Dust2 Double Doors

We've been gone for a whole six weeks, yes really! There's so much to catch up on and to add to all that, we've got Keith "NAF" Markovic from Team Liquid to go through it all with us! 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Chatting with NAF 17:10 BLAST.tv Paris Major Recap 49:50 IEM Dallas & BLAST Spring Finals 56:40 Rostermania 01:10:00 CS2 Imminent? 01:17:10 Conclusions Watch future shows live at ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

We've got Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg on the show this week to run down our predictions for the BLAST.tv Paris Major, also... where the hell are the stickers?!? We also catch up on ESL Challenger Melbourne, Brazy Party, and a few bits & bobs from the week. 00:00 Introduction 02:10 Where are the stickers?? 09:10 ESL Challenger Melbourne 25:20 Brazy Party Recap 33:10 BLAST.tv Paris Major 01:09:50 Other Bits & Bobs 01:12:40 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

With IEM Rio finished and LOS oNe imploding, we brought on Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa to discuss and break down everything that went wrong with the team. We also discuss the failing of FURIA to claim the Rio champions title once again, and then move on to catching up on everyone's bootcamps before the BLAST.tv Rio Major. Rounding things out, we do a quick preview of the upcoming ESL Challenger in Melbourne with Complexity and Evil Geniuses Black attending, closing out with a brief look at Brazil at Brazy Party in Europe. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Chatting with malbsMd 37:50 IEM Rio Recap 50:00 Bootcamps Galore 55:15 ESL Challenger Melbourne 01:01:20 Brazil at Brazy Party 01:05:00 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

The BLAST.tv Paris Major Americas RMR finished last week and we're here recapping everything that went down. It wasn't all smiles but in the end, most of our predictions were correct. In this episode, we also check out the ongoing IEM Rio, give some early predictions about the Paris Major, and round up recent roster changes in North America. 00:00 Introduction 03:55 Recapping the RMR 41:08 IEM Rio going on Right Now 50:55 NA Roster Round Up 01:16:05 Early Major Predictions 01:30:22 Some Extra Fluff 01:34:00 Conclusions Watch future shows live at ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

Starting off, we catch up on the last few weeks and recap what happened to each Americas team at ESL Pro League Season 17 in Malta, mostly all disappointments. Moving on, it's time to preview the imminent BLAST Premier Spring Showdown with Team Liquid and FURIA looking as favourites. The BLAST Paris Major Americas RMR is also coming up soon, with this being our last show before then, so we talk everything we think will happen and do a swiss pick'em for who's making it to Paris! Speaking of Majors, the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major has been announced for March of 2024. Finally, in our domestic recap, we talk about MIBR winning ESL Challenger League, Nouns update in qualifiers, and lastly Davenport imploding. 00:00 Introduction 00:20 BLAST Spring Showdown 23:00 EPL S17 Recap 45:25 Americas RMR Preview 57:30 CS2 Copenhagen Major 01:03:50 NA Domestic Recap 01:10:25 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

Just minutes before we were due to go live on Wednesday for our usual podcast, Valve announced the upcoming Source 2 port of CS:GO known now as Counter-Strike 2! We dove in right away breaking down everything there is to know about the new game. From the new smokes, to the visuals, engine changes, tick-rate removal, and limited beta release! Watch future shows live at ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

This week we had Joshua "m1cks" Micks from Detonate on the podcast to chat all about his journey to where he is today, with a spot at the upcoming Americas RMR. Featuring an extended chat about Cloud9, m1cks talks about what happened from his perspective, giving insight on the ALEX vs kassad breakdown and the w0xic removal. In the second half of the show, we catch up on ESL Pro League, again, and look at Liquid in the currently ongoing Group D. Moving on, briefly we discuss TACO not attending the upcoming RMR and continue the Source 2 hype train! 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Chatting with m1cks 42:55 EPL S17 so far... 48:30 EPL S17 Group D 50:48 TACO out for the Major 54:40 Source 2 Hype! 01:03:13 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

With Source 2 right around the corner, what will it mean for the esports landscape of the game? Do Majors need larger prize pools? Do we need an International like Dota 2? We discuss the news itself and then speculate what, if any, changes Valve will bring to the esport along with Source 2. Moving on with more NA centric topics, we look at the current ESL Pro League with the disappointing performances from Evil Geniuses and Complexity in the groups. Then closer to home, Nouns have been doing well recently with qualifications to the RMR and IEM Dallas, but can they keep it up? ESL Challenger League playoffs are almost here and ESL Impact kicked off the other day, so we look at what's been happening there. Finally, we talk briefly about the new ESEA Cash Cup Circuit. 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Source 2 Soon™? 19:25 EPL S17 Groups 37:00 Nouns in Recent Qualifiers 45:35 ECL Playoffs almost here 54:10 ESL Impact Season 3 01:01:00 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

It's been almost a month since our last episode, before IEM Katowice! We had to catch up on everything that went on down in Poland first, including ESL Impact, and then moved on to more recent happenings. Last week we saw the BLAST.tv Paris Major RMR open and closed qualifiers take place around the world, so we recap who's qualified to the Americas RMR. Speaking of the RMRs, news broke earlier in the day before the show that only five players would be funded by BLAST and Valve to go to the RMRs, however, right before the show, BLAST announced that it would now be six. Before reaching our concluding thoughts, we had to also talk about the NAF interview with Mauisnake about Evil Geniuses' management. 00:00 Introduction 01:07 IEM Katowice 17:15 ESL Impact Katowice 21:40 BLAST RMR Qualifiers 33:18 RMR Travel Drama 52:53 NAF on EG Management 53:50 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

This week we've got Mounira "GooseBreeder" Dobie as our guest and start of with an extended chat about her career and women's Counter-Strike. We then move on to talking about the ongoing BLAST Premier Spring Groups and recently concluded ESL Pro League Conference. Before closing off the show, we also preview the Play-In for IEM Katowice and also discuss the BLAST.tv Paris Major open qualifiers fiasco. 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Chatting with GooseBreeder 32:23 BLAST Premier Spring Groups 39:05 EPL Conference Roundup 43:34 IEM Katowice Preview 53:35 BLAST RMR Qualifiers 57:20 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

We went live right after breaking a story about k0nfig, FaZe, and Heroic at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups. We also preview what we expect to go down with our NA representatives at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups and ESL Pro League S17 Conference. We round out with a look at the recent fl0m Cup, ATK's upcoming temporary roster change, and JOTA's move to Imperial. 00:00 Introduction 02:40 k0nfig & FaZe at BLAST 11:30 BLAST Premier Spring Groups 25:43 EPL S17 Conference 35:30 ATK Roster Changes 37:03 The fl0m Cup Rundown 47:37 JOTA to Imperial 51:47 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

We're back in 2023 for our first episode and we've got Alan "Shakezullah" Hardeman on the show! We discuss his career and time on Bad News Bears farming cash cups, then we move onto talking about the HLTV Top 20 players on 2022. We round out the rest of the show with a recap of the BLAST Premier World Finals, a look forward to 2023, the plethora of EG rumors, and finally the upcoming BLAST.tv Paris Major.  00:00 Introduction 00:35 It's Shakezullah 15:30 NA players in HLTV Top 20 31:30 BLAST Premier 2022 and 2023 49:45 The EG rumors 59:30 BLAST.tv Paris Major 01:10:00 Conclusions Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

The BLAST Premier Fall Finals are over and Liquid made the semifinals, qualifying to the World Finals in Abu Dhabi! We also talk about the changes taking place in ATK, Evil Geniuses, as well as the game itself! The new map, Anubis, was recently added and even played at the charity Mustache Masters tournament, won by ATK! Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

Ryan's back from Rio and we're talking all about it! Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

We're two thirds into the IEM Rio Major and down to just eight teams! All our natural NA teams have been eliminated and it's down to FURIA to represent "NA"... Slevo and DarfMike discuss the Major so far plus all the Americas teams and how they did. Finally, a look forward to the Playoffs tomorrow... Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

The Rio Major starts in 3 days and it's our last show before we leave for Brazil! A more relaxed and chill episode this week as we talk about the imminent Major. We also have to talk about the sad news that Steve and Ed from FRAG are leaving NSG. Wrapping up the recent BLAST Fall Showdown and ECL season, we then look ahead to the next season which is already underway. Concluding the show, Ryan rants and raves about Brazil and everything to come in the next weeks. Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us Timestamps 00:00 Introductions 00:36 IEM Rio Major Chill and Chat 27:15 Storylines to follow for the Major 32:55 NSG/FRAG departures 36:27 BLAST Fall Showdown takeaways 41:30 ESL Challenger League and ESEA Advanced 53:25 Conclusions

YEKINDAR has officially signed with Team Liquid! Complexity are already eliminated from the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown and we have Graham "messioso" Pitt, GM of the team, to talk about it. We also talk about the rest of the NA bracket for BLAST. Later on in the show we discuss the ECL playoffs which are in full motion and finally a short preview for the IEM Rio Major. Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us Timestamps 00:00 Introductions 02:20 YEKINDAR signs with Liquid 22:10 Complexity at BLAST 36:45 BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 43:24 ESL Challenger League playoffs 54:50 IEM Rio Major preview 01:11:23 Conclusions

A few hours before the show, news broke that YEKINDAR had finally secured his release from Virtus.pro and was a free agent. So far he had been playing with Liquid, so we discuss what this means for both parties as well as why it took so long to happen. Later in the show we also discuss our winners and losers of the IEM Road to Rio RMR including the top players that stood out to us. Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us Timestamps 00:00 Introductions 00:45 YEKINDAR into free agency 06:58 YEKINDAR to stay with Liquid? 15:15 YEKINDAR's buyout and the delays 25:57 RMR winners and losers 42:53 Best players at the RMR 53:37 Conclusions

The newly redesigned Double Doors podcast returns with an ALL-AMERICAN edition of the show! We talk everything that happened at ESL Pro League Season 16, including Complexity, Evil Geniuses, and Liquid in he grand final. A look ahead to the Road to Rio Americas RMR starting tomorrow in Sweden, and rounded out by a brief debate whether BO5 or BO3 finals are better, comparing EPL to the upcoming IEM Rio Major. Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us Topic Timestamps 00:00 Introductions 00:33 EPL Season 16 Intro 01:46 Evil Geniuses almost making playoffs 21:07 Complexity actually made playoffs 30:10 Liquid make playoffs and the grand final 46:35 Americas RMR Preview 55:50 BO3 versus BO5 finals 01:00:02 Conclusions

We chat with DarfMike about everything FRAG 17, including the imported European teams. Following up, we look back at ESL Pro League so far and forward to the ongoing Group D. Finally topping it all off with a preview of the upcoming Americas RMR for the Rio Major.

Damian "daps" Steele joins the Dust2.us crew for another Double Doors episode discussing Liquid and the broader North American _Counter-Strike_ scene. We also briefly touch on coaching and how analysts, including Liquid's Hunter "Lucid" Tucker, help out. Moving on after that, we explore who daps thinks will make it to the Americas RMR from the remaining open qualifiers. Finally, we touch on the BLAST Premier Groups and also Liquid's group at ESL Pro League in Malta. Watch future shows live at https://www.twitch.tv/dust2us

It's the third episode of the newly renamed show, Dust2.us Double Doors, and we have guest Graham "messioso" Pitt, Complexity's General Manager, to discuss a range of topics. Firstly, YEKINDAR will be playing with Liquid again, and also Evil Geniuses have been making more changes, again. Complexity also brought on a new player in the form of Håkon "hallzerk" Fjærli. Bad News Bears disbanded and Brazil did Brazil things. Also we have a short Q&A with messioso in the middle of the show.

In our second episode, we briefly discuss the ECL Relegation and how has stood out to keep their teams in the top flight. We then talk about the events of Cologne so far, specifically the results of NA teams and how Brazil had a disappointing display. Next we move onto Complexity and ask the question about if this is the end for their roster and finally our predictions for the IEM Cologne playoffs.

It's the final day of the group stage at IEM Cologne 2022! Liquid made it to the playoffs, at the cost of FURIA, but we're all about NA CS! They also kicked the crud out of Cloud9 earlier in the day.

Day 5 of IEM Cologne 2022 is in the bag and we're here to recap it all! A massive and long match between 00 Nation and Liquid for tournament life that went into four overtimes and all three maps. FURIA also dominate Outsiders without YEKINDAR there anymore. We also discuss the interviews we released today.

On the second day of the group stage at IEM Cologne, FURIA and 00 Nation both lost their opening matches to Astralis and FaZe respectively. Also, right before the show XSET tweeted that Stewie2K would be playing VALORANT for them, bad troll or real??

It's the first day of the group stage at IEM Cologne and well... Liquid and YEKINDAR had a good first map, and then it all went downhill. Also we talk about Brazil's matches tomorrow and our Underdog Fantasy picks.

IEM Cologne 2022's second day of the play-in stage happened today! Join Ryan and DarfMike from Dust2.us in our 30 minute recap of everything that went down in regards to North and South American teams.

IEM Cologne 2022 kicked off with the first day of the play-in stage today! Join Ryan and Lukas from Dust2.us in our 30 minute recap of everything that went down in regards to North and South American teams.

In our inaugural episode we discuss the Evil Geniuses Stewie2K and EVY drama to kick thing off. We then move on to discuss the Team Liquid changes coming in, with the benching of shox and adreN and the additions of daps and stand-in YEKINDAR. NA's first big event in years was IEM Dallas so we had to discuss that as well as Complexity and EG.PA's international outings. Finally, some talk about the ongoing ESL Challenger League playoffs and our signature segment NA Hopium and Copium to cap it all off.