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 Introduction00:25 Chatting with NAF17:10 BLAST.tv Paris Major Recap49:50 IEM Dallas & BLAST Spring Finals56:40 Rostermania01:10:00 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 Introduction02:10 Where are the stickers??09:10 ESL Challenger Melbourne25:20 Brazy Party Recap33:10 BLAST.tv Paris Major 01:09:50 Other Bits & Bobs01:12:40 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 Introduction01:00 Chatting with malbsMd37:50 IEM Rio Recap50:00 Bootcamps Galore55:15 ESL Challenger Melbourne01:01:20 Brazil at Brazy Party01:05:00 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 Introduction03:55 Recapping the RMR41:08 IEM Rio going on Right Now50:55 NA Roster Round Up01:16:05 Early Major Predictions01:30:22 Some Extra Fluff01:34:00 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 Introduction00:20 BLAST Spring Showdown23:00 EPL S17 Recap45:25 Americas RMR Preview57:30 CS2 Copenhagen Major01:03:50 NA Domestic Recap01:10:25 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 Introduction00:57 Chatting with m1cks42:55 EPL S17 so far...48:30 EPL S17 Group D50:48 TACO out for the Major54:40 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 Introduction02:00 Source 2 Soon™?19:25 EPL S17 Groups37:00 Nouns in Recent Qualifiers45:35 ECL Playoffs almost here54:10 ESL Impact Season 301:01:00 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 Introduction01:07 IEM Katowice17:15 ESL Impact Katowice21:40 BLAST RMR Qualifiers33:18 RMR Travel Drama52:53 NAF on EG Management53:50 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 Introduction00:45 Chatting with GooseBreeder32:23 BLAST Premier Spring Groups39:05 EPL Conference Roundup43:34 IEM Katowice Preview53:35 BLAST RMR Qualifiers57:20 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 Introduction02:40 k0nfig & FaZe at BLAST11:30 BLAST Premier Spring Groups25:43 EPL S17 Conference35:30 ATK Roster Changes37:03 The fl0m Cup Rundown47:37 JOTA to Imperial51:47 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 Introduction00:35 It's Shakezullah15:30 NA players in HLTV Top 2031:30 BLAST Premier 2022 and 202349:45 The EG rumors59:30 BLAST.tv Paris Major01:10:00 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 Introductions00:36 IEM Rio Major Chill and Chat27:15 Storylines to follow for the Major32:55 NSG/FRAG departures36:27 BLAST Fall Showdown takeaways41:30 ESL Challenger League and ESEA Advanced53:25 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 Introductions02:20 YEKINDAR signs with Liquid22:10 Complexity at BLAST36:45 BLAST Premier Fall Showdown43:24 ESL Challenger League playoffs54:50 IEM Rio Major preview01:11:23 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 Introductions00:45 YEKINDAR into free agency06:58 YEKINDAR to stay with Liquid?15:15 YEKINDAR's buyout and the delays25:57 RMR winners and losers42:53 Best players at the RMR53:37 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 Introductions00:33 EPL Season 16 Intro01:46 Evil Geniuses almost making playoffs21:07 Complexity actually made playoffs30:10 Liquid make playoffs and the grand final46:35 Americas RMR Preview55:50 BO3 versus BO5 finals01:00:02 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.