FEED THE TROLLS EP 12: G2's Wild Move: Snax In, hooXi Out ft Thorin & voocsgo
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hooXi is out and.. Snax is in? WTF. G2 announced Snax as IGL for their CS team, joining new signing malbsMd. In this episode of Feed The Trolls  @vooCSGO  joins  @Thooorin  and I to try figure out what the hell the G2 management were thinking. We chat about Snax and his impressive past playing career, the potential of malbs and how it might all fall to pieces in this new roster. We touch on the role overlaps, fantasize about how this might work and turn the spotlight on Tax. Here's links to some of the source material we discuss in episode: That HLTV interview https://www.hltv.org/news/39351/hooxi-interview-benching-dealing-with-criticism-and-post-g2-future malbs interview with  @Darfmike  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgKDIeV3cy4 Pimp's tweet https://x.com/PimpCS2/status/1808843734135554116 Find voo on X http://www.x.com/vooCSGO Find Thorin on X http://www.x.com/Thorin 00:00 Introduction with voo joining the chaos 00:04 Thorin the fortune teller 01:14 Reacting to the G2 Snax signing 02:31 Why Snax? 03:47 Snax's competitive history 08:44 MalbsMd signing and potential role clashes 12:07 Is huNter the problem? 16:42 Can G2 win with this roster 18:24 Changing up play styles 21:15 HooXi come back please 27:23 Why is G2's PR so bad? 28:33 Snax performance in Gamer Legion 34:11 Were we too hard on hooXi? 36:04 coach and IGL clashes 40:35 G2 communication issues in the server 42:50 Too many issues in G2 47:03 malbsMd at risk 50:55 how important are player roles in CS2? 53:36 pour one out for m0NESY 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
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