Why G2 is FINISHED / Team Liquid NEEDS to change (ft Chet)

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 Beach today! For a limited time only, head to https://TurtleBeach.com and use Code CSGO for 10% off your entire order. EXPRESSVPN now sponsors Snake and Banter! Get THREE free months of service with our link: https://www.expressvpn.com/snakebanter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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/adchoices

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 link to receive 10% discount on anything you purchase on the website: https://www.intotheam.com/lfn MeUndies sponsored this episode of Snake and Banter. Get 20% off your first order, plus free shipping, at https://www.meundies.com/snake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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 use Code CSGO for 10% off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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