This is a new Counter-Strike series called CHALLENGED. DarfMike and I realised we work the same events but never get to work together, so we made a thing so we could. CHALLENGED is a series focused around the ESL Challenger Events for 2024. We’ll do a pre and post event video showcasing what to expect from the teams competing and then what we got wrong about those expectations. The first episode is ESL Challenger Jönköping Part 1. In it we share some war… we mean work, stories and give our opinions on the teams you’re going to see compete at Dreamhack Summer. 0:00 Introduction to our new show CHALLENGED 02:23 Mike’s fun GeT_RiGhT story from IEM Dallas 03:50 Sam’s Jonkoping Travel nightmare 06:25 ESL Challenger Jonkoping, last chance for Team Falcons? 10:26 Complexity’s chances 12:16 The question marks around hallzerk 14:40 Party Astronauts and the American dream 16:45 ESL Challenger format 19:35 ENCE’s new line up and what to expect from sdy & podi 22:17 The MongolZ - back to back LAN winners 25:01 Last Challenger’s winners MiBR 26:44 Sam doesn’t have faith in Aurora 29:20 Sweden’s home town rep is Alliance 31:10 Final Predictions 25:51 Some more on potential Complexity roster changes Follow DarfMike on X: https://x.com/DarfMike Find me on the socials: Blog - http://www.techgirlblog.com Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/techgirlza Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/techgirlza Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/techgirlza Twitch - http://www.twitch.tv/techgirlza Discord - https://discord.gg/SKvCd82nv4 TikTok - http://www.tiktok.com/@TechGirlZA My gear: - Canon EOS M50 Mark ii - My PC: Z590-GUNDAM (Wi-Fi) Motherboard, ROG Strix RTX3080 Graphics Card, PSU ROG Strix 850G GUNDAM edition, Intel Core i7-10700 Processor & ROG Strix Helios GUNDAM edition case. - ROG Strix XG27AQV Gaming Monitor - TUF Gaming VG27VH1B