CS2: First impressions | de_constructed EP.17

For most people, the UK CS scene is a laughing stock, but faith in the scene was reinvigorated with Into the Breach’s run to the playoffs in Paris. With CS2 now released, join Sam and guests Freddie and Daf as they discuss the UK’s hopes of success in the new era. Follow us! Sam - https://twitter.com/AN1MOCS2 Freddie- https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr Dafydd - https://twitter.com/Dafydd00 INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs UKCSGO - https://twitter.com/ukcsgo

From working local events in South Africa to the last CS:GO Major, TechGirl has seen it all. With an expansive resume through multiple game titles, she has landed on her one true love of Counter-Strike. Watch as we talk about her career up to this point through the South African scene, how Redeye helped her crack into esports, and what it was it like working in Paris... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Getting into esports 06:35 Becoming a host 12:24 Proving why you are where you are 15:18 Making content through the years 19:08 How much has South African esports grown? 24:53 Is there a solution to help it grow? 29:08 Being honest within the scene 31:09 Getting inspiration/being inspiring 33:14 History within gaming/CS 40:40 HLTV Forums 42:53 Pressure from the job/Work Ethic 46:08 Professionalism within hosting 51:24 Being prepared from prior experience 53:50 Working the last CS:GO Major 57:30 Does she have a secret Reddit account 👀 58:28 Pressure from working the Major 1:00:16 Interviewer or host? In The Crosshair is Insite's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair.

NIP Impact are is on everyone's radar this season to potentially be the team that dethrones Nigma Galaxy. After narrowly failing to qualify in Season 3 of ESL Impact, Toh1o their coach sits down with INSITE to talk about his career and the struggles he has faced, the reason for NIP Impact replacing pauliiee, and why they are stronger than ever before. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:16 Starting out as a coach 03:12 Issues faced coaching in Bulgaria 05:19 Improving 06:31 Progression of Bulgarian scene 09:14 Going international 11:50 Getting banned 15:10 Coming back after ban 17:01 Time on Nexus/other teams 17:57 Coaching a team that speaks another language 19:35 Joining Strife 23:11 Difference between NA and EU 25:04 Coaching lower tier teams 27:55 Importance of a good atmosphere 30:20 Joining NIP Impact/Role 32:06 Developing a style within Impact 33:20 Replacing Pauli 35:05 Picking up aiM 38:18 Bootcamping with NIP Impact 40:11 Benefiting from the bootcamp 42:00 Changes from Impact Season 3 44:04 Working with ASTRA 46:30 Teams they want to beat 48:23 Playing against Nigma Galaxy 49:51 Are NIP improving quicker than others? 51:35 Expectations within Impact season 4 53:34 Outro In The Crosshair is Insite's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair. Follow! Guest - https://twitter.com/toh1o Host - https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7... Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/ronn1eowl Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs#INSITE #InTheCrosshair #csgo

One of the most bizarre moves of the recent off-season was NAVI’s transition to becoming an international roster. Now a couple of months into the team’s time together there’s been nothing really to shout, so join Sam and Harry as they discuss whether this NAVI roster can ever hope to succeed? Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:42 NaVi's new look 04:31 S1mple's form 16:37 iM 22:27 B1t 33:03 jL 44:03 AleksiB 01:01:06 Closing thoughts Follow us! Sam - https://twitter.com/AN1MOsBS Harry - https://twitter.com/NER0cs INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7... Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs

CYPHER, after a Cinderella run in Paris, felt like he could evolve by leaving the nest. With one of the biggest organisations in esports in TSM returning, he has now got that chance. We chat to him about all things Paris, UK CS, and TSM. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 First win with TSM 01:03 Joining IntoTheBreach 01:58 Can you find success as a full UK team? 03:03 Going international 04:08 Staying in ITB while everyone else left 05:42 Strong suits as an individual 06:39 Changes made for the RMRs 08:10 Did CYPHER believe he could make it to the Major? 9:08 Looking back at achievements 10:07 Being thrown into the spotlight 12:22 Being seen as the underdog in the Major 13:09 Facing the first loss vs Apeks 14:15 Ignoring the pressure in the later games 15:22 The whole UK scene celebrating ITB's wins 16:19 Has ITB helped out the lower UK scene? 17:01 Facing fnatic to make playoffs 18:50 Knocking out someone you look up to to make top 8 20:50 Facing Vitality with the crowd against them 22:00 Looking back at the errors 23:14 Building from mistakes 23:44 Mentality shift after the Major 24:44 Leaving Into The Breach 26:08 Joining TSM/the mentality within the team 26:45 Roles within the team 28:42 Why join TSM? 30:00 Confusion in the media 31:29 Difference in communications from ITB to TSM 34:12 Thoughts on MoDo 35:03 Gaining pressure after joining TSM 35:55 TSM are in it for the long run 37:36 Outro In The Crosshair is INSITE's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair. Follow! Guest - https://twitter.com/cyphercsgo_ Host - https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs

Counter-Strike’s new era is upon us, but is it ready? Sam and Harry discuss all things good and bad about the CS2 soft release. Chapters 00:00 First impressions 08:01 Smoke Grenades 14:28 MR12 23:49 Updated graphics 29:38 Gunplay 35:11 Movement 40:55 Map ranks 47:14 Closing thoughts Follow us! Sam - https://twitter.com/AN1MOsBS Harry - https://twitter.com/NER0cs INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1L3kM-wdM6gt5wHnlVjohw Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs #INSITE #de_constructed #csgo

After a lot of question marks over the new Astralis roster, they silenced all the haters early with a deep run at Cologne. However, does that add more pressure? b0RUP sits down with INSITE to talk about his career through the Danish scene. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:17 Thoughts after Cologne 00:43 Looking back at performance in Cologne 02:27 Will Astralis play online tournaments? 3:38 Expectations for Cologne 4:50 Playing first big LAN since Covid 6:12 Coming up in the Danish scene 8:42 Find his place in Copenhagen Flames 11:25 Playing with cadiaN/getting better communication 12:34 Which roles did he play in different teams? 13:46 Time in Heroic in the online ERA 15:19 Mentality of players during Covid 16:08 Playing in MadLions/with inexperienced players 17:33 Pressure to make RMRs as a Tier 2 team 19:03 Difference between CCT finals and playing RMRs 20:45 IGL styles of cadiaN and BirdFromSky 22:34 Finding success with Copenhagen Flames 25:26 Dropping off in 2023 27:29 Trying to fix bad results 28:14 Sticking as a 5 after Copenhagen Flames 29:35 Joining Astralis 30:45 Roles within Astralis 33:08 Playing for the team not stats. 35:17 BlameF as IGL 36:34 The only way is up? (baby) 37:31 Can Tier 2 players bring a new spice to Tier 1? 38:49 Stepping back up to Tier 1 individually 40:17 Feeling more pressure after doing well 42:43 Is CS2 daunting? 44:06 Outro In The Crosshair is Insite's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair. Follow! Guest - https://twitter.com/b0rupcsgo Host - https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs #INSITE #InTheCrosshair #csgo

ENCE have ascended beyond the tag of being a selling club. Led by Snappi, the international squad are #1 in the Valve world ranking and have made the last four finals of the events they’ve attended. But are they really the best? Sam and Harry take a dive into the team’s progress, and whether they can smash yet another glass ceiling… Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:29 Are they the best team? 04:00 Snappi 13:42 Sunpayus 21:06 ENCE's map pool 27:43 NertZ 35:08 dycha 43:40 ENCE's future 47:08 Closing thoughts Follow us! Sam - https://twitter.com/AN1MOsBS Harry - https://twitter.com/NER0cs INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs #INSITE #de_constructed #csgo

ESIC have been near silent for the last year - but finally - their silence has broken. Ian Smith the Commissioner of ESIC sits down with INSITE to talk about his extensive career and the role that his organisation plays in modern Counter-Strike and shares some of their cases that have gone undisclosed. Chapters 0:00 Intro 01:10 From Cricket to Esports 16:04 Regulating Doping 26:10 NA match-fixing scandal 30:10 Difficulty working with the FBI 34:15 Struggling to ban players 38:00 Steps to counteract match-fixing 43:15 Identifying match-fixing to banning players 49:17 Why has there been a lack of follow up about NA match-fixing scandal 52:13 Coach bug scandal 1:01:39 More coach bans to come. 1:06:27 ESIC dealing with smaller cases of cheating 1:12:15 Structure within ESIC changing over the next 6 months 1:13:34 Why has there been a lack of communication by ESIC? 1:17:40 Outro In The Crosshair is Insite's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair. Follos us! Ian - https://twitter.com/BristolLawyer Freddie - https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/novahdesign Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs #INSITE #InTheCrosshair #csgo

The golden boy of NA CS has risen through the ranks this year in astronomical fashion. DarfMike still on the high from Cologne sits down with INSITE to talk about his progression over the year, his role models, and how he deals with the emotions at big events Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Feelings after Cologne 01:14 Going from big to small events 05:00 oops 05:43 Is the grind worth it? 09:13 Is there pressure with early opportunities? 11:15 Getting into casting 16:55 Becoming a host 19:01 Preparing for an event 21:02 Is success just luck? 23:14 How do you prove you should be hired? 28:51 Mike's role models 33:30 Dealing with emotions at big events 36:06 Working the last big CS:GO event 37:11 Getting some events but not all 39:35 Travel tips In The Crosshair is INSITE's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair. Follow us! Guest - https://twitter.com/NartOutHere Host - https://twitter.com/GrimyRannarr INSITE - https://twitter.com/insite_cs Subscribe - YouTube - @insitecs Discord - https://discord.gg/cTfwURPMQC Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insitecs Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/77f988f1-9d5d-409b-88d1-defe3d2ccc4b/insite Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insite/id1692937853 Contact - [email protected] Graphics by https://twitter.com/ronn1eowl Edited by https://twitter.com/dicklecs #INSITE #InTheCrosshair #csgo