERJoin our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout the season.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro01:40 WATCH THIS BEFORE SKIPPING TO TIMESTAMPS07:12 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 156:00 Valve at the Major? Or not at the Major? That is the question1:17:30 Finalizing our look back on Stage 1 of IEM Cologne

YNk- and moses and SPUNJ are TALKING MAJOR COUNTERJoin our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout the season.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, Chad's travel woes, Janko's microphone woes18:30 The Major is FINALLY here28:50 New sticker money split42:00 THUNDER dOWNUNDER52:00 Consequences of skipping CAC1:02:45 STAGE ONE PICK'EMS1:27:15 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 theplayoffs of PGL Astana and IEM Atlanta******Join our Discord to talk Counter with other followers of thepodcast and of Counter-Strike. Participate in giveaways andwatch parties throughout the season.https://discord.gg/DaFHsaq5Ya00:00 Intro, getting into CS and early career13:55 Playing with coldzera in 00Nation19:05 Experiences on M80 and G2 33:40 Individual struggles in 2025 after NiKo's departure41:40 The State of CS - animgraph updates and map rotation45:30 Joining Team Liquid, time in roster so far52:55 What is TaZ like as a coach?59:35 Current (aka week-old) Counter-Strike and thedominance of Vitality