Episode 106: Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken

moses, YNk, and SPUNJ are making skits in sunny Malta and Talking Counter!
Join our official Discord to discuss the episode with other listeners!
discord.gg/TalkingCounter
Russel "twistzz" Van Dulken returns for a second time. Two time Intel Grand Slam champion, Major winner in Antwerp '22, and captain of Team Liquid.

[@thchiefe]

Best thing to come out of pro league is all the content with players

[@LH-vx9zw]

49:30 Twistzz really wanted to laugh there and then realised what Spunj said xdd

[@martinolsen007]

This camera angle makes it look like a interrogation

[@zyquoo]

yeah, recording/video quality has never been their strong suit

[@elizabethmurigi1131]

RIP work. This is going to be my most unproductive afternoon ever. TGIF

[@peterhainsworth3008]

FACT

[@kenser8095]

Twistz is so well spoken

[@madhalf7059]

Terrible conclusion, you worry me.

[@jacoblee5516]

@@madhalf7059 hahaha

[@Nagini808]

Appreciate getting Twistzz on here. Great listen.

[@DaveSaintL]

Moses "Yeah it just disappeared into esports"... stares off into the abyss of existential thought for 2 minutes lmao

[@pradayou]

Russ is so well spoken, awesome episode guys - totally agree with what Russ was saying about the Pro League content, it brings so much personality to the scene both for talent and players. Would be sad to see it go

[@djaycs2]

Listening to twistzz talk about the burden of online play makes me feel so vindicated, CS2 does not play well on anything over 30ms and it's so noticeable in comparison to CS:GO. Hope to see Valve tackle this soon. Great episode.

[@wingman548]

1:32:49 - YNk is correct and this is why I think twistzz IGLing is such a good move for him. There are basically no "good" IGLs in any of the top teams at the moment - Of course they are fantastic callers, but their mechanics and firepower is severely lacking. Twistzz being able to call while fragging just as hard as always is something very unique to liquid and anyone who can see how this team is progressing will know what a threat liquid will become to the top teams in the near future

[@caIy2k]

russ has got to be the most solid person in terms of character in all of cs and in life itself, dude should be a world leader

[@loxin7759]

you guys are one of my best people to hear talking, just get better cameras or better 96csi lightning and do better cam angles, and this is fire

[@JURITO1000]

"30 ping feels like 80" Amen.

[@awpr8r]

Best hair in the cs2 game

[@delatroy]

Alexi B no.1 contender

[@AstroSully]

@@delatroy close 2nd

[@KwissBeats]

@@AstroSully what about elige?

[@awpr8r]

@@KwissBeats his hair is so fine it transcends visualization.

[@funtourhawk]

@@awpr8r X-ray toggled hair

[@whatsupwithwhatsup1212]

dude i fricken love twistzz

[@tonytaylor8811]

First time tuning in and I will be back great points great insight

[@Kiberboolja]

this "VHS" edits so good would love to see entire podcast like this

[@laurentiumocacoca175]

Sometimes it looks like its the camera from Outlast, idk why. xD

[@medievalmike5562]

This was super interesting, well done everyone!

[@GunfordGaming]

Why is this not on Spotify yet :)

[@calvinshere]

For real I love falling asleep to these

[@stephenjacobsen4616]

pizza with double cream sause, lots of cheese and peperoni. top with chili oil. lets go!

[@denvernuggsjeans]

had a moment pertaining to the strange surfaces that make nades bounce crazy. was b main on anubis as t and a ct threw a molly from palace. there’s this gutter in the middle of the floor and the molly hit the side of the gutter and it bounced back into the entrance to b and went off mid air 😂

[@GoodmanDontLai]

1:37:32 moses you're thinking of the Coaches Roundtable you did for ESL. Blade is the one that said he thinks younger players are more adaptable at around the 58:10 mark.

[@DjAkho]

Perfecto anchor god and absolute beast on T

[@minibeech03]

even in canada, you're lucky to get under 50 ping with all the servers being towards southern or central USA.

[@popefrancis4080]

Let’s goooo 2h banger

[@theZCAllen]

Great episode! Really fun conversations

[@uponsunnah6986]

it'd be nice to have questions from viewers being sent in live.

[@benjaminscott3368]

Scream if you love talking counter

[@lytom.]

RAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@scouthatesrainbows]

*jump throw sound effect*

[@Ramhearts]

Ahhh

[@minibeech03]

i think Liquid should change up the color of logo. Change blue/white to red/white being that the 2 NA players are Canadian and 4/5 players have a red/white flag.

[@jffrzon]

they had conceptual logos for some tournamentd when Taco was playing and I guess that's alll they can do, something conceptual and temporary. you gotta remember it's an organisation playing in more games than CS

[@dieeisleiche9511]

True, but does US / Canada / Brazil themed elements as well as stickers slapped so hard

[@shookya6976]

I was all on team CS2 is good just let valve work on it until I got access to Deadlock which plays so much smoother and looks so much cleaner

[@AlecMcKanna]

Do you release the audio to podcast feeds?

[@C0pernicus]

"What's been new in the talent life?"

[@Onomynn]

Moses - 👁️👁️

[@xXxXFALL3NXxXx]

When are we getting the Red Make CS Great Again hats?

[@neintjeyoutube]

Never watched through a podcast episode so easily

[@cristianonacort1217]

Shout out to Yanko, the serbian most brazilian there is!

[@zeootldaoime6630]

do timestamps pls

[@MS-vf8ng]

Making demands for free content is such an insanely entitled thing to do. Do you not have a long enough attention span to listen to the entire podcast?

[@ernad395]

@@MS-vf8ng Bro why the aggression? He just made a simple request which they have done in the past anyway. No need to insult someone over it. It's not entitled, he just asked

[@zeootldaoime6630]

@@MS-vf8ng they did it in the past, its just a request.

[@MikeyAce45]

@@zeootldaoime6630 I see no request nor ask. I see a misplaced demand as well, so he's entitled.

[@zeootldaoime6630]

@@MikeyAce45 I just wrote "Do Timestamps please" and you find this entitled? Neither I wrote it in an insulting way nor i wrote it aggressively. Its a comment on KZbin, not a formal business request per Mail, its not that deep, pls chill out.

[@WayStedYou]

The fabulous Van Dulken

[@everything-has-a-handle-now]

Sunny side up on pizza is sooo good

[@josephbagert7501]

1:47:00 the skits keep me on the channel instead of muting in between matches. I love the stuff in between matches too (i.e. build sean a NA team. rank the former players etc)

[@ankurdwivedi5023]

Can you please also do timestamps if possible. I rarely get time nowdays so would really appreciate if i can watch some certain topics sometimes.😊

[@virteddyvio]

Banger ep bruv

[@hanvengyy9342]

good production this time

[@sleaf8356]

How do you have a blair witch cam operator but cannot hire somone to segment the podcast

[@WillieWood42]

Thumbs up sidekick 👍

[@cloroxbleach849]

I know what Chad means at 1:55:00. Usually a soloqueuer myself and jesus christ the people i get are 99% either braindead or muted. that 1% when they all communicate and everything works hits like fucking crack though.

[@dieeisleiche9511]

Oh hell yeah

[@Ansee7]

scream if you love talking counter RAAAAAAAH

[@mxt77]

Have u guys played deadlock, opinions?

[@artistjECS2]

Funny ash

[@shamikmukherjee2937]

Boys, please fix the white balance of all the cameras. It is distracting as hell

[@dayne6475]

Anyone got the Freya Danish accent?

[@diegob7836]

We want FALLEN on the podcast.

[@luckstur]

W

[@sykx7]

ESL Pro is best content in CS. It's equal enjoyment to the quality of the games for me. You all fucking rule.

[@rb2545]

More vhs plz

[@nishanpokhrel1043]

Rough timestamp pls?

[@lukeX2m]

Bro I ain’t doing allat work

[@anu1776]

not on spotify yet?

[@TalkingCounter]

it's there now, just due to busy schedules at EPL didn't get uploaded to the platform right away

[@anu1776]

@@TalkingCounter alright, my bad, obviously ya’ll are busy with everything, good luck! oh and as a active viewer, ESL is always the most entertaining tournament to watch and there’s simply one reason for that, you lads! truly appreciate the work ya’ll put in behind the scenes. i’m a big fan of the casting with a pro player besides the main cast, it’s super interesting!

[@epicro9470]

yooooooo❤

[@uv6821]

Oh fuck yes

[@ner0th938]

so now if NA gets 5 slots no matter the ranking points, then NA teams just have to be 5 best teams in ranking(no matter if u top50), that would be crazy

[@Limcacs]

No talk about maniac

[@saberterminal871]

literally no CS podcast with good production. this looks like it was filmed in 2006

[@marrchy2682]

01:10:09 sub tick

[@marrchy2682]

1:16:30 i hate this argument. Every sport or activity has different conditions for pros and amateurs. If im a football player in my bum ahh low level league. the pitch is shite, has holes, retains water long piece of shite grass. Its not the same for pros. And it shouldnt be, they have heated pitches, that get cut with a nail scissor. Its the exact same for these different level of competition. If 128 tick servers are to expensive for all cs2 spaces. Than OK, just give people who play to play competitive cs. Why should 1% of the player base, who want to have the most competitive experience be held back, by some bums who want to play Gun Game drunk all day, and valve think they have to have the same servers as faceit level 10s? What even is this argument.

[@SpongeCS]

This is a great argument that no one ever talks about.

[@xlgapelsin6173]

The main argument is that 128 breaks the game and it did do some funky things in csgo. No telling what it would do on subtick

[@marrchy2682]

@xlgapelsin6173 it's the same in other sports. A very good pitch has different ways it affects the ball or the players. The ball bounces less on worse fields. Players have a harder time running tho on worse field because the ground is harder. Same with the balls in general are worse quality. Are easier to shot and head. So can we just give the 0.1%of the player base that actually cares about the game to an extreme competitive level the option to play on 128 tick? Who will it hurt? And valve game mode servers can be on subtick? And regular comp severs on standard 64 tick to save costs?

[@xlgapelsin6173]

@@marrchy2682 Brother there is a reason its hard coded to 64. Something tells me the game completely collapses on 128

[@marrchy2682]

@xlgapelsin6173 bro you are completely out of the loop. We played faceit for 1 month of the closed beta on 128 tick. Valve literally coded out the option to launch non sub tick severs after that. Now its hard coded to 64 sub tick. The option is there, it's on valve to allow it.

[@piggybaggy242]

timestamp for sub-shit talk ?

[@marrchy2682]

01:10:09

[@flam3z997]

RVD RVD

[@sleaf8356]

u crazy if you think a commenter going to post the segments in the comments for free labor ure lacking for not doing them it’s unwatchabled without clickable segments

[@sleaf8356]

I prob only care about 3/5 of the topics not sifting through 2 hours of mush

[@mjays3484]

Idk what we are doing with these different camera angles changing every 30-45 seconds, can we not just have a regular video lol

[@grafja]

Let Harry cook bro, it's his first time.

[@Jerome-iwnl]

I bet Twistzz was calling half of Faze in the last year he was there

[@victors3806]

This is just my opinion you may be right though. He was second caller at least that’s what it seemed like. He definitely made some calls but karrigan probably led at least 60% he always creates the space and lets his team do the work after that. That’s where I think twistzzz steps in cause his mid round calls look so good on liquid

[@potatoz1295]

Yes he was with Broky, both of them made in game inputs to Karrigan's calls as Karrigan said and what we hear from the comms he shared

[@k1219]

First