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Jun 2021
59m 54s

What makes a great CS:GO player w/ Nicol...

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About this episode
In this week's episode, Nathan was joined by Nicolas Estrup, VP of Product at BLAST.

Counter-Strike has had nearly 20 years of competitive play beginning with the original Counter-Strike and is considered one of the most influential first-person shooters in history.

Nicolas explained what Counter-Strike (CS:GO) is, why it's such a huge esports title and what makes a great CS:GO player.

They also discussed gaming development, how some games can become more popular over time and also touched on the future of CS:GO as an esport and what the future looks like for BLAST.

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