About this episode

The episode discusses Stage 2 results, Stage 3 predictions, and the Pick'ems Challenge Giveaway with guest Ash.

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

People in this episode

Guest: Ash

Topics covered

• Stage 2 results
• Stage 3 predictions
• Pick'ems challenge
• Social media abuse
• Team eliminations
• Player performances
• Major tournament analysis

Keywords

• Pick'ems
• giveaway
• Stage 2
• Stage 3
• social media abuse
• team eliminations
• player performances
• Counter-Strike

Sponsors

Wooting, AceZone, CS.MOney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astralis, Spirit, BetBoom, FUT, Vitality, G2, mouz

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