Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Today I sat down with steel. I had planned some topics but, we got talking before the podcast started and so I just hit record and we had a completely organic conversation. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Interpersonal team issues
3:08 Inexperienced players vs Veterans
10:30 Team structure & staying relevant
19:13 Building a team with 2019 s1mple
23:10 Trial periods
25:30 Player narratives
40:45 How Steel assesses new players
47:15 Mental game
52:00 Knowledge & Mechanics
1:05:55 Autonomy with purpose is good
1:17:45 Re-writing bad habits
1:25:55 T1 VALORANT issues
1:32:15 Balance autonomy & structure
1:37:00 Objective based thinking
1:38:50 GIB protocol
1:45:25 Make every spot as hard as possible for the opponent

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