Snake & Banter

In this episode of Snake and Banter, our hosts discuss the evolving landscape of competitive Counter-Strike, featuring insights into ESL Pro League's live seeding, FlyQuest's struggles, and NAVI's troubling trajectory. Special guest ynoT joins to share his perspectives on the rapidly changing tier 1.5 scene and the implications of Fragadelphia's VRS points attracting European teams. Tune in for a...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Conner "Scrawny" Girvan to discuss the progress made by PGL, BLAST, and ESL, dona joining the talent lineup at EPL, the fun factor of Falcons, Eternal Fire not showing up on big matches, the new way FaZe is using EliGE, and more! Take advantage of Ridge’s one-a-year anniversary sale and get UP TO 40% OFF right now by going to https://www. Ridge.com/SNAKE Get the...

moses joins to discuss the Brazilian CS scene, VRS rule violations, frozen's strong performances, the faltering of Complexity, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

HLTV Senior Writer NER0cs joins to discuss Spinx on MOUZ, which CS players are being overrated, why The MongolZ have a bright future, 3DMAX, and more! Get the ultimate immersive gaming experience with Turtle Beach today! For a limited time only, head to https://TurtleBeach.com and use Code CSGO for 10% off your entire order. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Start...

zews shares his thoughts on Twistzz and Team Liquid, FaZe missing the IEM Katowice Playoffs, why narratives around G2 are so bad, the growth of electroNic, the rebuild of GamerLegion, and more! Go to https://www.buyraycon.com/snake TODAY to get 20% off your Raycon order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Boris "magixx" Vorobyev to discuss why chopper is so important to Team Spirit, the ridiculous Counter-Strike event calendar, magixx's amazing performance at the Major Finals, the rise of paiN Gaming, confusion about the Heroic roster, and more! Get the ultimate immersive gaming experience with Turtle Beach today! For a limited time only, head to https://TurtleBea...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Chris "GoMeZ" Orfanellis to discuss the current state of Vitality, NiP and BetBoom's strong performances, the less-than-ideal status of how VRS invites are being done, the return of online Counter-Strike, and more. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code CS2 at https://www.shopmando.co...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Allan Hender to discuss why the success of m0NESY may actually be hurting G2, why the BLAST Bounty Format works, ropz joining Vitality, a recent post by Heccu on X, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Dustin "dusT" Mouret to discuss donk's amazing year, strong performances at the Shanghai Major, Vitality, NAVI, and Falcons coming up short, the debate around what players can be considered "rookies", and more! Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://www. AuraFrames.com. Use code SANDB at checkout to save! Get the ultimate immersive gaming experience with Turtle...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam to discuss The MongolZ qualifying for the Shanghai Major Playoffs, the state of Fnatic, South America's strong recent showings, NAVI missing out on the Major Playoffs, narratives around donk and Team Spirit, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Alex "Hawka" Hawkins to discuss the latest from the PW Counter-Strike Major, Tech Girl's strengths as a host, poor showings from Complexity and FlyQuest, the futures of Cloud9 and BIG, the consistency of "favorites" in CS2, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Ross "RossR" Rooney, currently the strategy and analysis lead at Fnatic, to discuss controversies around Valve and the rules for the Counter-Strike Major, blameF's strong performances, Astralis and Team Falcons missing another Major, GamerLegion's impressive team, the falloff of Danish CS, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Anders Blume to discuss DRILLAS and ohnePixel finding a loophole in the Major qualifier, f0rest's retirement, EliGE returning to greatness, tournament organizers favoring co-streamers over official broadcasts, MIBR on the rise, and more! Thank you to our sponsors for supporting today's episode. Thank you to INTOTHEAM for sponsoring this week's episode! Use our li...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by journalist Jeff "Mnmzzz" Moore to discuss Team Liquid and NAVI's decline, the bright future for Counter-Strike in Asia, Vertigo potentially leaving the competitive map pool, a disappointing recent interview with the CEO of G2, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

Ne0ka joins to discuss MOUZ, kassad's redemption, getting rid of the RMR system, ENCE, the status of teams post-Major, s1mple returning to Falcons, the state of T2 CS, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chet "Chet" Singh joins to discuss FURIA's strong performances at IEM Rio, the Heroic lineup finally working well, disappointments from Complexity and G2, w0nderful's choking problem, Vitality's decision to have a stand-in at BLAST World Final, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...

Martin "STYKO" Styk joins to discuss the latest Valve update to Counter-Strike 2, the hosts joining Richard Lewis at Elisa Masters Espoo, SanPayus and s1mple, narratives around Snax, ultimate's fall-off, and more! Thank you to Turtle Beach for sponsoring this episode! Get the ultimate immersive gaming experience with Turtle Beach today! For a limited time only, head to https://TurtleBeach.com and...

Ashley "ashhh" Battye, currently the Head Coach for GamerLegion, joins to discuss cadiaN joining Astralis, whether HooXi would have been a better addition, the benefits of the CS academy teams, the messiness of Tier 2 CS, the collapse of ENCE, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Harvey "Skriv" Rodgers to discuss donk narratives, FaZe's recent play, Eternal Fire, NiP, the upcoming CS event calendar, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Erik "fl0m" Flom to discuss the RMR qualifiers, Vitality, the "donk Curse," NiKo joining Falcons, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski, currently of Complexity Gaming, to discuss Valve's decision to ban Snap Tap, Vitality and MOUZ's performances at IEM Cologne, the slow death of NA CS, the disaster of VP, why the map pool needs to change, FaZe's potential comeback, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson, the Coach for Sangal Esports, to discuss IEM Cologne, MOUZ's knack for finding new CS talent, skullz's redemption arc on FURIA, what Complexity needs in order to improve, recency bias, the end of the Astralis honeymoon period, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by austincs to discuss malbs and b1t's strong showings, reasons why karrigan should hang up the cape, visa issues involving degster, Complexity's incoherent gameplay, the CS:GO vs CS2 debate, r1nkle, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by KingT to discuss Jimpphat's status as a superstar, a welcome update to IEM Cologne, w0nderful's inconsistency, NiKo's performance and results at EWC, the lackluster state of NA CS, and more! Thank you to Mando for sponsoring this episode! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code CS2 at https:...

Thorin and Mauisnake are joined by Alex "Hawka" Hawkins to discuss changes coming to BIG, HEN1 and the Brazilian scene's positive trajectory, a hot take on G2's roster move, too many players trying to copy dev1ce and become IGL tourists, the finalized smooya roster of Into The Breach, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co...