The Hot Drop Ivo "Kowo" Schenk

In this episode with Aitzy and Jeemzz we talk about what happened to FUT at PGC, how they are trying to adapt for PEC Spring, and what both teams did wrong to end up in the Last Chance Stage.

We have a chat about recent cheater drama, content creation for esports players, and talk a lot about the upcoming PEC Finals (tierlist included).



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00:00:00 - Start
00:03:02 - What happened to FUT at PGC 23
00:10:51 - What went wrong for Faze in PGC?
00:15:47 - How are the roles in FUT?
00:22:35 - Using a Killfeed tracker online vs on LAN
00:26:13 - Would teams be down to POV stream with comms?
00:32:00 - Norway to PNC?
00:35:02 - Why dont more players make content?
00:46:52 - The NA cheating situation is WILD
00:59:00 - PEC Finals Tierlist
01:39:12 - Why are the CIS teams so consistent?
01:45:50 - Can you use ranked instead of scrims as practice?
01:50:47 - Every tournament has a different level of pressure02:00:55 - Outro

In this episode I am joined by Shrimzy and Jeemzz. We chat about their respective PGC experience and how their teams have grown over the last years. We spend quite a bit of time chatting about coaching in pubg, how they practice to try and compete with eastern teams that get a lot more tournament time, and the upcoming year of PUBG esports.



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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:25 - How was PGC for the Soniqs?
00:08:32 - How was PGC for FaZe Clan?
00:14:04 - Gunner is the GOAT
00:18:08 - Does FaZe not want a coach?
00:24:15 - Can you compare the TWIS rosterchange to the SQ one?

00:33:20 - Its good to see XMPL back

00:37:10 - Motivation can be hard to find

00:39:10 - How do the western regions keep up with Asia
00:42:10 - Ways to improve as an individual

00:57:05 - Miramar has issues
01:07:55 - The 2024 Roadmap

01:16:34 - PUBG Esports in 2024 is gonna be wild

01:24:16 - PNC rambling
01:30:28 - Outro

In this episode I chat to the four biggest EMEA teams making roster changes in the off-season.
Lots of inside information on why some of these moves were made, plans for the new year, and some Stories from the recent PGC.



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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:56 - Naylup - How was the last year for EIQ
00:09:03 - Roster for the upcoming season?
00:15:11 - Adouzie - What happened at PGC?
00:26:33 - Dante leaving, picking up Spyrro
00:37:25 - BatulinS - Another final lost on the last day
00:43:35 - Why did you drop Spyrro?
01:02:09 - Alrein - How did a world champion team fall apart?
01:13:55 - New Roster, Cheating Allegations
01:27:23 - Outro

The longest "10 minutes" of viewer questions you will ever listen to.



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(00:00) - Intro
(00:40) - What is FaZe working on atm?
(04:00) - Why is curexi so good?
(05:25) - What is your favourite map in competitive?
(11:30) - Who will each team bring as sub for PGC?
(13:55) - Advice to new teams
(15:30) - Difference between all the regions?
(18:45) - Do TWIS or FaZe have a policy to gym
(20:00) - What are the roles of each TWIS player in game?
(22:10) - Is the dragunov balanced?
(25:40) - Do TWIS or FAZE ever do any scrims/games just for fun?
(27:40) - Which PUBG pro can bench the most?
(29:40)- Will BBL sign a team just for PGC?
(34:00) - Changes to PGC point format/Pre match routines?
(35:25) - Thoughts on Hakatory/Difx?
(35:55) - Biggest Change to PUBG esports?
(36:45) - How much practice besides scrims?
(38:45) - Observing during PEC was not it.
(42:40 - Outro

In this episode Jimbo and I are joined by BatulinS. We chat about PEC Fall, why he wasn't happy despite them winning (again), and what to expect from this years PGC.

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(00:00) Intro
(04:00) How did PEC Fall feel for TWIS?
(10:40) Why is TWIS struggling so much on last days?
(24:20) Prizepools in PUBG are strange sometimes
(26:00) EU teams are bad at punishing confident teams
(38:30) PUBG next year + roster moves
(44:00) Exalt and Navi and the reasons behind their moves
(57:00) Its really hard to re-build a top level team
(01:01:10) Outro

Part two of episode 11 is mainly about the upcoming PNC, with some Bonus pgs analysis st the end.

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(00:00) Intro to the PNC tierlist
(00:20) India, Germany, Korea
(15:30) UK, Denmark, Vietnam
(31:30) Australia, Canada, USA
(50:50) Brazil, Turkey, Japan
(59:20) Taiwan, China, Argentina
(01:10:05) Thailand and closing thoughts
(01:18:45) Do you have to play different because of blue zone nades?
(01:36:30) What happened to TWIS at the end of PGS2?
(01:42:20) Outro