Past, Present, and Future - The NiKo & Karrigan Podcast

Join NiKo and Karrigan as they sit down with YNk to discuss their legendary careers in Counter-Strike, reflecting on the past, present, and future of their journeys. Timestamps: 0:00 - Coming Up... 0:37 - Welcome to another Episode! 0:51 - Facing off for the first Time 2:32 - Roster Changes during the Player Break & Losing ropz 4:25 - Always wanted to play with EliGE? 5:56 - For how long can a Player Compete? 7:18 - Niko on leaving G2 9:18 - First Impressions of Falcons 10:38 - Playing with Magisk 12:11 - People want to see us fail 13:11 - Thoughts on the VRS 16:02 - Preventing Burn Out 17:26 - Back to 2017 when NiKo and Karrigan were on FaZe 22:43 - Reacting to the IEM Katowice 2017 Grand Final vs. Astralis 25:04 - Remembering the SK Gaming Era, Awkward Map Vetos & Old Faze Clan 30:23 - Making International Teams & Cultural Differences 32:22 - Winning ESL One New York 34:15 - Making the 2nd Place at the Boston Major 36:46 - We couldn't Recover 38:53 - FaZe Clan contacting YnK, Lacking Experience 41:50 - Not talking about Mistakes 44:15 - Niko as IGL 46:46 - Ever Close to Reuniting? 47:27 - Wanting to Win so bad 49:06 - 2022 was the best Year a Team could have 51:08 - Winning so many Tournaments with Stand-ins 52:58 - Playing with a Stand-In Coach 54:20 - Does the First Map decide who wins the Final 56:03 - Winning IEM Dallas with Stewie 56:37 - Finally winning IEM Katowice 58:16 - G2 vs. FaZe at the Shanghai Major 1:02:27 - 2024 was tough, What keeps you motivated? 1:04:16 - Stop playing after Winning a Major? 1:05:57 - Thanks everyone for watching! The best way to watch Counter-Strike: http://esl.gg/FaceItWatchYT Join the discussion: http://www.twitter.com/eslcs http://www.facebook.com/eslcs http://www.instagram.com/eslcs http://www.twitter.com/iem http://www.facebook.com/iem Watch live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/eslcs Get the latest ESL apparel: http://shop.eslgaming.com Your leading Competitive Gaming Platform: https://www.faceit.com Get free statistics for your matchmaking games with http://csstats.gg/ #esl #cs2 #counterstrike