Pop Flash

About Pop Flash

Unfiltered opinion from Counter-Strike's biggest brains. Join Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields and Richard Lewis, as we delve into CS:GO's biggest storylines.

Publisher

Pop Flash

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2022

Latest episode

25 May 2022

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 May 2022

   Pop Flash: Karrigan = GOAT IGL After NAVI Destruction? | PGL Major Review

   Counter Strike, following the heat of CSGO Major PGL Antwerp 2022, the CSGO 2022 esports scene has been shaken up after FaZe CSGO's domination at the PGL Major, against the poor standard of CSGO teams such as, Heroic CSGO, ENCE and G2. In the new episode of the Pop Flash CSGO podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and August 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss the best and worst CSGO teams and players, including FaZe Karrigan, Twistzz, s1mple, NAVI CSGO, Yekinder, Heroic CSGO, ENCE CSGO, Spirit CSGO, G2 CSGO, Niko, Aleksib and G2 Jackz, as well as NAVI's predicted roster changes ahead of IEM Dallas 2022.

2. 

   18 May 2022

   Pop Flash: “ZywOo Will ALWAYS Be in s1mple’s Shadow!” | CSGO Major Review

   Counter Strike, in the heat of CSGO Major PGL Antwerp 2022, the CSGO 2022 esports scene is getting tense. After major formatting issues at the PGL Major, as well the poor standard of CSGO, as Cloud9 & their LAN problems return, Team Vitality and ZywOo crashout early, and NIP CSGO come out on top. In the new episode of the Pop Flash CSGO podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and August 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss the best CSGO teams and best CSGO players, including s1mple CSGO, ZywOo CSGO, Furia CSGO, NIP, Team Vitality CSGO and Cloud9's CSGO Roster. 00:00 Major Format Issues! UNFAIR Seedings?! 07:20 Poor Standard of Counter-Strike! 10:47 Cloud9: HUGE Prep Issues! Mental Block?! 30:24 Vitality: DIABOLICALLY BAD! ZywOo Falling Flat?! 53:20 Champions Stage: Furia’s Glaring Issues, NIP ON TOP!

3. 

   5 May 2022

   Pop Flash: This SHOCK Team Will Do DAMAGE at the Major | CSGO Major Preview

   With the BLAST CSGO Spring Showdown over and the PGL Antwerp CSGO Major just around the corner, the Counter Strike esports world is heating up. After failing to qualify, can it get any worse for Evil Geniuses CSGO? Can ENCE CSGO cause a major upset? And how good will the PGL Major production and talent be? In the new episode of the Pop Flash CSGO podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and August 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss the best CSGO teams and best CSGO players, the pivotal Team Liquid v G2 Esports match at the Counter Strike Major, and their thoughts on the Complexity CSGO project. Dexerto CS:GO offers a variety of video content, including the best CSGO moments, CS documentaries, Counter-Strike analysis, original CS GO shows & and trending Counter-Strike: Global Offensive news from around the scene. Dexerto's CSGO content focuses around huge names, such as: ZywOo, s1mple, dev1ce, JW, NiKo, electronic, BlameF, ropz, EliGE, dupreeh, syrsoN, Magisk, stavn, huNter-, yuurih, woxic, Xyp9x, jks & Hobbit, from huge orgs such as Team Vitality, NAVI, Astralis, NIP, Gambit Esports, Team Liquid, FaZe Clan, mousesports, BIG & OG. Join our growing CSGO community as we provide top quality Counter-Strike content from a variety of tournaments. Get involved in our YouTube Community polls, give us your opinions & start debates on either our community posts or via our video comment sections! Chapters: 0:00 How good is BLAST production? 6:26 Can NA get any worse? 37:58 Easy for ENCE? 49:00 Tricky opening Major games 57:00 Big upsets in Challenger Stage?

4. 

   22 Apr 2022

   Pop Flash: WHERE'S DEV1CE?! | BLAST CSGO Preview

   With the BLAST CSGO Spring Showdown and PGL Antwerp CSGO Major RMR tournaments underway, there are plenty of Counter Strike stories going on. Will NIP dev1ce be coming back? What's happened to Astralis Xyp9x? And why aren't we in the NAVI era with the best CSGO player NAVI s1mple? In this episode of the Pop Flash CSGO podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss the best CSGO teams and best CSGO players, and question whether Ninjas in Pyjamas need dev1ce to succeed, why Astralis won't win a trophy in 2022, and what has happened to VP. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - The End Of The Road For VP?! 14:36 - Too Much Hype About Movistar? 25:00 - Who Leaves CPH For Astralis? 33:07 - Astralis To Win NOTHING In 2022?? 50:50 - WHERE IS DEVICE??! 1:02:41 - Ence To Upset The Big Boys?

5. 

   12 Apr 2022

   Pop Flash: Is Karrigan the Best Leader Ever? | ESL Pro League Review

   After taking down NAVI s1mple, FURIA yuurih, and ENCE snappi in the ESL Pro League, FaZe are the EPL Season 15 champions. FaZe Karrigan, FaZe rain, FaZe broky, FaZe twistzz, and FaZe ropz overtook s1mple & NAVI CSGO to be ranked the best CS:GO team. FaZe Clan are now halfway to completing the Counter-Strike Intel Grand Slam after also winning IEM Katowice 2022. In this episode of the Pop Flash Counter Strike podcast, Richard Lewis, Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, and Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat discuss recent CSGO esports events, who the best CS:GO IGL is, the problems with the CSGO Team Liquid roster and Heroic cadiaN, why NAVI csgo won't get an era, as well the current status of teams such as Gambit CSGO, Team Liquid CSGO, ENCE CSGO, Heroic CSGO, NAVI CSGO and Movistar CSGO. Chapters: 0:00 How bad is NA? 10:30 Gambit's Problems 19:18 Are Team Liquid losers? 33:38 Heroic doomed? 51:26 How FaZe became the best in the world 1:01:30 How good is Karrigan? 1:07:05 How easy for ENCE?

6. 

   24 Mar 2022

   Pop Flash: NiKo Has Dropped Off a Cliff! | ESL Pro League Review

   Counter Strike is currently in the midst of ESL Pro League and the competition is heating up, seeing some of the world's most iconic CSGO teams battle it out to be the champions, such as; G2, Ninjas In Pyjamas, FaZe Clan, Vitality, Furia, Team Liquid, NAVI, Astralis! In this CSGO podcast, Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, Richard Lewis and Auguste ‘Semmler’ Massonat discuss Niko's underperformance and effect on G2's downfall, NIP's long-term potential, FaZe Clan's stunning performance and dark horse team Furia, as well as their key moments from the competition so far. Chapters: 00:00 EPL roundup & format chat 05:31 G2 Esports & NiKo struggles 21:17 NIP & roster moves 32:19 FaZe Clan 41:14 Vitality 53:04 FURIA success 1:00:06 The Group C mess 1:04:09 Group D & NAVI struggles

7. 

   5 Mar 2022

   Pop Flash: Is m0NESY the Next s1mple?! | IEM Katowice Review

   ESL's Flagship Counter Strike event IEM Katowice has just concluded at the Spodek Arena, with the iconic FaZe Clan roster, containing: Broky, Twistzz, Karrigan, Ropz, stand-in jks and their coach RobbaN, being crowned as the 2022 champions! Seeing them proudly beat teams such as Gambit Esports, Virtus Pro, m0NESY's G2, Heroic and NAVI! In this CSGO podcast, Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, Richard Lewis and Auguste ‘Semmler’ Massonat discuss the details of FaZe Clan's victory, as well as the most memorable moments including s1mple's amazing speech about Ukraine, and events from the major itself, as well as their predictions for upcoming roster changes off the back of the event, and a look ahead to ESL Pro League. Chapters: 0:00 First thoughts 6:00 s1mple's speech 13:10 IEM Katowice results 31:15 Heroic 41:37 G2 and m0NESY 56:54 ESL Pro League preview

8. 

   22 Feb 2022

   Pop Flash: NiKo = Best in the World?! | IEM Katowice Playoffs Preview

   The playoffs for Counter Strike event IEM Katowice are about to kick off at the Spodek Arena, hosted by ESL. Several of the world's best teams are ready to battle it out at this major date on the CS:GO calendar, including the likes of: FaZe Clan, Gambit Esports, Virtus Pro, G2, Heroic and NAVI! The CSGO world has been taken by storm with the recent announcement of FNATIC's Smooya being moved over to the bench, as well as NiKo being praised as the world's best player. In this CSGO podcast, Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, Richard Lewis and Auguste ‘Semmler’ Massonat discuss the recent events within the IEM Katowice group stages, their predictions for the playoffs, as well as roster changes. Chapters: 00:00 First thoughts 02:45 FaZe 14:03 Gambit 24:19 VP 29:07 G2 36:35 Heroic 48:10 NAVI 56:27 Smooya reaction

9. 

   31 Jan 2022

   Pop Flash: NiKo ROBBED! m0NESY To The Rescue? | BLAST Spring Groups Preview

   Thorin joins Semmler to chat about everything to do with BLAST Spring Groups as head towards the first big CSGO event of the year! Will Aleksib and m0NESY turn G2 into a top five CSGO team? With dev1ce out injured, how will NIP survive? How will Vitality fare with their new signings, the former Astralis players Magisk and Dupreeh? And will Ropz joining FaZe turn them into true title contenders? The Pop Flash hosts give their honest and expert opinions on all the biggest stories in Counter-Strike right now!

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