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Episode #5 of a Boomeo's weekly feature: "TL;DW Podcast" -- A show hosted by MLG's Chris Puckett and Duncan "Thorin" Shields covering CS:GO news, speculations, and analysis. This week: Semmler's "Gamerz", Dignitas' new roster, s1mple, and more!

G2 win DreamHack Tours, Kenny goes crowd surfing Zeus revives the PRO100 name Get to know Steel in this half hour documentary Launders analyses the round that cost G2 at DreamHack Austin North in hot water over academy player’s contract

ELEAGUE returns in September SK Gaming Win IEM Sydney Shroud somehow manages to grab this AWP HernyG loses IEM showmatch, gets a weird punishment Reality show Gamerz is banned from Twitch for bad language

Having not one, but two LAN events this weekend meant no rest for the wicked (and obviously we are extremely wicked). With events in Australia and France, it was pretty much round-the-clock action and a lot of it was pretty hype. IEM Sydney saw the really big names battle it out, while DreamHack Tours gave some of the teams still finding their footing a chance to get some LAN experience. Even outside the LAN events there was a lot going on. More big orgs signed academy teams, roster changes hit a relatively new team, and there’s a new CS:GO reality show to check out. Fortunately we have managed to drag ourselves away from Gamerz in order to recap all the major events from the last week.

"Ask Thorin" #6: - The current map pool, adding maps, and Astralis (0:20) - Audio Updates and their balance (4:40) - Ex6tenz and LDLC (6:50) - CS:GO's growth as an eSport vs DOTA and League (7:57) - Valde (11:16) - Dignitas, Maikelele, and NiP (13:22) - Releasing more of Thorin's "Events worked in 20xx" (15:36) - Xyp9x (16:24) - "System" as per FalleN and Gla1ve(20:54) - de_prodigy (23:17) - Why focus on CS:GO? (23:24) - Best match you've ever watched (27:31)

Cloud9 win a pistol round in 13 seconds This Star Wars frag movie is insanely good The PGL Minor qualifier clashes with the ESEA Season 24 LAN and pros aren't happy Brax doesn’t think the #FreeBrax movement will fix anything CLG sign an academy team XANTARES and Calyx are the next pair to be announced for the HTC 2v2 Invitational

Episode #4 of a Boomeo's weekly feature: "TL;DW Podcast" -- A show hosted by MLG's Chris Puckett and Duncan "Thorin" Shields covering CS:GO news, speculations, and analysis. This week: Dreamhack, Roster Changes, G2, Gambit, and more!

This week is somewhat of an anomaly in the world of CS:GO, as we have not one pretty big LAN event, but two. On one side of the world we have the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney event where the likes of Astralis, FaZe and SK are competing for a share of $200,000. Then all the way back in Europe we have DreamHack Tours, which has a $100,000 prize pool and some more big names such as NaVi, G2 and Mouz. With big name teams split across the two events picking which one to watch is not an easy choice. Fortunately time difference and slightly different dates mean it will be pretty easy to keep up with all of the action from both events. For those of you who simply cannot get enough pro CS, this weekend will be a treat. Of course before you go into a CS marathon you need to know who has a chance at each event, and that is where we come in.

Gambit will not play at DreamHack Tours, replaced by Tricked The IEM Katowice fragmovie is finally here Dignitas reportedly kick Maikelele and pita k0nfig has a mare in Sydney FalleN hits an unbelievable AWP no scope

If you want peak performance in CS:GO, then it’s important to think about what you’re putting into your body as well as your PC case. There are lots of ways to maintain sharpness, but make sure you’re consuming things in sensible moderation and that you’re taking time away from the screen as well. Not every player needs a gym regime like pashaBiceps, but fresh air and movement can have just as positive an effect on your AWP flicks as another slug of soda. As in so many things, balance is the key.

KQLY signs with Vexed Gaming, but two players refuse to play with him Watch the first episode of CS:GO reality show Gamerz EnVyUs sign academy team Groups for DreamHack Tours announced, but Gambit might not make it It looks like more gloves are on the way

Pretty much every other major esport had some kind of massive event this week, so you could be forgiven for not keeping up with competitive Counter-Strike. Sure, we had a pretty big LAN with DreamHack Austin, but it wasn’t a particularly star-studded field, with just one of the teams who made it to the last eight of the ELEAGUE Major in attendance. Outside of DreamHack, things were relatively quiet. ECS and the ESL Pro League continued, with a few shock results and more than a few unbelievable plays. There was some drama, as usual, and Ninjas in Pyjamas continue to be incredibly unpredictable. In fact, that could be a new section for TLDW: “Were NiP good or bad this week?”

GAMBIT TAKE HOME DREAMHACK AUSTIN TITLE DIGNITAS LOST TO NORTH ACADEMY IN THE PGL EU MINOR QUALIFIER EVER WONDERED HOW MUCH SKIN CREATORS MAKE? SHOX HITS THE CALMEST DOUBLE DEAGLE EVER ASTROS SEEMINGLY CAUSE ISSUES AT DREAMHACK

"Ask Thorin" #5: - Dealing with Tech issues in LANs (0:38) - ScreaM's competitive ups and downs (5:50) - CS Sequel (16:16) - Best team made of same 1 person cloned 5 times (19:24) - The FAMAS (21:26) - Dealing with moving / new country to join Pro team (23:27) - Best playstyle for winning tournaments (25:14) - Defining: IGL vs Coach(29:37) - Best way to learn from watching own demos (31:51) - Pimp and potential teams for him (34:31) - Working on strengths VS weaknesses (36:03) - What IS better in CS:GO vs 1.6 (36:43)

Heroic’s new logo is dividing opinion NiP could only muster five rounds in three games yesterday NiKo ruins NiP’s day with two massive plays OpTic renew Brisk sponsorship, owner H3CZ appears in new ad Winterfox’s ping issues result in a 16-0 loss to OpTic