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BCG bench elec, Vitality back to winning, NAVI Major trouble? | HLTV Confirmed S7E78 Sep 23, 2026

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Vitality back to winning ways at StarLadder, Aurora show up for the first time, NAVI crumble into non-Major territory, BCG ditch electronic in favor of Asian core, SunPayus to join FUT, HObbit's return in place of slaxejezz, and more in this ep of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

4:13 - Top Comment

Recent news

8:54 - Valve Sept VRS chaos

12:23 - Skinionaire (news edition)

13:03 - Shanghai Major in 2027

15:50 - n0te replaced by adamb

19:23 - paiN’s demise

22:40 - EWC 2027-2028

24:33 - HObbit replaces slaxejezz

28:59 - ruggah retires

31:22 - TWC teams

35:50 - BCG -electronic +asap

49:29 - FlyQuest unlucko

53:32 - TheMongolZ meltdown

56:47 - SunPieus (pie=foot in Spanish)

FPG 3

1:05:32 - A Chinese Legacy

1:07:43 - GL’s misfortune streak

1:09:02 - G2, Astralis, FaZe

1:12:21 - FURIA struggle

StarLadder Fall 2026

1:21:31 - Vitality locking back in

1:29:44 - Ad readouts

1:33:43 - Aurora: 30 players better than XANTARES?

1:41:51 - WATO: MOUZ grand final

1:49:38 - NAVI crisis: no options?

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HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, with guest appearances from community members such as s1mple, device, ropz, Twistzz, karrigan, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike.

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apEX talks Vitality's down period, re-signing, opponents, and future | HLTV Confirmed S7E77 Sep 08, 2026

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Vitality's apEX joins us to talk about the team's recent results, jL's stand-in stint, the long-term plans, other teams' impressions, and more! In the second half of the show, we go in-depth on BLAST Porto results, and namely Falcons, MOUZ, FURIA, G2, and donk's records.

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0:00 - Intro

Check-in with apEX

2:01 - apEX joins!

3:57 - Porto impressions

7:44 - "We got a bit too complacent" - apEX

11:00 - Playing with jL

13:50 - Down period & problems

20:38 - Plans for events

22:00 - "VRS is so f-ed up" - apEX

24:53 - Tournament break erosion

29:12 - Re-signing & long-term future

35:10 - Health impact

40:32 - "We're not main favorites" - apEX

44:39 - Falcons

54:02 - MOUZ impressions

59:30 - WATO: Vitality

BLAST Open Porto

1:11:35 - Skinionaire

1:18:08 - MVP decision

1:21:41 - donk surpasses NiKo in MVPs

1:25:15 - FURIA loses to Vitality

1:32:20 - G2: tier 1 or tier 2?1:35:01 - Falcons: high ceiling, low floor

1:41:52 - Stop disrespecting MOUZ!

1:59:20 - ruggah retires from coaching

2:02:46 - FISSURE Playground

2:10:12 - Top Comment

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lauNX talks FUT & future; Techno to BCG, Snappi to coach? | HLTV Confirmed S7E76 Sep 04, 2026

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lauNX joins Confirmed to talk about playing for FUT and his future; we also talk about Snappi departing NIP and his coaching prospects, cobrazera replacing Techno on TheMongolZ and the chances of the Mongolian joining BCG, and BLAST Porto results, with NAVI showing signs of crisis most notably.

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0:00 - Intro

lauNx

2:31 - lauNx joins

5:34 - Health problems & getting benched on FUT

11:44 - FUT playstyle

17:00 - Most fitting team?

21:02 - Future of lauNx

24:45 - BCG and other teams

29:16 - FUT comms

37:43 - The state of the scene

42:02 - xfl0ud replacement

Quick news whip around

49:35 - Top Comment

56:00 - Skinionaire

1:11:25 - Snappi down from NIP: done?

1:13:45 - Snappi coach options?

1:18:20 - NIP Krimbo

1:20:15 - MongolZ get cobrazera

1:21:36 - Techno to BCG?!BLAST Porto

1:23:35 - NAVI in crisis?

1:41:27 - WATO: donk aces

1:47:36 - G21:50:31 - Aurora1:54:02 - Vitality

1:57:10 - Falcons

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Spirit win EWC, Falcons & Vitality fall flat, BLAST & season takes | HLTV Confirmed S7E75 Aug 25, 2026

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Spirit lift trophy at the EWC after Vitality and Falcons failed to even reach the semis: what's coming for the title race of the season and at BLAST? This and more in this eposide of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

1:12 - Rant and France impressions

EWC

7:02 - EWC experiences

13:43 - EWC LCQ scale

19:18 - Setting expectations

22:20 - Who's in the title race?

25:15 - Skinionaire

32:44 - EWC club championship

36:21 - The lurppis tale

40:11 - Falcons

53:39 - Spirit

1:07:20 - FURIA

1:10:57 - G2

1:16:21 - FURIA & BR shuffle?

1:26:03 - 9z the new MongolZ?

1:27:50 - FaZe

Recent news

1:32:55 - Vitality contract extensions

1:43:02 - Player union?

1:50:50 - Top Comment

1:59:37 - ENC postponed

2:03:12 - EWC on-stage debacle

2:06:44 - Spirit interviews issue

2:16:52 - FURIA fe to VALO

2:22:50 - EF minus br0, LG minus Bymas

BLAST Open Porto

2:29:13 - Who needs to step up?

2:39:50 - Predicting the groups

2:42:48 - WATO: Vitality to miss playoffs?

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MOUZ win BLAST over Spirit, crazy EWC qual & season invites | HLTV Confirmed S7E74 Aug 04, 2026

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MOUZ win their first trophy in a new roster with PR, Spinx stars in the grand final against Spirit while donk is having a slow game, BCG won their first LAN while beating some literal children, crucial VRS invite date hits, jL rumors, and massive EWC are the key topics for this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

BLAST Bounty debrief

5:25 - MOUZ win on debut

7:08 - Skinionaire

12:30 - Spinx MVP & new MOUZ

25:32 - Spirit final upset

30:40 - FaZe are back?

32:02 - jL rumors

33:42 - FaZe, MongolZ

38:00 - Astralis

39:06 - Top Comment

Recent news

47:05 - FPG 5 becomes 3

50:05 - BCG win Elisa

54:09 - TDK transfer to 1win

55:50 - Argentina Major tickets on sale

1:01:50 - VRS invites: who goes where?

EWC

1:19:02 - EWC crazy open qual

1:32:04 - Qual group overview

1:40:13 - WATO: qual results?

1:50:12 - Who do we want to go through?

1:55:18 - Main event expectations

1:56:01 - jL to join 100T?

1:59:39 - A boost fix

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Bounty upsets, stickers issue & questions for the season | HLTV Confirmed S7E73 Jul 29, 2026

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Online upsets at BLAST Bounty, Major stickers money issue, and asking the questions for the fall season: Vitality era, Falcons contender status, #1 conversation, next Major winner, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

3:04 - Dental & horror stories

8:20 - How to get into casting?

13:52 - Bomb blast update

20:35 - Top Comment

Recent news

22:10 - Bounty format & prize update

39:02 - EWC arena upgrade

47:00 - More Major stickers

53:01 - "Stickers are bad business model" - SPUNJ

59:22 - Buyouts & salaries: inflated?

1:04:09 - Big money is no more!

Catfished or caught out

1:12:15 - First-ever catfished or caught out!

1:14:00 - Falcons lose to 100T

1:17:47 - Aurora lose to FOKUS

1:18:40 - Vitality lose to Vitality

1:21:03 - FURIA lose to DENDELE

1:24:05 - G2 lose to Liquid

1:26:50 - More upsets

1:29:38 - Bounty LAN playoffs

1:32:13 - WATO: Spirit win Bounty?

1:38:07 - Skinionaire

The Season ahead

1:42:40 - Questions for the Season

1:44:33 - Is the Vitality era over?

1:47:04 - Falcons a one time thing?

1:52:08 - What happens to FaZe?

1:53:00 - Can #1 conversation reopen?

1:55:12 - Next blockbuster signing?

1:58:26 - Will FalleN actually retire?

2:00:02 - Who's most likely to change?

2:02:37 - Who'll miss the Major?

2:05:17 - Who'll win the Major?

2:09:02 - Who'll get the Major MVP?

2:13:26 - PARIVISION get FL1T

2:18:52 - "Never forget your head armor"

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Ranking team changes & free agents; season preview! | HLTV Confirmed S7E72 Jul 19, 2026

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The break comes to an end (of it ever happened): ranking roster changes, free agents stocks, previewing the second season, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

1:29 - Caffeine habits

3:38 - Break erosion

7:12 - Top Comment

Recent news

10:12 - 9z win XSE

13:00 - HEROIC win on debut

16:58 - Skinionaire

24:00 - The new graph!

Team changes ranked

24:45 - BCG expectations with Magisk

34:50 - G2: not sold on r1nkle

37:12 - HEROIC, FUT

38:36 - Astralis NEO

41:08 - Liquid roster confusion

44:02 - TheMongolZ: in maaRaa we trust?

46:00 - GamerLegion FL4MUS

47:24 - MOUZ PR (at last)

49:55 - Aurora: right trajectory

52:15 - NAVI: no change?

53:35 - Legacy: upgrade?

55:20 - 100 Thieves

56:10 - FaZe

57:58 - TDK, NRG, 3DMAX, SAW, FOKUS

Free agents ranked

1:01:08 - broky: stocks down

1:03:05 - nota, lauNx, ultimate

1:05:38 - SunPayus, kl1m

1:08:29 - jL: to FaZe?

1:10:09 - soulfly

1:12:10 - sdy, Ex3rcise, yxngstxr, arrozdoce, Ag1l

1:13:36 - ENC overview

Season ahead

1:16:35 - Chasing the Major

1:19:51 - Season timeline

1:27:00 - Invite cutoffs… 3 months prior?

1:34:30 - Event overlaps

1:36:17 - Cache is in: ACIDMAN!

BLAST Bounty preview

1:45:27 - Bounty preview

1:51:00 - WATO: loss online?

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Aurora kyxsan, BCG Magisk, G2 r1nkle & more changes! | HLTV Confirmed S7E71 Jul 08, 2026

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Rostermania or not so much? Breaking down all the biggest changes so far in Aurora, FaZe, G2, HEROIC, FUT, BCG and more!

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0:00 - Intro

Recent news

4:52 - Break erosion

11:23 - Class-action for a break?

16:47 - XSE rollercoster

24:12 - ESL regulate comms

Roster… mania or not?

36:22 - FaZe JBOEN: ultimate or molody?

45:02 - broky's future

50:45 - Are NAVI doing anything?

52:12 - Aurora went international?!?!?!

57:32 - XANTARES will be kicked?

1:00:02 - kyxsan to Aurora

1:06:38 - MAJ3R, Fabre, soulfly future

1:08:10 - Skinionaire

1:16:40 - G2 add r1nkle

1:23:57 - SunPayus options?

1:26:02 - HEROIC add Brollan & Martinez

1:35:23 - FUT add xfl0ud

1:40:15 - MOUZ: what are they doing?

1:43:43 - BCG add Magisk: serious now?

1:47:46 - Eternal Fire add Kvem & br0

1:48:57 - Luminosity situation

1:53:55 - NEO to coach Astralis?

1:57:40 - JT, Jorko to Liquid?

2:02:04 - WATO: Cache future

2:15:52 - Top Comment

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NiKo wins the Major with Falcons! First roster rumors | HLTV Confirmed S7E70 Jun 23, 2026

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NiKo finally wins the Major! Each Falcons' player story line that lead to that moment including karrigan's redemption arch and m0NESY's first Major MVP as well Major impressions and first roster talk in this episode of HLTV Confirmed.

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0:00 - Intro

Falcons Major win

4:12 - Falcons win: hardest win?

10:45 - FURIA: did they play scared?

14:48 - NiKo's Major - finally!

17:27 - "NiKo has done everything" - Prof

18:52 - m0NESY MVP!

24:06 - TeSeS: the ultimate soldier

26:24 - kyousuke: consistency back on?

33:22 - karrigan redemption

37:39 - zonic hints at retirement?

Major bracket in retrospect

45:50 - Epic bracket

49:02 - The crowd & fans

53:06 - XANTARES playoffs problem?

1:02:40 - Stage runners

1:11:45 - The best majorless player?

1:15:02 - Did CS win when Vitality lost?

1:16:16 - Most prestigious Major win?

1:18:01 - Perfect Major?

1:23:23 - Top Comment

1:28:48 - Skinionaire

What comes next

1:35:45 - Cache replaces Overpass

1:37:28 - KRIMZ to EYEBALLERS

1:38:57 - Liquid: JT joins?

1:40:50 - Luminosity with Monte core

1:43:34 - Martinez to FaZe?

1:46:02 - WATO: 3 top 10 teams change?

1:51:54 - Aurora: who's staying?

2:03:01 - XSE coming up

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Cologne Major: roster rumors, stories, playoffs preview! | HLTV Confirmed Cologne Special '26 Jun 17, 2026

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Cologne Major reached playoffs: talking through the biggest stories so far (and to come!) with Monte's coach kakafu in live-with-audience special from SK Gaming headquarters in Cologne, Germany.

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0:00 - Intro

Hot seat with kakafu

1:50 - kakafu on Gizmy

4:52 - Role in Monte

10:02 - Monte: young breakouts

14:31 - Stressful moments & warnings

Group Stage recap

19:41 - donk's show?

21:42 - NAVI's elimination

23:41 - BIG 0-12 comeback

28:10 - Legacy coach barred

28:49 - Skits!

29:31 - 9z cinderella run

30:53 - Vitality are mortal

32:08 - Aussies f-ed your Pick'Ems

32:48 - Jab Jabich

33:45 - No NA in top 16!

Roster changes!

36:40 - lauNx's looking into options

39:02 - FL1T to PARIVISION?

42:02 - Liquid: 100% changes

43:23 - Aurora: ash confirmed?!

46:28 - BCG: we don't care!

47:33 - FaZe: Jimmi?

49:03 - frozen to NAVI… with Twistzz!?

51:25 - Who will NAVI replace?

52:34 - MOUZ: xertioN IGL!?

56:42 - Astralis remove ruggah

1:03:40 - Top Comment

1:06:31 - Skinionaire

Playoffs preview

1:15:28 - Bracket is f-ed!

1:21:00 - Who's the favorite?

1:25:52 - Best storyline?

1:31:32 - Predicting quarters

1:51:39 - Predicting semis & final

1:57:24 - WATO: Vitality win the Major

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