Chat with Declan ‘vexite’ Portelli at IEM Sydney 2023. We talk about Grayhound finally getting a coach, CS2 and how they plan to deal with a sparse calendar ahead.
#128: Neo @ IEM Sydney 2023
Interview with Faze coach Filip ‘Neo’ Kubski after winning IEM Sydney 2023. We talk about the similarities between Faze and VP, the beauty of CS, how the emotions of playing change when you’re a coach, how he’s adapting to coaching and how Robban might return to the team at some point.
#127: SAw @ IEM Sydney 2023
Interview with Eetu “sAw” Saha, the coach of Ence, at IEM Sydney 2023. Ence had an ok start to Sydney, beating Lynn vision in a best of 1 then Fnatic in a best of 3, but were 2-0d by G2 and then Faze pretty soundly. After their losses, I climbed in the Truth sauna with with Eetu Saha, aka Saw, the Finnish coach, and chatted all things Ence – where they came from, where they’re going and what it’s going to take to have a peak era.
#126 T.c @ IEM Sydney 2023
Interview with T.c, coach of Complexity, at IEM Sydney 2023, the first major Counter Strike 2 tournament, after they qualified for the grand final with a victory over G2 in the semi-finals.
#125: CS2
Global Offensive is no more! Counter Strike 2 is out and IEM Sydney is gonna be on it. Get on it too.
#124: The Faze Episode
Interviews with Broky, Rain, Ropz and Robban at the Blast Paris Major 2023, all about success, motivation and pressure.
#123: Magisk feat. Lars Robl @ Blast Major Paris 2023
Interview with Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif from Vitality, including a bonus chat with Lars Robl, at the Blast Paris Major 2023.
#122: Siuhy @ Blast Major Paris 2023
Two interviews with Siuhy (Kamil Schkaradek) from Gamer Legion at the Blast Paris Major 2023 – one at the beginning of the Legends stage and the other just after beating Heroic in a shock upset in the semi-final. Also includes a bonus interview with Rick Behling, the project manager for Gamer Legion.
#121: NAF @ Blast Major Paris 2023
An interview with Keith ‘Naf’ Markovic from Team Liquid at the Blast Paris Major 2023.
#120: dupreeh @ Blast Major Paris 2023
Interview with Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen from Vitality at Blast Paris Major 2023.