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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
Tier one utility and still get one or two kills is really, really hard as we learn the hard way.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
But I have more faith in Jacob now doing that.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
So whatever prep he did into some of those matchups really worked out for him or just or just learning on the fly.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
I think that the main thing for almost the weird takeaway from this for me is just that
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
Actually, Frozen and Twists are such an elite duo that you can probably have the floor of being a top eight team in the world all the time with just them and Kerrigan being able to manipulate them.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
The scary thing about FaZe and trying to get too excited about this one is that if you actually press me to say, OK, who do you think will have a better first six months of 2026?
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
FaZe, the Mongols, assuming they had Senzu or Na'Vi.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
I'm not going to just jump at the opportunity to say FaZe.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
Even with this run, it just felt completely unsustainable.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
It felt like they were preying on the weaknesses of individuals under pressure, which we already do know that they are capable of.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
Until they face a real adversary in a high-pressure match that...
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
is there for a really strong reason that didn't fluke their way there.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
It's hard to really ever put money on FaZe.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
And the problem is that the A-plus tier of teams or the S-tier of teams, like the big four coming into this tournament, the Vitality, Fury of Falcon, Spirit, I'm taking them nine out of ten times over this FaZe even six months from now.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
I don't see why they would.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
I'm not sure where they would go.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
That's a tough... I mean, Torzy and Brokey are just so different.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
If I'm confident enough in my rifler core that they're going to provide me with...
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
the capabilities to win a tournament, then fine.
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Episode 161: w/ mauisnake! NiP, Astralis, BCG, M80, Spirit all make changes, Budapest Major is over!
But Torres, he's not a guy that wins you tournaments.