Hot Take Point Made

karrigan is posting the worst fragging numbers of his career, the Cologne Major bracket was built wrong, and Mauisnake just put boombl4 in the top 5 IGL conversation. kassad and Thorin have a few things to say about all of it.

 

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kassad opens with the definitive verdict on Astralis at Cologne: HooXi is the worst leader competitive Counter-Strike has ever seen. The post-match interviews, the Instagram victim posting, the passive listen-in communication, the players who needed more from the man in charge. It all adds up.

 

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We deliver three hot takes on Falcons' CAC final loss, the all-time rifler debate, and whether Team Liquid CS should just shut it down.

 

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Takes on karrigan's future at Falcons, who's actually top-3 in competitive CS right now, and what happens at IEM Cologne.

 

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Thorin, kassad, and Mauisnake argue the VRS is the best thing to happen to CS in years — then debate whether FaZe Clan's roster is already cooked.

 

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