Pop Flash: This SHOCK Team Will Do DAMAGE at the Major | CSGO Major Preview

With the BLAST CSGO Spring Showdown over and the PGL Antwerp CSGO Major just around the corner, the Counter Strike esports world is heating up. After failing to qualify, can it get any worse for Evil Geniuses CSGO? Can ENCE CSGO cause a major upset? And how good will the PGL Major production and talent be?
In the new episode of the Pop Flash CSGO podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and August 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss the best CSGO teams and best CSGO players, the pivotal Team Liquid and G2 Esports matches at the Counter Strike Major, and their thoughts on the Complexity CSGO project.
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Chapters:
0:00 How good is BLAST production?
6:26 Can NA get any worse?
37:58 Easy for ENCE?
49:00 Tricky opening Major games
57:00 Big upsets in Challenger Stage?
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[@DEXERTOCSGO]

37:59 Do YOU think ENCE will cause a MAJOR upset?

[@mihirx27]

Ah yes, timestamped moment before the video even premiered :p

[@Knightsthatsaynih]

No

[@M8Hundreds]

it wouldnt be an upset unless they win the final

[@joshuam.3125]

Bad News Eagles and Eternal Fire could definitely mess people up too!

[@TopOnTops]

ence wins are not upsets top 4 at the world right now

[@joshuam.3125]

I really love this podcast. This trio is absolute gold and I wish we got to see it more often. CS just isn't the same without Semmler on the cast or Duncan and Rich on the desk.

[@federicob9103]

I started watching CS during the pandemic so I kinda missed out on RL and thorin (although I praise them for the content they make) but I surely miss Semmlar casting

[@ribzyy]

Semmler and Richard Lewis are dogshit casters, good for this type of shit tho.

[@mindaugasmazrimas4554]

If Snappi wins a Major before Karrigan and Niko then we will finally have concrete proof we live in a simulation

[@21stcenturymusicman]

*skadoodle has entered the chat🤣*

[@SK_1337]

man karrigan gonna go Gorilla mode and destroy the podium if Snappi wins before him ahhahahahaha

[@mareeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Honestly

[@rm2124]

@@21stcenturymusicman Skadoodle was legitimately one of the best awpers in the world early in his career, snappi can never say that about his role.

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

This group is so good together. CS talent is good now but it will never again be as good as this era of talent.

[@madhalf7059]

When they asked to name MIBR players I felt as if I encountered a Sphinx and he threw his hardest riddle at me from the get go :(

[@bipolarminddroppings]

yeah, I was like "the deal is if I dont give an answer I can walk away, right?"

[@kane3215]

I got 3/5, not bad I'd say, but yeah Thorin had a good point... good ol' NA CS reaching new heights

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

I know Tuurtle. That’s all

[@simdecog]

i got one, and honestly the history of the org is the only reason i knew that one, otherwise i'd have never heard of em

[@samuelbelko6469]

I knew chelo and woody,didnt remember the rest😂😂

[@adityaadmane317]

Ahh! here we go with these three guys again coming up and making the major conversation way more interesting. Honestly it's just so funny to watch thorin make some predictions and then they all end up against him in some or the other way😂😂. Keep it up guys 😄😄👍

[@DV-do3id]

junior has to go if Complexity wants to potentially become a Top 10 team

[@tuananhhoang7113]

Cerq in Evil Geniuses as well

[@Polyvalent]

who you getting

[@akioBDO]

NA‘s got no good AWPs except of Osee atm. NA Tier 2-3 Teams don‘t have anything worth to be mentioned. Get a brazil AWP? Liquid 2021 2.0. Nobody would want that clusterfuck ever again… soooo just go International then?

[@mihirx27]

Who'd you replace him with?

[@SK_1337]

@@Polyvalent SMOOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[@camthomson1684]

Keep 'em coming! Favourite series right now, give us 2 hour versions please!

[@nikitamarynich1794]

Awesome as usual guys.

[@ivoheap3527]

Great show, always a priority watch when I see it in my feed. Happy as fuck to see ENCE doing well - I've been a glory supporter for them in CS, but I was a fan of ENCE's R6S team with Shatte and Kanto from way back and it feels good to hear them succeeding as an org. Off the back of great management too!

[@dratlan5047]

EG shut just keep 1-2 players and Malek and build up talent. Would be much cheaper, they probably would get more successful and it would help the NA scene more

[@brendenlim2158]

@Aoi Shi there most definitely are talents in terms of pure aim. However, why play cs when valo gives more money. Anddd new cs players in na have no real way to improve well, so talents can’t actually prove themselves

[@vibes24osrs]

these make my day better, thank you!

[@Triqay]

banger of an episode!!!

[@ipsitnayak5109]

I am facking hyped for Ence. Amazing Stuff

[@MangoMeoww]

The best cs podcast is back, yay! I can't name one mibr player haha.

[@2jacked2read]

EG is the embodiment of the Near Airport copypasta

[@kingfrederik]

Talk about EG, the players and the coaches, but I'm a firm believer that Peak 6 has been running the org far worse than under the previous period where their future was uncertain and they had far less resources. The fact that Ryan Towey left, who was instrumental in bringing in all their championship winning teams should have been a major red flag. This org has money but no idea what to do with it.

[@moggreg]

Richard "Things could get dicey" Lewis doing banger takes yet again

[@Schwiiiz1291]

Fire 🔥

[@eyyo111]

enjoying the vid mens! so much knowledge about e-sports and the scene in general. would it not be fitting for you three to be called like "the godfathers of csgo-talent"? lol

[@hobonise]

Quickly this has become my favourite show on CS

[@scapegoat4]

I remembered 5 of the 5 mibr players and I have zero sa heritage rofl. Tuurtle, wood7, chelo, exit and jota

[@ZuriPOL]

At this point I could list all 5 players of any team attending the major and the top30

[@DurzoHighwind]

Holy shit they look fried at what time did you record this .9 Am european time? lol

[@brolafdanaross9787]

Damn Richard got me regretting looking anylise about g2. I would be worried if we weren't playing NA

[@Henrydota2]

Love u semmler

[@thjs87]

Would love to see a Brazilian team where they take Pain and Furia and put together a great team. I mean i love seeing arT, yuurih, KSCERATO, Biguzera and nython. I dont know much about the teams so honestly dont even know who is the IGL, supports and so on from the teams, but i must admit i like seeing their playstyle. Even as a dane I enjoy it more to watch Furia, Pain, ENCE and FAZE over watching a full danish roster team like Astralis and Heroic, actually hate Heroic.

[@carcrashjayson]

Why did Semmler and Thorin turn down the major?

[@Danorpx]

I actually knew all of the MIBR players, but just wasn't 100% sure if exit was part of the team. I do agree tho, they're pretty unremarkable lol.

[@scottkobrien]

I would like to see Rush go back to completely for Fang. Maybe through Daps/Stan in there in place of JT. Leaning towards Daps, he has a better track record molding up and coming talent. He could probably help Floppy, Grim, Junior

[@shaunstrachan]

Thorin is right regarding naming MIBR players. Not even close.

[@Atheon117]

They said it, Heroic players should be in Astralis. Imagine the lineup: Glaive IGL, BlameF Lurker, Stavn Hybrid Awp, Konfig Hybrid Awp, Sjussh/Refresh as Support whoever fits rolewise better. I would like to fit TeSes too but that would be too jank.

[@jordanlimantara1814]

Farlig has been nice with it tho, I am sure 0 primary awpers would yield success but not consistent success.

[@RaginReaper]

Stewie is a leader by his emotion and his plays. He is the player in Basketball who can go and get you a bucket to swing the momentum. Stewie is not a leader in the IGL sense. As a IGL you need to be a coach in the server. He is not that. He knows how to play his game. EG needs to bring in someone respected in the NA scene like a SeanGares maybe.

[@fi3ldcs]

Oh yeah the valorant coach who hasn’t played since 2017 👍🏻

[@DV-do3id]

@@fi3ldcs he said like A Seangares not Seangares himself.....

[@tuananhhoang7113]

But right now in NA who else but Stewie can fit the criteria ? But tbh Stewie should better stay with being a 2nd IGL. He is too versatile to stay as a IGL ,he could've become a top tier utility player in the market after leaving Liquid but it's too bad he is choosing to be an IGL.

[@fi3ldcs]

@@DV-do3id did not see that mb... apologies sir

[@lohvrti]

@@fi3ldcs to be fair I'd love to see Sean back in CS. Guy is an enormous talent

[@ropogop]

If you watch some of the BTS videos Ence upload on their KZbin, it's easy to see that the players have a great friendship togehter. I'm sure their chemistry outside of the game has had a big impact on their in game performances.

[@radrussian3289]

if you watch eg play they'll call timeouts and then have an amazing game plan the next round and just lose all the gun fights. you can clearly see maleks influence while they flop

[@AureliusWhite]

I got all 5 for MIBR, but just because i almost watched all of their matches in the qualifier.

[@kapilsharmaWorld_uncensored]

Junior. Consistently holding back teams.

[@matejmaric3346]

What's up with Semmler? Hope he's doing well. AFAIK he hasn't been streaming at all lately and there's been no tweets from him for almost 2 weeks.

[@ceoherohub2584]

It’s called having a break from social media.

[@matejmaric3346]

@@ceoherohub2584 smart tbh, nothing good can come from using twitter

[@mihirx27]

What I do know is he has some personal projects in progress where he lives. It is quite hard to juggle that much stuff alongside scheduling to stream on the daily.

[@angelnope9616]

Bne are gonna be sick in the major trust me

[@Klappe92]

Just a comment to appreciate Semmler :)

[@christophermattesky3504]

Honestly I see liquid as a dark horse to make playoffs, they have been solid and I think their results are overly criticized when you consider they traveled to 3 different parts of the world in like a month for the past 3 tournaments. they went from NA to germany to romania and then back to NA and their results have been a little shaky at worst.

[@KingdomHearts29]

I actually agree I could see them making it but not much else maybe if they catch fire they’ll make a run. But yeah I think there’s a little over-hate going on, besides what you mentioned literally everyone just finds it fun to shit on NA so that plays a part

[@Ollie-uo9rj]

Agree with grim and floppy being quality but absolutely not that theyre primed to go kill it in valorant unless theyve been playing it on the side. The time where cs players can just switch and be good immediately is very much over and floppy was already poor in valorant when he tried (+ his head was never really in that game he said as much himself)

[@wyattphillips3562]

named all 5 mibr players and their sub, wtf are you talking bout Thorin?

[@goataraz]

Richard Lewis kidnapped my family

[@benzincz3690]

Also in europe people get competetive over kicking a stone on the side walk

[@daviscook4653]

Chelo, Wood7, Tuurtle, uh I got three I think

[@AquASnK_Gaming]

feeling good about a 20quid bet that liquid will 0-3 the first stage of the major.

[@peterhahne2035]

Cold, Fallen, Fer, FnX, Taco 5/5

[@crayon3863]

7:00 WOODY..... TURTLE(???) that's all i got

[@Bigpetepod]

No way can EG knock on the door of top 10 if players play up to their potential as Richard said. Potential is the key word and unfortunately these players are so far past their prime it's not even funny

[@KeefeL]

At this point, can we still call ENCE a "SHOCK team!"?

[@cm386464]

Chelo and Wood7 but I thought it was WoodT so 1.5? 😂

[@calvingrindle1802]

Ence can definitely get to legend status and, depending on the opponents, the final itself. If Spinx carries on posting the same kind of numbers then its going to be a challenge for other teams, it's also good that the last tournament shows that others can step up if he has an off day. A top 4 finish would be great for them IMO.

[@alekmendez9555]

NAVI VS ENCE FINAL OR NAVI VS FAZE ALL THE PEOPLE whant TO SEE that revenge

[@JaCKal_646f67]

it makes me giggle that PGL is getting trashed on

[@juantinajero9211]

Only player I remember from MIBR is turtle lmao

[@pamelaclark400]

lol Richard plays Elden Ring that's for sure lmao.

[@MAJiBAi]

anybody know why flashpoint tournament died , from 1 mil in fp 1 fp 2 to 10k in fp3😂😂😂

[@vip3rriverland398]

i mean it could be loser of vit col vs loser of liquid g2 and that means 1 of the favorites will start 0/2

[@josiahjohnson375]

Episode topics: EG is terrible EG is somehow worse than imagined A major may be coming up soon. EG won't be there

[@ArunKumar-bp5lo]

ence can be beatable in BO1 same for furia they aren't dominant

[@magu3035]

Every team is beatable in BO1?

[@TopOnTops]

@@magu3035 thats true

[@blix8111]

0/0 guessed na fan though

[@bobsagget5931]

You guys can be a bit harsh 😅. Poor EG. You aren't wrong but dang. Why you gotta beat a dead horse? lol

[@Ivan-ov2yc]

Well what kind of team are you if you need to be protected from strong opponents to go to major? How is that fair and why do people want that I don't understand? If you are good you are going to win if you are not sorry you are not going to. Top 10 teams are favored in every other tournament anyways. At least let our small teams get a fair fucking chance in the major ffs.

[@AlexMiamorschh]

I dont know if I understand you correctly. You want the smaller teams not to have to play top 10 teams but the top 10 teams have to play each other for it to be fair for the major qualification?

[@Ivan-ov2yc]

@@AlexMiamorschh no I just don't understand the argument that if a top 10 team doesn't get matched with a washed up, easy opponent it is a " bad system " for some reason. I don't why they have to be protected. And that doesn't mean smaller teams should face smaller teams. I think for it to be fair everybody should play with everybody to decide who is the best. That's not possible tho it would take so long. So I think this system is as close as we can get to that.

[@draw8397]

This aged well!

[@aa4a-a4]

10:40 It's not just Stewie. the entirty of EG is sad. No one wants to watch this team. No one wants to see them lose like this. I don't like to go "disband xd" but seriously thats what they need to do. All of these players have more to give, but they're wasting their time on this team.

[@csnoob02]

not even 3 minutes in and valve watching bums fight for a nickle they tossed on the floor is pure gold lmao

[@KristapsJankovskis]

"SuperTeam Of Sh*t" :D

[@IsaacSable]

Looking forward to seeing the Mogolian horde march into Europe and win the Major.

[@javkhlantugstugsbayar]

Its crazy how IHC is matched up against astralis, RIP Mongolian dream

[@csakegymagyarember2624]

You do have to remember who astralis faced first last major. It was CPH... and they LOST I can see a world when they take a BO1, it is definitely not the era building astralis

[@mnii_]

@@csakegymagyarember2624 your point is ? Cph alwase looked decent in majors and last major astralis had lucky , dupreh and magisk Everyone likes an underdog but there is no way ihc can wim

[@lohvrti]

@@mnii_ no they didn't, lol. They were ranked like 22nd in the world going into the last major

[@mnii_]

@@lohvrti again , rewatch what they were able to do , they were one of the dark horses of tge past major , even this year

[@mihirx27]

I like to support for mega underdogs, cuz I don't mind backing an apparent losing team, but I live for the euphoria when the underdog somehow pulls off the upset.

[@oskareide-story421]

1/5 wood7

[@OopsieBoopsies]

wait evil geniuses win in subs. must be the only thing they win in.

[@JustSluipere]

I Loled 'they made a super team of shit" haha 14:30

[@DomzyDX]

We can sit and ignore the real dark horse all we want, big clan is probably one of the biggest threat faze faces, and they have the capability to upset any team. We forget the obvious map advantage they pull over faze causing a 2/0 upset in the rmr. Faze hard bans vertigo, big punish picks dust 2, guaranteed win for big clan on one map, they then just need to pull off one more map and they win the bo3.

[@tuomoroiha1073]

ENCE winning the major would actually be fantastic. But it will never happen🤣🤣 IF they would have won EPL 15, Id say the have a chance but other than that, no way.... ps.I predicted ENCE would lose to Astralis in the BLAST Showdown Final, they won. So I hope Im wrong again.

[@madsrishoj]

Spinx is almost as good as Ropz rn tbh imo

[@Izotopas]

He has bigger impact than Ropz, but it’s close, cause they both are nuts right now & hitting crazy shots. Navi, Faze or ENCE are the winners of Antwerp i think.

[@DomzyDX]

@@Izotopas faze got 2/0ed by big clan during the rmr, big could win this whole thing imo.

[@bigbrainman3040]

@@DomzyDX big also 2-0d navi during their prime last year and got shit on the rest of the year, doubt they will do much

[@parkervance3574]

I don't like calling EG a super team of shit. That isn't fair to Rush. Its 4 pieces of shit and Rush and I do feel bad for him.

[@ImaTip]

off my head chelo jota woody turtle i dont remember the last one god damnit i know nak is there thou

[@sanity5923]

It’s exit

[@ImaTip]

@@sanity5923 just googled it i almost got them all

[@ceoherohub2584]

I didn’t remember chelo or woody

[@sanity5923]

@@ImaTip I am sad to say that I have no life and knew them all off the top of my heaf

[@ImaTip]

@@ceoherohub2584 i remember chelo cus i followed the boom roster and i remember woody cus he's kcerato's brother

[@tuananhhoang7113]

Damn how can a person get more obnoxious as time goes on like Thorin ? I can't stand hearing him for more than 2 minutes.

[@RLewisReports]

And yet you're here every time.

[@lohvrti]

You've been watching this show for at least 7 months, going by your previous comments,cloo

[@tuananhhoang7113]

@@lohvrti not the section with Thorin in it ... Honestly even people like s1mple,shox, bymas,.... couldn't even stand with Thorin obnoxious over the top comment . I found it hard to believe that he have a die hard fan base surrounding him.

[@tnightwolf]

FaZe will win the Major and i think Ence will be battling NaVi for the spot in the Final. And bo1 is a SHIT FORMAT!

[@MrAnlak]

LOL Karrigan will make another belly flop ;)

[@bignbeefy9378]

I bet thorins breath smells like poopie porridge

[@w90213kjfdjn]

m4a1s is overpowered and csgo devs don't care about balance therefore it's a waste of time to play csgo

[@cyb0nics]

chelo jota wood7 tuurtle exit

[@m4a1snerfed]

m4a1s is overpowered and csgo devs don't care about balance therefore it's a waste of time to play csgo

[@mangledskateboarding1553]

HHAHAHA please tell me this is bot

[@alangrygar8562]

Lol I crave watching you noobs cry about overpowered M41 after we had shit like R8 come out, or AUG/Krieg meta for like a full year. If M41 being op is a reason for you to stop playing CS:GO, maybe it’s time for you to quit it forever and find something else mate.

[@TH3FALS3PROPH3T]

Maybe just underpriced?

[@symbolitical4158]

Yes it's so overpowered that's why when a CT peeks me my AK blasts his skull open with a single bullet to the brain :) If you aim at the head like your supposed to and can actually spray there is nothing wrong with the M4a1-S. Just sounds like y'all relied on the AK doing more damage than the M4A4 and didn't need to worry about getting out sprayed on the AK.

[@Qayin]

@@alangrygar8562 silver 3 and I’m being generous