2x The Grind Podcast twoxthegrind

Hello folks! On this special episode, we discuss our lead-up and preparation for HCS Worlds. The loser's bracket journey for Faze, and our reactions to Faze becoming champions! As always, thank you for your support! Make sure to comment down below with anything you want us to discuss on the next episode of 2x The Grind!
- Coffee - This week's coffee is straight from Seattle roasted by Victrola Coffee Roasters! The Colombia Finca La Esperanza: https://www.victrolacoffee.com/collec...
- Editor - Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez - contact@jonfernandez.media Youtube: @the.jonfernandez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfern... Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions - Music Credit: Artificial.Music - Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE:    / smarttoa.  . Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ HCS World Champion! - Ep. 52 #esportspodcast #hcs #haloesports #fazeclan

- Contents -
00:00 Intro and Coffee
13:40 Worst Placement of the Year for Faze
15:20 Shopify Rebellion Improvements
24:08 Expanding Map Pool for Faze
28:05 Applauding OpTic
35:12 Formal MVP and Console FPS GOAT
38:28 APG and his impact on the map
43:45 Outro
 
- Coffee -
Trying out Stok cold brew today and it really won't ever let you down, great brew and great with any creamer or flavor!
Try it here: https://www.stokbrew.com/cold-brew/cold-brew-coffee/not-too-sweet-cold-brew-coffee-48oz
 
- Audio & Equipment -
Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K
Mics - Samson Q2U
Recording Device - Zoom H5 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable X/Y Mic Capsule
 
- Where to find us -
https://twitter.com/2xTheGrind
https://twitter.com/Praagy08?s=20
https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/2xthegrind/
 
- Audio Podcast -
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/3cvedx5c
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/28nnjn92
Podbean: https://twoxthegrind.podbean.com
 
- Editor -
Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez - contact@jonfernandez.media
Youtube:  @the.jonfernandez 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfernandez/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions
 
- Music Credit: Artificial.Music -
Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmartToa... Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ
#hcs #haloesports #esportspodcast

- Contents -
00:00 Intro and Coffee
01:37 Thank You for Your Comments
06:15 HCS Format Confusion
18:00 HCS Competitiveness
23:45 Faze's Discipline and Ability to Adapt
37:50 HCS Is Keeping Halo Alive
40:28 How Snakebite Prepares for Worlds
51:50 Why Snakebite Hates the GOAT Convo
54:08 Outro
 
- Coffee -
Starbucks Pumpkin Spiced Cold Brew - Basic B****es today ;)
 
- Audio & Equipment -
Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K
Mics - Samson Q2U
Recording Device - Zoom H5 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable X/Y Mic Capsule
 
- Where to find us -
https://twitter.com/2xTheGrind
https://twitter.com/Praagy08?s=20
https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/2xthegrind/
 
- Audio Podcast -
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/3cvedx5c
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/28nnjn92
Podbean: https://twoxthegrind.podbean.com
 
- Editor -
Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez - contact@jonfernandez.media
Youtube:  @the.jonfernandez 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfernandez/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions
 
- Music Credit: Artificial.Music -
Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmartToa... Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ #hcs #haloesports #esportspodcast #fazeclan #faze

Hello one and all, welcome to another episode of the pod and thank you for always showing up week in and week out, we appreciate you guys so much! Today we chat through the pools for the upcoming Major and dive into a roster change that has occurred, include our thoughts on G1 and the problems surrounding the org at the moment! Hope you enjoy and see you in the comments :)
- Contents -
00:00 Intro and Coffee
05:07 Roster Changes before HCS Fort Worth
11:45 New Native White Roster
16:35 New G1 Roster
18:50 Fort Worth Pool Play
27:20 Teams in the Open Bracket
33:18 G1 Financial Situation
42:19 Coffee Rating
44:54 Lottie's Spiderman Story
49:40 Outro
 
- Coffee - 
Thank you so much to Mike for gifting this bag of beans to us! We love you dude! Coffee this week is from Cool Beans, it's their French Toast blend, and when I tell you it smells and tastes exactly like french toast, it's no lie! check them out here: https://coolbeanslbi.com/products/french-toast-coffee
- Audio & Equipment -
Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K
Mics - Samson Q2U
Recording Device - Zoom H5 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable X/Y Mic Capsule
 
- Where to find us -
https://twitter.com/2xTheGrind
https://twitter.com/Praagy08?s=20
https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/2xthegrind/
 
- Audio Podcast -
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/3cvedx5c
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/28nnjn92
Podbean: https://twoxthegrind.podbean.com
 
- Editor - Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez -
contact@jonfernandez.media
Youtube: @the.jonfernandez
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfern...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions
 
- Music Credit: Artificial.Music -
Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE:    / smarttoa.  . Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ #hcs #haloesports #esportspodcast

Hello folks! We are back with another episode and this week we are covering some big parts of the recent LAN event in Salt Lake City! We haven't forgotten some of the other teams though and will chat through them next week and also dive into pool play for the upcoming Major! Hope you enjoy!!!
- Coffee -
Today we tested out a Cold Brew from La Colombe, it was delicious! check them out here: https://www.lacolombe.com/products/pure-black-pack
We also wanted to recommend our favorite creamer at the moment: https://www.chobani.com/products/creamers/dairy/sweet-cream 
Mix these two together over ice and you have a dreamy cup of quick coffeeeeee
- Audio & Equipment -
Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K
Mics - Samson Q2U
Recording Device - Zoom H5 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable X/Y Mic Capsule
 
- Where to find us -
https://twitter.com/2xTheGrind
https://twitter.com/Praagy08?s=20
https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/2xthegrind/
 
- Audio Podcast -
Apple Podcasts:  https://tinyurl.com/3cvedx5c
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/28nnjn92
Podbean: https://twoxthegrind.podbean.com
 
- Editor -
Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez - jfernvisions@gmail.com
Youtube: @the.jonfernandez
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfernandez/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions
 
- Music Credit: Artificial.Music -
Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmartToa... Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ #hcs #haloesports #esportspodcas

Yo 2XTG FAM!!! How we doing on this fine Thursday? This episode is all about Salt Lake City, not so much place place, more so about the next HCS Tourney that will be held there! Roster changes are discussed in detail and we also take a look at the pools for the weekend too! Take a look at the chapters but stick around for it all to get more context on the convos! Huge shoutout to Fern who has come on board as our editor for the channel, we are so stoked to work with him, so check out his socials below!
 
- Contents -
00:00 Intro
01:35 Native Red Changes
04:20 Complexity Changes
07:11 Individually Skilled Players In Halo Infinite
10:07 Kuhlect and Native White
14:50 Barcode
17:15 G1 Changes
25:45 Skilled Players in HCS
29:19 Cratos and Suspector Drama
32:45 Why the "Passion Pit" is the way it is
34:40 CDL Scrappy vs Kismet Trash Talk
36:12 Snakebite in the Passion Pit
41:15 NAVI Changes
43:20 Pools for SSG Invitational
53:40 Outro
 
- Coffee -
No Coffee today!
 
- Audio & Equipment -
Camera - Sony Handycam AX53 4K
Mics - Samson Q2U
Recording Device - Zoom H5 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable X/Y Mic Capsule
 
- Where to find us -
https://twitter.com/2xTheGrind
https://twitter.com/Praagy08?s=20
https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/2xthegrind/
 
- Audio Podcast -
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/3cvedx5c
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/28nnjn92
Podbean: https://twoxthegrind.podbean.com
 
- Editor -
Editor: Jon "EvilFern" Fernandez - jfernvisions@gmail.com
YouTube:  @the.jonfernandez 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jonfernandez/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JFernVisions
 
- Music Credit: Artificial.Music -
Track Name: "And So It Begins" Music By: Artificial Music @ https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music YT Channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmartToa... Original upload HERE - https://soundcloud.com/artificial-mus... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ
 
MORE ROSTER CHANGES?!? Drama before the SSG Invitational! - Ep. 45 #esports #esportspodcast #hcs #haloesports