At the start of 2024, I jumped on a plane from Copenhagen, Denmark and flew to Katowice, Poland - to be one of four desk hosts at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice. IEM Katowice forms part of the Intel Extreme Masters tour and is one of the most illustrious Counter-Strike events held each year. The Spodek arena in Katowice is usually sold out on final day as the best teams battle it out for a share of the one million dollar prize pool. The event is split into three sections - namely the Play-Ins, Group Stages and Playoffs. During Play-Ins and Group Stages two streams run concurrently to bring the action to fans around the world. I was one of the desk hosts on the secondary stream for these two stages.