Episode 119: Shanghai Major Conclusions

[@fyroe]

"Whats the difference between a bad player and a guy who's been playing bad for a long time" is fire. YNK spitting 🔥🗣

[@ziwuri]

as always

[@Aegon23]

Thanks for adding timestamps! I know it might be a bit tedious, but they’re essential for viewers and make a huge difference in improving the overall experience.

[@Manellyslatter]

Not

[@brodrian311]

FACTS. Hugely appreciate it

[@Unique__Thoughts]

@@Manellyslatternt spunj

[@frisby-]

Real Talking Counter fans dont need timestamps bc they watch it all no matter what

[@nomal1872]

I watch it all but I fall asleep then need to go back to thr last section I remeber

[@Uncuepa]

This is great but i wish there was a bubble or something to reassure me mid podcast, maybe a floating thumbs up

[@masrock10]

RAAAAAAAAHHHH WASNT GONNA LAST MUCH LONGER WITHOUT THIS ONE BOYS

[@hrithikriyer]

Appreciate the timestamps. As a viewer it is so helpful having them. Hopefully you can add them on every episode moving forward. I wouldnt mind getting the timestamps made for yall in the future too if none of yall can do it.

[@chwamikilamarr772]

Yes please

[@kamilianos]

It would be nice to get a verbal credit in the video as well

[@julaugsep]

chad talking, moses typing, janko staring

[@Anonassassin]

I really need to get off youtube I should not be this early to a video

[@KreepKii]

18:43 Jason: “They only open investigation if there is some evidence of neglect” Me: “And your child dying is not evidence?”😂

[@launders]

MOUZ. CANT. PEE.

[@razakirin98]

bronze coin gang

[@thatone9462]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH THE BEST DAMN PODCAST

[@Manuwu]

thanks for the time stamps

[@chef-b3337]

I LOVE TALKING ABOUT COUNTERTOPS!!!!!!

[@bubbachubbaxd]

currently sitting in the hospital holding my newborn so mom can sleep. Thanks for the episode fellas.

[@BiruSyailendra]

Finally a timestamps! Thanksss!

[@warofageshxc]

thanks for the epsiode, always good to hear from the boys. happy holidays

[@vibhore753]

Chinese viewership was 51million peak. but this is heat score, which come around 6-9m.

[@eoin5628]

I actually celebrated when I seen this video in my recommended

[@onurekinaydin]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH I LOVE YOU 3 PEOPLE WITH ALL MY HEART FR FR THANKS FOR THIS PODCAST RAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@jeremykervran1598]

Jason with beard, instant gigachad.

[@smoothbrain_cs]

Nothing better than 3 grown men talking about counter and house painting RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH LFG

[@smoothbrain_cs]

Also you guys all killed it at the major, Spunj you and Machine absolutely bodied the cast as usual 🕺🕺🕺

[@Ansee7]

Scream if you love talking counter RAAAAAAAH

[@garyhandt3858]

thanks for the content and Merry Xmas to you and your fam boys

[@MusicJunkie37]

BANGER!

[@johncross4642]

13:20 - 15:00 bros 1 major in cn/asia after every 20 majors? Even 10 majors like ynk said, once every 4/5 years is terrible... It's one event, not a whole year of being there and waking up early or late... if it's in australia spunj is ok but in east asia it's so bad that you freak out? Damn...

[@fragelicious]

I followed Sh1ro to T Spirit ; )

[@fragelicious]

Getting wins now. After watching every match since Poland, I noticed they were finally peaking at the right time again. Donk plays the hardest position and smokes anyone alive. 1 in 5,000,000

[@michaelrenee9738]

Imperial Fe also shouldn’t drop out. That’s a ridiculous take honestly. They did nothing wrong and have been afforded a great opportunity. The type of basement dwelling weirdo’s you guys are talking about that are gonna mock women talent are going to do that no matter what. It doesn’t matter what they do. Every time TechGirl would speak at the analysts desk these guys would show up even though she did great.

[@CharouzFR]

nothing against sam but Imperial Fe should drop out

[@That1guyUlike]

I dont think they should drop out either. Let them get 13-0 'd so people can stop saying they can beat a top team.

[@samuelbelko6469]

Honestly im for imperial fe to go to t1 tournaments and see how they do.Even through I think they will get demolished.

[@Javiercream]

Nice podcast, these guys should cast for Counter strike!

[@MyBadCuhz]

Chad Burchill is there any chance you can get the ESL overlords to announce IEM Sydney/Melbourne? Cheers.

[@elizabethmurigi1131]

ESL Sydney please. It should be annually IMO.

[@That1guyUlike]

I can't wait to watch imprial fe's match 😅

[@asyl1m293]

Man as a faze fan i just feel bad,

[@KeefeL]

Thank you for the content... was getting a bit dry with a certain terrorist 😂

Isnt Imperial playing an exclusive event basically the same as the blast partner teams playing the group stage? Both are bad but in the end a lot of teams got kinda exclusive events

[@TheRealRamJ]

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip?

[@ziwuri]

moma spegeti

[@Uomoz87]

Chad motivational speech for Imperial Fe was SO HYPE.

[@keepcalm3547]

love this show!!! :D

[@Official-6IXGaming]

Noooooo….. gave in to the Time Stamp pressure. GG

[@scouthatesrainbows]

Am I crazy, or did Moses say before that his wife is Potter. As in,coach of the EG valorant masters runner up and winner Potter?

[@Eliteerin]

No, Although his wife is friends with her

[@schwabies8125]

The discussion around the female tournaments not contributing to VRS was wrong. Tier 2 events can be only women Valve tournament operating requirements: 3.1.1. Direct VRS invites For Tier 2 Events, Licensee may apply additional filters (e.g., "North America") insofar as they do not lead to the specific targeting of individual Teams or Rosters. For the avoidance of doubt, filtering by country or gender is permitted.

[@Six0h-h6x]

Nothing like watching Chad off of 3-4 beers while drinking 12-14 myself

[@jimbobuz]

JERSEY LOVES YA SPUNJY P.S. BETTER PIZZA THAN NY, BETTER CHEESESTEAKS THAN PHILLY

[@elizabethmurigi1131]

Spunj sounds and looks so happy. Is it the beer or Australia air?

[@Helix18]

RAHH TALKING COUNTER

[@ThePaull3d]

Are any of you planning on making a full top 10 or top 20 video? If you're not in some grey area HLTV NDA

[@maxcy2890]

I'm just glad for once i dont have to wake up in the early hours of the morning to watch a major. got to watch it all live RMR to Final, that alone made Shanghai a great major for me. overall id say with the various storylines and highlights made this major fucking insane and i cant wait to see the changes going into next year. Of the storys to come from this major the notable ones i liked were, - The mongolz and Heroic making it all the way to playoffs. Mongolz were 8-0 this major till playoffs and heroic had to fight tooth and nail to get as far as they did. - G2's heartbreaking loss to Faze and mouz getting donked. - Rip faze that 12-10 clutch was goated. - PassionUA making it as far as they did, honestly one of my new favourite teams. - Gamerlegion 2.0. - Rip the navi Era, just as it was about to be crowned they fell at the worst possible time. - God I hope Blast Austin is nothing but Cinema, Surely Complexity rebuild and take the next one, if its faze in final again that would be peak.

[@animaaad]

"can magix deliever on such level that he did in the final" has to be the most frustrating phraase to me, like why the fuck do l have to answer either no, meaning l totally disregard that performance, or say yes meaning that he's gonna be the next donk. such a dumb fucking question, why can he not just be an okay player who might have games like these once a year? why do we all have to say that magix is terrible, when, per role, he's doing an okay-ish job

[@chriswilson4103]

Because when your two best players HARD CARRY and you still lose games then the finger needs to be pointed somewhere. He has been sub par a lot of this year which begs the question, can he be replaced and if so, by who?

[@elizabethmurigi1131]

​@@chriswilson4103he was great in the first half of the year, then he started trolling the past few months. There was a period he was one of the best cheap players to pick for fantasy because his support role and boosters like Kobe, kast, knife/zeus/shotgun kill, and assist would trigger every damn time. Don't know why he became ass this season.

[@mattycee5412]

Do navi not have first options on m0nesy… I’m sure I remember reading they had conditions written into the contract???

[@MusicJunkie37]

They sold him before the war started

[@MyFluXx]

He’s Russian as well, not sure if they’re signing Russian players given they’re a Ukrainian org.

[@mattycee5412]

@@MyFluXx must be tempting though…

[@MyFluXx]

@@mattycee5412 yeah I wouldn’t blame them at all

[@GMRMDE]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO YEAH THE BOYSSSSSSS YEOOOOOOOOOOOO UP YA

[@asyl1m293]

When are we getting the pig chair back?

[@asyl1m293]

5:05 sopranos refrence

[@HimanshuPrabhatHP007]

I'm sure one day YNK will grow up and have some good thoughtful takes instead of spewing whatever verbal diarrhoea comes from him mouth at present.

[@Oogabooga10934]

1:35:31 i just know spunj was about to bring up DEI hires😂😂😂

[@ballertheking1038]

My rebuttal against Moses defense of imperial not declining the invite is that based on how the format plays out, because of Imperial fe being rank 25~, their gonna get a very highly ranked opponent (so no 3Dmax, SAW, Pain picks). This means that imperial is forced to pick teams like Furia/TL/EF or maybe Astralis, even with all of these teams flaws (TL and Furia lacking star power, EF in awful form, Astralis being Astralis), they all would devour them 13-2, 13-4.

[@conn656]

Chad the goat

[@АртёмТор-к2ю]

1:30:58 plenty of people called out ohne pixel on it

[@keepcalm3547]

Spunj Axis, Axis of uh.... EVIL, then goes on to actually explain :D

[@haywadsharif5294]

Jannkooo😊

[@michaelrenee9738]

I think Spirit still needs a change. If Magixx doesn’t have the playoffs run of his life, Spirit don’t make it. It’s that simple. And he isn’t even supposed to be the third best player on the team. Zontix and Shiro both disappeared and I think you need someone much more consistent that Magixx to pick up that slack.

[@sentonbeeblo170]

i would p my pants if i saw donk right now

[@lucasmcnamee3658]

As an American in Europe currently. Fuck yeah Chad you right . Only issue is EU sucks as a chant compared to USA

[@FreddeLibre]

Chad is actually wrong about the female only tournaments not getting points in 2025. these tournaments will still qualify for VRS points. messioso pointed that out 2 weeks ago in a reddit thread.

[@davidpetis9900]

18:30 holy shit spunj

[@nwoida8057]

MARC!

[@fragelicious]

After, Cloud nine disappeared.

[@bigmacmachinebroke1064]

WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martinolsen007]

I expected a 3 or 4 hours video, i am beyond sad :(

[@-ev1l562]

Maybe I’m cooked but -broky +s1mple would go crazy just saying

[@tolgacam1907]

ef tier 1? yes i think

[@balltrazan4424]

Imperial FE Sweep?```???+

[@specs_u]

720p super quality

[@icedstev0433]

Can't even pump your own gas in New Jersey.

[@Sam-es2gf]

i hope that comment about ropz and spinx swapping places was purely hypothetical rather than some insider info you guys are privy to. people call ropz a baiter, spinx is the worst baiter in t1 by a country mile, the man is utterly shameless. maybe you can make an argument that playing a site with mezii or retaking with apex staring into a wall until they start shooting is justified but he'll do it to anyone at any time. he'll routinely stop dead on a push if he thinks he'll be first contact in a way that would make astralis blamef blush and sell zywoo out like he's a silver rando in mm. the most selfish player in t1 right now, any team he joins the other players will start "underperforming"

[@enigmabis.]

yo

[@sopp1ng]

jersey is the armpit of america.

[@ryrobbyy]

Moses.. I wont take the NJ slander, I know a guy who knows a guy..

[@xlgapelsin6173]

Imperial FE will be golden since it's totally because Imperial themselves sucked ass this year. If they loose it's expected and if they win against some higher tier teams it would be incredibly funny

[@KeilGries]

YNK is so off about Sh1ro lol, Blud is clueless

[@keepcalm3547]

ccan we get Spunj on more of these talk shows, the man randomly pulls out a USA chant for no good reason, and make it spectacular is hilarious , we love your rant Spunj! :) LOL

[@brandon.neuharth]

Here before 100 views? 👀

[@DjAkho]

Here after 1 million viewers

[@bokonoo77]

its more likely that people would simp for women in the lobby than to be sexist

[@FPSxD]

If you want to win us NA fans over you have to put some respect on shroud’s name. Just don’t search his name on HLTV and select LAN matches…

[@TomahawkDan]

rah

[@CharouzFR]

they cant play and they dont belong here and yes they should have declined the invite

[@C418isgood]

To provide balance, I believe timestamps are for the weak. Listen to the whole thing through or you’re not a true talking counter fan RAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

[@kimjunkmoon2298]

donk looks like a small child trying to get into his parent's discussion.

[@csCherry]

Ditch the Joe Rogan, Chad. It's shite.

[@gosling_choked_floyd_POG]

Aussie should blabber less loudly and let baldy do more talking

[@minibeech03]

jesus learn how to alter your sleep schedule already. It's not rocket science. 2 days before it starts, stay up all night. Then your sleeping all day the next day. There now your on an overnight schedule. Im in CST in NA. Never had an issue watching all games.

[@Bendwow]

This doesn't apply to any adult with a job. If we all had no schedule like you this would work 😀

[@joseblua6566]

Yeah, it’s a thing you can do if unemployed lol

[@Bendwow]

I still don't see how Valve allowed the sexist tournaments and leagues to count towards the global ranking. At least it should be (hopefully) fixed for next year 😀

[@juanme555]

The whole convo about the women invite...this is why normal counter-strike players hate these english "talent" people , absolutely insufferable.

[@TalkingCounter]

Feel free to elaborate

[@NotRandomHero222]

[G2] malbs, m0nesy, Jimpphat, siuhy, huNter - Coach: ashhh

[@joseblua6566]

Why would they get ashhh instead of sycrone though?

[@NotRandomHero222]

​@@joseblua6566 Honestly? Pure recency bias. I loved what I saw him do with players like acoR and iM in Paris. As well as taking a brand new lineup to another Major. Man has an eye for talent on his own, as well as a pretty hefty amount of new knowledge the top teams are sifting through from the Tier 2-3 teams (i.e. new setups, lineups, boosts, strats, metas, etc.) I would imagine someone like ashhh and somelike siuhy being paired together to combine a vision together for a team would be immensely successful with the likes of a star AWP in m0nesy as well, because like I said, just go look at what he did with acoR and iM, now imagine that as m0nesy and malbs.

[@ZaneSNA]

TIME. STAMPS. W.