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Episode three of 'Counter-Points', a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive talk show hosted by Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, featured special guests Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat (Room On Fire) and Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia (FACEIT). This Episode was recorded on September 7th.
Topics included the three new French line-ups (Titan, LDLC and Epsilon) as well shot-calling in CS:GO and the role of star players.
Time line of topics
00:05 Intro06:22 Titan's previous line-up11:06 Basing the game around an AWPer, i.e. kennyS22:51 Epsilon's previous line-up29:51 LDLC's previous line-up43:50 Other perspectives from which to look at the game52:21 Shot-calling principles1:14:40 Titan's new line-up1:38:18 LDLC's new line-up and a debate on the role of stars1:57:07 NBK as the IGL, instead of Happy2:05:35 Dividing up the roles and responsibilities2:15:14 Which will be better: Titan or LDLC?2:29:19 Epsilon's new line-up2:41:11 ScreaM's impact2:45:48 Outro