'Reflections' with impulsivE

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Derrick 'impulsivE' Truong, former 1.6 player for Turmoil/Gravitas/compLexity and current manager of iBUYPOWER, is the star of the 28th episode of 'Reflections'.

Time line of topics discussed:

• 00:10 Intro
• 00:34 How does he see his CS 1.6 career?
• 02:15 How competitive his drive was when he began.
• 07:53 Having a cliched West coast Asian kid story of parents not approving of him being a player.
• 10:57 Playing with Ben for nearly all of his career.
• 14:04 A reference point for Ben
• 14:29 Playing with Perez
• 16:47 Upsetting Team3D at CPL Winter 2006
• 18:57 The West coast LAN scene
• 20:18 eMg being the his nemesis
• 21:48 Would he have been recruited by a top team if the others hadn't left to CGS?
• 23:49 Playing international competition
• 25:40 NEO and f0rest in 2007
• 27:28 His Turmoil team that had n0thing in it, briefly.
• 29:35 goodfornothing
• 31:32 His train game win over mTw at ESWC 2008
• 33:17 Swapping mehLer for thoMz
• 35:04 Becoming the best in NA in early 2009
• 36:30 lurppis joining EG and its impact on the NA scene
• 39:00 Hostile
• 40:05 impulsivE at ESEA LANs
• 41:45 Joining coL
• 43:30 Did he have a rival in the scene?
• 44:40 n0thing being considered a cheater
• 45:55 n0thing at international LANs
• 47:11 Underrated player
• 47:37 What his role is as a manager
• 50:06 When iBP was Curse they were famously bad vs. Europeans. DaZeD coming in.
• 51:53 Why Curse.NA players did poorly against international teams.
• 53:31 swag joining iBP
• 55:10 anger joining coL
• 53:39 What iBP need to get to the next level
• 59:35 Who he'd bet his life on to win a game of CS
• 59:57 The match he wishes he could replay
• 1:01:15 The player in CS:GO who plays the most like impulsive did.
• 1:03:15 Someone from 1.6 who would be terrible in CS:GO.
• 1:04:03 Final words.