2x The Grind Podcast

Hello folks! On this special episode, we discuss our lead-up and preparation for HCS Worlds. The loser's bracket journey for Faze, and our reactions to Faze becoming champions! As always, thank you for your support! Make sure to comment down below with anything you want us to discuss on the next episode of 2x The Grind! - Coffee - This week's coffee is straight from Seattle roasted by Victrola Cof...

- Contents - 00:00 Intro and Coffee 13:40 Worst Placement of the Year for Faze 15:20 Shopify Rebellion Improvements 24:08 Expanding Map Pool for Faze 28:05 Applauding OpTic 35:12 Formal MVP and Console FPS GOAT 38:28 APG and his impact on the map 43:45 Outro   - Coffee - Trying out Stok cold brew today and it really won't ever let you down, great brew and great with any creamer or flavor! Try it h...

- Contents - 00:00 Intro and Coffee 01:37 Thank You for Your Comments 06:15 HCS Format Confusion 18:00 HCS Competitiveness 23:45 Faze's Discipline and Ability to Adapt 37:50 HCS Is Keeping Halo Alive 40:28 How Snakebite Prepares for Worlds 51:50 Why Snakebite Hates the GOAT Convo 54:08 Outro   - Coffee - Starbucks Pumpkin Spiced Cold Brew - Basic B****es today ;)   - Audio & Equipment - Camera...

Hello one and all, welcome to another episode of the pod and thank you for always showing up week in and week out, we appreciate you guys so much! Today we chat through the pools for the upcoming Major and dive into a roster change that has occurred, include our thoughts on G1 and the problems surrounding the org at the moment! Hope you enjoy and see you in the comments :) - Contents - 00:00 Intro...

Hello folks! We are back with another episode and this week we are covering some big parts of the recent LAN event in Salt Lake City! We haven't forgotten some of the other teams though and will chat through them next week and also dive into pool play for the upcoming Major! Hope you enjoy!!! - Coffee - Today we tested out a Cold Brew from La Colombe, it was delicious! check them out here: https:/...

Yo 2XTG FAM!!! How we doing on this fine Thursday? This episode is all about Salt Lake City, not so much place place, more so about the next HCS Tourney that will be held there! Roster changes are discussed in detail and we also take a look at the pools for the weekend too! Take a look at the chapters but stick around for it all to get more context on the convos! Huge shoutout to Fern who has come...

Good Morning 2xTG Fam! We have quite the chatty episode for you guys especially as we are back to full health, the LAN Flu really got us good! Today we chat through the decisions we see being made quite regularly at the moment in Esports, where Pro players are retiring to make a mark in the streaming world and we chat about what that entails for them! We also discuss the changes in season 4 and th...

What's up 2xTG Fam! FaZe do it AGAIN and are your back 2 back LAN Champions.. we get into the win, the reaction to the win, the mindset that is needed for this type of Ice. Some teams who were shocking in good and bad ways and the general feelings surrounding this Major! We hope you enjoy and much love to you as always!   - Contents - 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:00 - Does it feel different to win a maj...

Good morning! Welcome to Episode 42! Lot is back from Cod Champs and gives us her breakdown of what happened and how things played out! We also dive into our initial thoughts on Halo Infinite season 4 and how the new additions seem to be playing out! Hope you like the episode and thank you for the love and support as always!   - Chapters - Incoming!!   Coffee - We didn't try anything today!   - Au...

Note: So sorry AGAIN for poor mic quality, had a big issue crop up and only realized after the recording :'( we will be investing in new equipment   LVP and PJ dive into all things HALO Rostermania with so many teams in NA changing! We go into some faults of the old rosters and what we can maybe hope to see with the new squads that formed! - Contents - 00:00 Intro 5:00 OpTic's long day 11:34 N8V R...

Note: Our mics aren't the clearest, not sure what happened with our recording device but it peaked quite a bit, apologies for the not smooth audio this week! Ello ello!!! Episode 40 is a good one! Celebrating PJ's win, we talk about the feelings behind the win, team comms, resilience and thoughts on the event as a whole! We hope you can feel the fun and excitement through the screen and thank you...

It's LAN time baby!! We are going straight into what it's like to be at LAN, what to look forward, how we both prepare and what we actually get up to during these big tournaments! Hope you enjoy the episode ahead of the Global Invitational and that it gets you excited for all of the action that is about to unfold! Much Love x   - Coffee - We have so many Paper St coffee beans it would be criminal...

What's Good Fam!? Hope everyone is having a fantastic week and enjoyed all of the Halo action from the Faze Dallas Qualifier last weekend! This episode we dive straight into it and give our insights into some of the hottest matchups and drama surrounding the tournament! As always, please comment and let us know what you think of everything we talk about, or even just adding a point to the conversa...

Hello and Good Morning 2XTG peeps! Hope you are having a wonderful week and have a cup of your preferred beverage ready to go as we dive into the discussions today. This Episode is based around the 2K results and dives straight into the Newest Halo patch, discussing the significance of the changes and timing around the changes which leads nicely into the FaZe Clan HCS Dallas Qualifier happening th...

What's up everyone!!! In the celebration of PJ's Birthday we decided to jump on stream and have Episode 36 live, conversations were flowing and questions were answered! Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in and contributed to the episode, for those watching back, thankyou as always for the support and we hope you enjoy!!   - Audio & Equipment - Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K Mics - Samson Q2U...

Hello hello!! Welcome back to the podcast and welcome to episode 35! This Ep is mostly going over the most recent HCS 4K, what went down, Complexity making a huge run and Faze winning the tournament. We touch upon the cheating accusations that have been floating around for a while but surfaced post the 4K and also discuss scrims at a high level; what insight can you get from them and comparing how...

Hello 2XTG FAM!!! Good morning, afternoon or evening, depending on when you are tuning in!  Today's episode is all about rosters; the triple trade (as we are calling it) that has happened recently in the HCS ahead of the next Major, we dive into hypotheticals: what is a breaking point for a top team? what would it take for a top roster to make a change? Finally SB talks about how Frosty was picked...

GOOD MORNING PEEPS!! We hope you enjoy this laid back but thought provoking episode where we just riff off one another chatting away about what has been popping into our minds lately! As always let us know your thoughts and feelings, we can't thank you enough for the love and support on all of the episodes! Thank you guys so much - LVP & SB   - Contents - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:09 - Being a sponta...

WOW! What a welcome back, thank you for all the love on the last video! Here is Episode 31! Discussing FaZe's recent loss in the Open, why they aren't too worried about it and what it means, Whether Native White are the real deal? Story time with Snakebite too! We discuss what makes a Map any good and what maps should look like for Halo Infinite. We also reflect on the retirement of Scump and Meth...

WHATS UP 2XTG FAM! Episode 32 is here bright and early, bring you some cool conversations as we just chat away about the HCS 4K Online tourney and talk about the skill level of players and the mindset players can have about one another, we touch upon CLG and the rumors of the end of the Org and end on a discussion about LVP's tweet, giving a bit more context and understanding about respect within...

Hello!!!! Welcome back to our now regularly scheduled Podcast! Uploading every Thursday at 7:30am EST. This episode takes you through some of the craziest most memorable moments of Major 1 and talks about the prep and practice going into it. Hope you enjoy Fam, let us know what you think and please join in on the conversation in the comments below, we love hearing from you! - Coffee - This bag was...

Surprise!! We got an episode out (about damn time) Happy Halloween folks! Episode 29 was our first ever live streamed episode, taking live questions and conversations with you all on Twitch! We cover Halo Infinite's first competitive season, the highs and lows for Sentinels and Snakebite, and what we are looking forward to in the future of the game. We also took any and all questions you have abou...

Hi hi hi!! So good to see you again (or hear us again), thanks for listening! We are getting back to work with the podcast and wanted to give you guys a jam packed episode filled with our thoughts on Halo Infinite right now and the state of the game, what to expect for the rest of the competitive season and what we are looking forward to! We also discuss the 1st 2 CDL majors and competitive Call O...

Hello again you wonderful bunch of coffee drinking gamers! Thank you for being so patient and sticking with us through a break. We are in it for the long run after some ups and downs we can actually find the time to sit down and talk about everything with you all and share our thoughts and feelings on a bunch of stuff! IN THIS EPISODE: > The Engagement story, how PJ "Snakebite" proposed to Lottie...

Christmas came early as Halo Infinite released on the 15th! The game is unbelievably addictive with the competitive season paired alongside it right from the start, we chat through the hard losses Snakebite and his team have endured so far and how lack of practice is effecting their hot start into the season!     Coffee today was kindly gifted to us by Brad and Jenah (yes that is frosty) It is by...