About this episode

The episode discusses the playoff bracket for the Major, details the Pickems contest, and reflects on the Major experience and coaching rules.

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, 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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