[POD]Cast to feature trace tonight

16-7-2013 16:31

Tonight's [POD]Cast set to start at 20:00 will feature former mTw, SK and most recently fnatic member Martin "trace" Heldt as a guest to talk about his Counter-Strike career.

Along side Heldt will be the usual trio behind the podcast, Patrik "cArn" Sättermon, Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen and Duncan "Thorin" Shields, who was last seen shoutcasting Prague Challenge.

What would you like to ask from Heldt in tonight's [POD]Cast? The hosts will be reviewing the comment section before starting the show so here's your chance to ask the former fnatic star a question.

trace will join [POD]Cast as a guest tonight

The show will kick off at 20:00 and will be streamed live on Sättermon's Twitch account, which is also featured on our front page under the name cArn.

A VOD will once again be published tomorrow on YouTube with an audio-only version being released through fnatic's website, an RSS feed and iTunes for those interested.

does trace like french fries

2013-07-16 16:33

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Does he likes cola or prefers sprite at mcdonalds

2013-07-16 16:35

to trace: neo or f0rest?

2013-07-16 16:36

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2013-07-16 19:18

he'll say f0rest because he played with f0rest

2013-07-16 21:56

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he said neo because he was less predictable and a more complete player. but f0rest had more raw aiming skill. "f0rest....a beast".

2013-07-16 22:00

I am wondering what his plans for the future are.

2013-07-16 16:38

was one of the reasons you decided to retire the fact that there wasn't any coca cola bottles with the name Martin on them

2013-07-16 16:40

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well there was so even tho you are kidding it was a bad joke.

2013-07-16 19:34

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i.imgur.com/o8lFSYu.gif

2013-07-16 19:35

please let trace talk thooorin lol

2013-07-16 16:40

why u didnt like csgo?

2013-07-16 16:41

stop using fucking accel and come back, mofo

2013-07-16 16:43

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accel rocks man

2013-07-16 16:47

xDD

2013-07-16 16:49

haha +1

2013-07-16 22:38

Hopefully someone will have the balls to point out how ironic and hypocritical Thorins performance at the Prague Challenge was.

2013-07-16 16:45

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what do you mean? he was great. talks much as always, nice analysis and with good sense of humor. if this was some important tournament it would be even better

2013-07-16 16:51

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Tbh he sucks as a analyzer, man he doesnt stop talking and never lets the other caster talk, he is good for interviews and podcasts but not for casting games.

2013-07-16 16:55

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He's a great writer, but he's definitely not qualified to be a good caster, especially in lieu of the fact that many of his [POD]cast comments make him look as high-nosed and pretentious as he currently does. I mean I get butthurt about lurppis sometimes but at least the guy is humble and adaptive when he commentates

2013-07-16 17:15

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why isn't thorin qualified to be a good caster? i enjoyed his casting.

2013-07-16 19:06

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+1 totally qualified, so much passion

2013-07-16 19:44

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No, he is not qualified. As an analyser he has limited knowledge of the game and he interrupted and cut off Anders constantly during their casting. Also, passion =/= qualified if that's what you're implying

2013-07-16 20:52

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yeah, he's only been in esports journalism since 2000... that fact that you say he 'has a limited knowledge of the game' just shows how ignorant you are 428k account, you've been in the scene quite some time LOL!

2013-07-17 02:10

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Oh, so that automatically means that he knows all the ins and outs of competitive CS and can give detailed analyses of different situations in a game? If so, why didn't he show that this weekend? He is nowhere near people like lurrpis or threat when it comes to that. Sure, if you're a complete noob and know nothing of the game of course you're going to think his analyses are good, or assume that they are anyway, because that's what they're supposed to be, that was his job during the weekend. Unfortunately he didn't live up to that. I didn't make an account on this site until recently because of the utter cesspool it is and because it's completely hopeless to try to start a discussion or argument without getting shitstormed by brainless spastics that blindly follows the hivemind of the site and are unable to any kind of thinking by their own. The fact that you judge me by the time I made my account just shows how ignorant you are. "LOL!" The reason I'm even bothering is because of what he said in the podcast before the event and the fact that he went there and made the exact same things he complained about. Had he not been so full of himself and talked down other casters like he's the dogs bollocks when in fact he's just as bad, if not worse, I wouldn't have said anything at all.

2013-07-17 02:51

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loomeh is gonna need some time to recover from this.

2013-07-17 13:24

That's true about Lurrpis and Threat; they're a few levels beyond him.

2013-07-21 20:32

2013-07-16 19:48

First time i agree with lurppis

2013-07-16 20:03

First of all he seemed to have a pretty big influence on Anders, leading him into talking nonsense and constantly interrupting him with smarmy remarks and pointless anecdotes. It interrupted the flow of the casting and didn't bring anything good to it. Everything he said was either completely obvious to anyone that has played the game, clueless dribble, fanboyism or abuse (although some of it was justified it just got boring listening to him slating Anexis for half an hour without being able to give any insight whatsoever about anything else, which was his job). No, I didn't dislike his casting because I'm a "sAucer" and a fan of the players in Anexis, I disliked it because he is a terrible caster with limited knowledge of the game who did exactly the things he complained about in the podcast which made the whole thing very ironic and hypocritical and not enjoyable at all. Unfortunately all the 1.6>"sAuce"-mongering spastics will suck him off at every opportunity they get whatever dribble comes out of his mouth.

2013-07-16 20:45

also wee bit racist

2013-07-16 17:12

Starting off with the obvious one(s): What were the main differences for him between 1.6 and GO? He obviously played with a team in GO that was roughly similar to the one he played with in 1.6, so the differences not only in how he approached the game, but how the game is approached team-wise should be all the more clear for him. Was his lack of motivation due to a lack of passion for the GO itself, or did he just get tired of CS in general (has he continued playing 1.6 inbetween?)? This obviously leads to the question if he can see himself coming back to CS should GO be changed in one way or another - and how he thinks the game should be changed.

2013-07-16 16:46

Wonder how much whining he will do about GO.

2013-07-16 16:47

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2013-07-16 17:15

I'm sure if he doesn't Lurppis and Thoorin will lead him to it.

2013-07-16 19:03

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No doubt

2013-07-16 19:13

and if he does what is your problem? he speaking the truth about a shitgame makes you frustrated or what?

2013-07-16 20:02

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You're beloved CSP will never get over 1k players.

2013-07-16 20:53

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"my beloved csp" ? elaborate. and come up with something better

2013-07-16 21:49

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Better than "truth about a shitgame"? Can't top that piece of literal genius.

2013-07-16 21:55

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it's sad that this is the only thing you can reply to me with...:/

2013-07-16 22:13

Who was the best IGL you ever had, and what type of IGL do you like to play for the most ? What was your favorite lineup to play for with regards to both performing well and also having fun whilst playing ? Did you at any point really enjoy CSGO or was is more of like you felt you HAD to play it and try to get to your 1.6 level. Do you think you could ever have reached a somewhat close level to what you had in 1.6 if you had put the time in. Like the previous PODcast mentioned, you playstyle doesn't seem to fit CSGO - and we have more cases of this with players like neo struggling. Do you think you would have had to change your style of play ? When you joined that infamous SK lineup in 2011 what where the main reasons for it not working out ? communications or just the fact you where lacking a support type player ? What's next for Martin after having played a video game for a living for so long ? School ? Jobs in eSports ? Travel ?

2013-07-16 16:49

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2013-07-16 18:57

The best player you played with?

2013-07-16 16:49

Trace dont retire, give a chance to this shitty game and ask ave, zonic, sunde to return!

2013-07-16 16:49

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and whimp/mje!

2013-07-16 19:04

counter-strike:go already dead. deal with it.

2013-07-16 16:50

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You are braindead

2013-07-16 16:57

If it's as dead as you claim, why do you feel the need to say so ?

2013-07-16 16:58

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he med coz 1.6 bed and ded.

2013-07-16 17:08

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CS GOVNO

2013-07-16 19:00

I was source player but How the fuck you can call 1.6 bad?? You are an idiot.

2013-07-16 19:50

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u med thoo ?

2013-07-16 20:11

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bla bla lba

2013-07-16 20:12

dont bother with him, he obviously sucked in 1.6 so much that it traumatized him for the rest of his life.

2013-07-16 23:04

will you comeback to cs soon? if yuo get offer ?

2013-07-16 16:50

how much can he deadlift, squat, press?

2013-07-16 16:51

Trace, are you a Virgin ?

2013-07-16 16:53

1.6 tournaments are back RIGHT NOW and scene is competitive like in 2011. do you make return? this will tell me more about his retiring motive and opinion about cs go than any other question :)

2013-07-16 16:56

Might have been asked but I didnt see so i'll go ahead : What was the best/most memorable LAN that you attended?

2013-07-16 16:56

Trace, what do you think about the cs go scene? is it going in the right direction?

2013-07-16 16:57

Why you played like ass in csgo?

2013-07-16 17:00

Which teams do you expect the most to dominate in the next months ? Why ? Which teams do you expect to rise at the top in the next months ? Why ? Have you seen new talents in CS:GO who could potentially rise among the best players ? If yes, who, and why ? Do you think the CS:GO scene needs more global tournaments ? By that I mean inviting teams from all continents and/or hosting qualifiers for all continents ? What do you think about the current state of the CS:GO scene ? Do you think objectively that it can last, and how long ? Why ? Your top3 players in CS:GO so far ?

2013-07-16 17:07

awesome! too bad im not able to whatch it live.. :(

2013-07-16 17:13

What match do you think is the best in cs history? can be the one you played in.

2013-07-16 17:15

trace your future plans ?

2013-07-16 18:48

Do you think GO will have long future ?

2013-07-16 18:49

I have a question :) As one of the hosts have mentioned once in a previous PODcast, there was a topic about defensive players having trouble adjusting to the new game as opposed to the previous game (possible reasons being peeker's advantage or others). Do you believe that you have had a hard time adjusting because of your more "known" game style with this particular game, or have you been trying out new game styles once you've transferred over hoping to find one more suitable to CS:GO as opposed to what you were comfortable with in 1.6?

2013-07-16 18:51

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This.

2013-07-16 18:58

trace, what would be your ideal all-danish lineup for go?

2013-07-16 18:55

pepsi or cocacola?

2013-07-16 18:56

if you had a chance to go back in time, when you started playing CS, will you still play it? or would you change your priority?

2013-07-16 19:19

Best player in 1.6 ?

2013-07-16 19:20

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DEMOLKA emilse~

2013-07-19 00:07

Trace's views on him being arguably the best looking counter-strike player. Any Health/Workout tips for others wanting to look like him ?

2013-07-16 19:20

What is the main reason for you not succeeding or reaching your desired level of play in Counter-Strike Global Offensive? What are your thoughts on CS:GO as a game and if you had the power to change 3 things, what would they be?

2013-07-16 19:24

I remember when minet retired he said he would play HoN, and it was told in the comments that you were playing aswell. So are you going to play HoN with minet now?

2013-07-16 19:26

Who is the biggest legend: Sunde, zonic or ave? Which one do you miss the most?

2013-07-16 19:28

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zonic :D

2013-07-17 15:06

why is cs go less successful than 1.6, in your opinion? if you continued to play, could you ever reach the level you had in 1.6? why did you decide to quit after such a long time playing cs?

2013-07-16 19:44

Talk with zonic about returning both of you. Would be the most epic thing in cs history of all time!

2013-07-16 19:44

that thorin guy talks to much really aggravates me watching him and lurppis trying to 1 up each other and sneak in the last word

2013-07-16 20:00

i wonder what trace plan to do?

2013-07-16 20:01

How were u so good in clutch situations in 1.6 ?

2013-07-16 20:02

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ask delpan :)

2013-07-17 10:22

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WHAT ??

2013-07-18 09:29

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you look saucer or just GO??? in 1.6 old times trace was good in clutches but when it was trace vs. delpan in clutch situation... always delpan killed trace and won... those were the amazing clutch rounds by delpan against trace...

2013-07-18 10:30

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Maybe, so what ? When talking about clutch rounds its not only against one player dude. Its overall in all matches he played in the career and in that he is far ahead of everyone IMO. Do u understand or is it too difficult to grasp ?

2013-07-19 07:12

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uff... too difficult :( just kidding bro... i know trace is one of the best ones in all weapon and in all situations...

2013-07-19 09:34

it says it would be live @8, how come nothing is live?

2013-07-16 20:08

He was in sk? Was this an sk.dk squad before his soa/mtw time or...? I feel like either I have a complete blackout or he wss never in there :P

2013-07-16 20:12

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He was there for a month. There were 2 articles and both reached +1000 comments. Trace changing Delpan and Delpan changing Trace, since even if trace was a beast invidualy, sk as a team didnt performed that well.

2013-07-16 20:51

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After reading tyour comment I recall reading something yeah. I was completely out of gaming for a couple of months, probably around that time because I never saw an sk.trace match :p Thanks guys!

2013-07-16 22:23

lol I'm genuinely surprised you don't know about this. Like the guy above me said, he switched out delpan for a really short time period and losing an aggressive awper for a defensive player just didn't work out for sk.

2013-07-16 21:55

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After reading tibbse s comment I recall reading something yeah. I was completely out of gaming for a couple of months, probably around that time because I never saw an sk.trace match :p Thanks guys!

2013-07-16 22:22

I know my man ave was awesome. Miss him playing

2013-07-16 20:41

I'd really like to know under what circumstances he could be brought back to counter-strike ?

2013-07-16 20:56

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thorin just mad! always!

2013-07-16 22:12

when valve fixes the game

2013-07-17 12:12

Why did you stop playing? Not fun enough?

2013-07-16 20:56

what should be changed in csgo?

2013-07-16 20:58

What changes would make you come back to CS:GO? What does CS:GO lack for you compared to CS1.6?

2013-07-16 21:00

gl irl trace

2013-07-16 21:06

Neo or f0rest? I really want to know because I think you are the only one who ever performed on their level. (I know this question has been asked but I just want to make sure it gets addressed).

2013-07-16 21:21

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HE SAID NEO BUT FOREST GOT BETTER SKILL CAP

2013-07-16 21:27

Awesome! This is going to be lovely :D Few questions then What do you think is the most memorable moment of your career? What players do you look up too? When did you have the most fun?

2013-07-16 21:28

Someone needs to tell Thoorin to stfu and let the pros speak. Fuck I'm sick of him and his constant arguments for the sake of it.

2013-07-16 21:34

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but he's actually making good points.

2013-07-16 21:40

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lol

2013-07-16 21:51

i'm not sure if you realize how boring the show would be without thorin leading the discussion

2013-07-16 22:17

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Well that should tell you to step up. I enjoy your knowledge as well as cArn's, but thoorin sounds unprofessional and all over the place. It hurts my head. He asks questions, answers them himself, that rants about something else inbetween before letting you or anyone answer the original question, huh?

2013-07-17 17:30

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i enjoy the show the way things are now, as clearly do many others who liked this show the best out of all o them

2013-07-18 06:29

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I enjoy the show too. But thoorin is trying to hard for drama, and it shows. It's like a bad NA reality show, you know the shit is fake. Just my 2 cents.

2013-07-18 15:40

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thorin is exactly like he is in our off-podcast conversations, he's not trying to cause drama for show.

2013-07-18 15:50

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Well it seems like it. I guess you would know what the shows needs and what the viewers like, but I think it's a bit much from his end. I personally would prefer and more serious discussion, analysis, etc without his "acts". I also may be too old.

2013-07-18 16:45

i gotta stop follow this podcast because i cant stand thoorins nonsense and 3-5 min to get to the point.

2013-07-16 21:40

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What point? I don't even know what he wants to say.

2013-07-16 21:52

game of thrones hahahhaa

2013-07-16 22:02

cArn is the man :D

2013-07-16 22:02

BEST PODCAST EPISODE EVER!!

2013-07-16 22:10

What we got from that Podcast: Thooorin watches a lot of diff. series on TV.

2013-07-16 22:12

i seriously don't get why people talk so much shit about thorin

2013-07-16 22:14

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Because he's terrible debater. He interrupts people while they're telling their opinion, pretending his opinion is a fact and also calls cArn an idiot.

2013-07-16 22:16

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ok, i agree with the interrupting part, but i think that he just gets too emotiaonal in the arguments and that's why he calls carn an idiot.. but besides that, he is the one that brings out all the topics, and he's the guy with the opinion of an average cs player. the show would be boring if all three had the same opinion + the podcast would last 15 minutes, not 2 hours

2013-07-16 22:20

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Yes, you're right about the last part but I can't understand the fact that he gets emotional/mad if someone has a different opinion than him. I don't know why but somehow he gets into a ragemode and instead of having a normal discussion, it turns into a heavy, rude discussion.

2013-07-16 22:28

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guess you're right about that :) but still, he contributes alot to the show, yet people just like to pinpoint a moment when he raged.. on a side note, i think that most people that trashtalk him actually have the same opinion on many things as he does

2013-07-16 22:36

Game of Thorins

2013-07-16 22:23

Trace got only 600 hrs in CS:GO?

2013-07-16 22:27

Thorin was on fire tonight,ofc he wasnt right about everything,but neither was carn,nothing should be changed.That Heroes reference was hilarious.

2013-07-16 22:42

The last half was so good. Remainds the old state of the game with incontrol and artosis if any of you watched that. I just hope Thorin won't quit because he is the one keeps the show interesting. I think that the show could use 4th person so carn could maybe be more like a host of the show. Just speculating but maybe he's work position is limiting some things he can say on the show.

2013-07-16 23:05

I have to add,thorin nailed it on,the current state of csgo compared to 1.6,which was so much more balanced and not strongly favored better aimers.

2013-07-16 23:08

i guess you have to get used to Thorin but from what I have seen (last 30min) it was just one man show. of course Thorin is right sometimes but basically he was saying that CS:GO is lot more aim based game than 1.6. OK I have no problem with that but god why cant he just say it simply (have to admit that Ex6TenZ kryptonite thing was funny). suddenly he is talking about GoT and idk where he would stop if someone wouldnt stop him. it just didnt felt like discussion. lurppis was just equaliser I didnt hear anything interesting from him and Carn was sitting there like some young kid waiting to be punished. Maybe Thorin was to hard on Carn sometimes but everything what Carn was able to say was: you are not a pro player. I totally understand what Carn ment by that but common you can do better than that. and finally the Nostalgie topic. I think its obvious. apEX and kennyS just won the game. of course there is some language barier, but clearly only kenny is bad at english so apEX could translate everything to him. I think Na`Vi were confident and didnt think that they might lose, so when things got messy to them, clearly they were nerves, and if you are loosing to the team that you should beat its never good. so yeah just wanted to say something about this podcas. love you all and balls of steel for Carn so he can handle mad Thorin next time :D

2013-07-16 23:12

People that are bashing thorin give him a break this podcast would be boring as hell without his input

2013-07-16 23:15

does he have a girlfriend ? vote this up so cArn can seee this pl0xxxx

2013-07-16 23:19

Anyone else getting error when trying to download it from itunes? Actually any episode of [pod]cast.. all other content works fine :(

2013-07-16 23:22

topic on next podcast: "without a trace"(quoted from twitch chat)

2013-07-16 23:58

In case anyone missed the podcast and doesn't want to wait for it to get uploaded @ the aforementioned sites, there is a vod up atm at: twitch.tv/carncs/b/431403767

2013-07-17 00:09

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ty <3

2013-07-17 00:40

thanks bro.

2013-07-17 18:54

Oh my, could you please bring on someone on the show who can shut down Thorin? I feel like I'm watching the CS version of Skip Bayless and getting dumber as a result of it. Edit: Watched further.. thank you, cArn, the voice of fucking reason!

2013-07-17 00:41

ohhhhhhh we gonna see taz again in next week episode what a big surprise! ;]]

2013-07-17 00:49

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TaZ will shutdown thorin, this is why he might not be on the VoD :P

2013-07-17 01:26

well that last part was shit, shame about 600hrs on trace. talk about the actual cs and not who's opinions matters the most. have a nice holiday thorin, I think you need it!

2013-07-17 02:25

I rly like thorin on the show and i try to listen very carefully when he brings up his big theorys xD but this time it felt like thorin was pushing carn too much about that nostalgie vs navi deal. and from there the arguing was just ridiculous.

2013-07-17 03:38