Counter-Points Episode 2 VOD, with guests n0thing and natu

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Episode two of 'Counter-Points', a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive talk show hosted by Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, featured special guests Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Cloud9) and Joona 'natu' Leppänen (ENCORE). This Episode was recorded on August 24th.

Topics included the results of ESL One, a heated debate over the application of analysis and NA's performances domestically and abroad.

Time line of topics:

• 00:05 Intro
• 02:29 Practicing the new maps (overpass and cobblestone)
• 08:10 Carry-over from G3
• 11:01 HellRaisers
• 15:00 Epsilon
• 17:56 NiP
• 21:00 C9 vs. NiP
• 34:34 Contrasting C9 and iBP
• 54:06 Skadoodle and a discussion about star players
• 1:17:14 Dignitas
• 1:23:20 fnatic
• 1:25:00 An argument about analysis, related to fifflaren
• 1:37:00 lurppis as an in-game leader
• 1:42:59 LDLC
• 1:46:37 Virtus.pro
• 1:50:09 NA in EU
• 1:58:05 n0thing's CS:GO play-style
• 2:00:27 NiP at ESL One
• 2:07:14 NiP winning on Cobblestone
• 2:10:40 Evaluations of cobblestone and overpass
• 2:14:30 Next few months of CS:GO
• 2:17:00 Titan
• 2:23:40 Outro/Final words