HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

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CS2 soon? Jerry talks career ups & downs, Vitality dominate EPL | HLTV Confirmed S6E73 Sep 05, 2023

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Jerry joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his path with FORZE & future, Vitality dominating EPL Group A and Movistar showing up, EPL Group B review, and all the good & bad stuff about CS2. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕📗 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect...https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collection...0:00 - Intro 4:23 - Introducing Jerry Hot Seat with Jerry 5:23 - Jerry’s break & Zanzibar vacation! 12:35 - First LAN in 2019 16:32 - Playing the Majors 22:18 - Importance of sleeping & gym 25:34 - Relationship & Antwerp roster decay 28:47 - «Maybe I’m the reason?» - FORZE on cutting players 31:08 - Jerry’s new team?! 33:53 - Growing teammates: FL1T, Norwi, etc 38:51 - xsepower: what went wrong? 41:15 - What it takes to go high 42:45 - Nerves of Steel by SteelSeries 44:20 - Which country Jerry liked most? 45:06 - Best & worst change in FORZE 47:34 - Contracts & insiders in CIS 50:36 - Why didn’t Jerry go far in Majors? 51:34 - NAVI or C9: where Jerry would fit? EPL Group A & B 57:00 - EPL Group A results 57:47 - Vitality: still dominating 58:51 - FURIA: finally trend upwards? 1:00:42 - NIP: international team issue? 1:10:15 - Movistar: good signs? mopoz «smoker» 1:13:05 - GamerLegion: respectful run? 1:15:10 - Astralis: delivered 1:17:05 - Prof’s take on Group B 1:18:38 - Jerry’s take on Group B 1:22:31 - Striker’s take on Group B 1:24:39 - SPUNJ’s take on Group B 1:28:18 - tabseN Recent news & CS2 1:31:27 - TSM finally announced 1:34:54 - Ridiculous IESF concludes 1:38:45 - Jerry takes Skinionaire by TradeIt.gg 1:43:40 - Vox Pop: CS2 impressions 1:52:06 - Spray & other issues of CS2 1:58:46 - Jumpthrows 2:01:03 - New Inferno 2:02:06 - Saturation & brightness 2:04:03 - No skyboxes & nading smokes 2:13:03 - floppy tweet & general thoughts 2:19:35 - “CS2 is gonna be wack at release” 2:23:30 - Way to submit feedback 2:25:16 - Closing words from Jerry https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

EPL preview, CS2 speculations, NAVI move questioned | HLTV Confirmed S6E72 Aug 26, 2023

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In this show, we talk about the quickly-found success of nafany's BetBoom, NAVI's decision to go international, CS2 rumors and speculations, Valve vs. TOs, and the upcoming ESL Pro League. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕📗 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect...https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collection...0:00 - Podcast intro 2:27 - Chit chat 6:27 - PARI Dunav Party Recent news 10:28 - CS:GO Asia Championships announced 16:21 - CS2 speculation 20:16 - Things to learn from Valorant LANs? 30:05 - BetBoom make it to IEM Sydney 39:12 - CCT Oceania 41:52 - Height measuring contest 46:38 - Skinionaire: Lithuanian CS 53:38 - New NAVI: was it worth it? VoxPop by 22BET EPL 1:10:50 - EPL S18 teams overview 1:14:15 - Strongest group in EPL? 1:19:47 - TOs vs. Valve 1:30:23 - Cycle of issues 1:39:07 - 00NATION unlukos & Astralis comeback 1:42:03 - Group A preview 1:43:39 - FURIA 1:45:41 - Astralis & NIP 1:47:12 - GamerLegion impressed 1:54:56 - Movistar Riders 1:56:15 - Fantasy check-in Playtime 2:08:25 - How long does SPUNJ want to do CS? 2:11:57 - Prof & Striker on their career, misc https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

dupreeh on Vitality benching; is MR12 any good? | HLTV Confirmed S6E71 Aug 25, 2023

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dupreeh joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his record-setting career, winning the Paris Major, getting benched in Vitality, and his plans for the future. Other topics are MR15 vs. MR12 debate, flusha retirement, VP getting n0rb3r7 back, and Gamers8 results. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕📗 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect.aspx?pid=51006&bid=1484&lpid=220 https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collections/hltv 0:00 - Podcast intro 2:51 - Introducing dupreeh Hot seat with dupreeh 4:31 - dupreeh became dad! 6:58 - Winning the Major 9:11 - Ranking Paris Majot win 11:51 - Coming into Paris Major 18:25 - Weak Major? 21:56 - What it takes to win? 26:35 - Getting benched by Vitality 33:15 - “I don’t feel like I’m finished” - dupreeh 35:55 - Dealing with benching 42:20 - “I want to play the new game” - dupreeh 44:00 - dupreeh’s legacy 47:03 - Would dupreeh be IGL? 48:41 - dupreeh’s memories 56:26 - dupreeh on CS2 58:30 - MR12 - VoxPop by 22BET 1:03:10 - Nerves of Steel by SteelSeries 1:06:07 - Beast teammate ever? 1:07:00 - 3 favorite achievements? 1:08:57 - device or ZywOo? 1:12:31 - Why did dupreeh REALLY leave Astralis? 1:19:10 - Partner system 1:21:48 - “There’s no bad blood between me & zonic” - dupreeh Recent news 1:25:15 - Emotional throwback break 1:29:04 - “We could have shorter games with MR15” 1:34:37 - The meaning of observers 1:35:45 - MR12 from the industry perspective 1:51:09 - VP bring back n0rb3r7 2:01:45 - flusha retires from CS 2:07:11 - Skinionaire by TradeIt.gg Gamers8 2:15:15 - Overall G8 impressions 2:19:33 - G2 2:25:10 - ENCE 2:31:00 - Cloud9 2:32:55 - Vitality win, jump to #1 2:38:25 - NAVI; s1mple not insane anymore? HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 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, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/dupreeh https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

G2 or Vitality year? Live from Cologne with first thoughts | HLTV Confirmed S6E70 Aug 07, 2023

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HLTV Confirmed panel gathered up right after IEM Cologne 2023 grand final to talk about the G2 win and what the teams' result meant for ENCE, Vitality, Astralis, Heroic, and Cloud9 as well as how the event felt. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect...https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collection...0:00 - Podcast intro 6:09 - G2 vs. ENCE final 9:43 - Cologne arena experience 15:47 - G2 or Vitality: who’s team of the year? 20:50 - Touching trophy 23:53 - G2 vs. ENCE final #2 32:06 - The role of casters 38:26 - Kato + Cologne: who also did it? 44:19 - Cloud9 looked dry 51:10 - ZywOo top 1 2023? 53:00 - Hate on ZywOo 1:02:14 - Why SPUNJ be like “OOOH” 1:09:00 - Heroic: roster change needed? 1:13:00 - “I love new device!” - device 1:14:05 - Most aggressive AWPer? 1:18:08 - Why Astralis lost? 1:21:11 - G2 vs. ENCE final #3 1:23:10 - Snappi the best 30 yo player? 1:24:50 - “Cologne better than Major is bulls**t!” - Prof 1:30:55 - SPUNJ is done with “last CS:GO” narrative 1:36:35 - Fantasy check-in 1:39:03 - m0NESY won too early? Misc topics HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 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, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

G2 inside view, NertZ' rise & more in HLTV Confirmed Special from XPERION Cologne Aug 04, 2023

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Another live-with-audience HLTV Confirmed show from Cologne features ENCE's star rifler NertZ, and Swani & Peca, G2's coach & manager. Success path of ENCE, honest talk about G2 keeping the roster, Valve's decision to ban partner leagues, and the IEM Cologne 2023 Playoffs.

⚠ Beware of a loud sound at 1:09:44.

❤ This show is possible thanks to XPERION Cologne: https://linktr.ee/xperion_germany

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📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg

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HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

2:19 - Introducing the audience!

Recent news

6:46 - Single-elimination Gamers8

8:58 - TSM falling apart?

11:36 - NEOFRAG out of ITB

14:00 - Cologne vs. Major? Vox Pop by 22BET

17:58 - Valve bans partner leagues

NertZ

32:46 - Success of NertZ & ENCE

37:05 - NertZ “vs” Spinx & flameZ

40:05 - “I want to feel it” - NertZ on Cologne arena

41:55 - Endpoint background & MiGHTYMAX

44:50 - Playing from Israel

48:08 - ENCE at Cologne

50:05 - “dycha wants to feel like the best PL player” - NertZ

53:17 - Snappi & sAw system

56:37 - NertZ predicts Cologne playoffs

59:00 - Nerves of steel by SteelSeries

1:00:15 - What does NertZ tell barber to do?

1:01:14 - Impressions from clutches vs. Heroic

1:03:40 - IEM Dallas win first impressions

1:05:09 - Nervousness on the stage?

1:05:53 - Israeli superteam?

1:07:28 - Why ENCE is not top 1 team?

1:09:40 - WARNING: loud sound

1:10:13 - ENCE fans fight for the headset!

Swani & Peca (G2 coach & manager)

1:16:40 - Chilling out, waiting Prof’s return

1:20:54 - Introducing Swani & Peca (slowly)

1:23:45 - Svani’s path to coaching

1:27:32 - Peca’s managerial duties

1:32:11 - Content vs. practice

1:35:04 - Swani on becoming harsher

1:37:51 - “m0NESY is mature”

1:39:46 - Why G2 are often “moody b**ches”?

1:43:26 - Did G2 consider roster changes?

1:49:32 - Swani & Peca predict playoffs

1:50:51 - Swani & Peca take Skinionaire by tradeit.gg

1:59:18 - XPERION NXT team learns from Swani

Cologne Playoffs prediction & Playtime

2:09:37 - Introducing Heccu & getting comfortable

2:11:00 - FaZe to change?

2:16:11 - Heroic vs. Astralis

2:22:06 - Vitality vs. Cloud9

2:28:58 - G2 semi-final

2:33:04 - ENCE semi-final

2:36:03 - Giving away a ticket

2:39:38 - Final (emotional) words

HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 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, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike.

https://twitter.com/NertzCS

https://twitter.com/G2Swani

https://twitter.com/pecagg

https://twitter.com/Hency_Heccu

https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

Have G2 peaked? Predicting Cologne Play-in & BLAST takeaways | HLTV Confirmed S6E68 Jul 24, 2023

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HLTV Confirmed trio talks about China Major announcement, BLAST results (with special attention to G2's poor performance as well as NIP & Vitality), and predicts the openers of IEM Cologne Play-in. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries and 22BET. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect.aspx?pid=51006&bid=1484&lpid=220 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collections/hltv 0:00 - Podcast intro 2:06 - Prof returns with a laggy cam Recent news 7:23 - Shanghai Major 15:51 - Hussar Cup postponed? 19:07 - FORZE add El1an & sstiNiX 23:12 - Movistar +adamS 25:06 - Free agents & new teams BLAST 32:24 - NIP: surprisingly good 37:15 - Vitality: unsurprisingly solid 42:53 - BIG: ughhhhh… 48:16 - G2: have they peaked? 1:04:11 - EG: not bad 1:06:23 - HooXi playstyle issue IEM Cologne 1:13:24 - Our memories of Cologne 1:20:52 - SPUNJ’s best Cologne moment 1:23:05 - Memorable Cologne moments - Vox Pop by 22BET 1:31:27 - Play-in overview 1:34:10 - MOUZ vs. TheMongolz 1:37:03 - Into the Breach vs. NIP 1:40:35 - fnatic vs. Complexity 1:46:10 - OG vs. 9INE 1:48:43 - Apeks vs. BIG 1:55:21 - Astralis vs. Liquid 2:01:01 - Monte vs. Imperial & Aussies vs. FURIA 2:05:00 - Predicting the winners 2:08:50 - Chad OVERHYPES Cloud9 Playtime 2:11:07 - Fantasy check-in 2:15:15 - Chit-chat HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 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, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

Hottest changes ranked & new CS2 maps testing (ft. Bubzkji, NER0) | HLTV Confirmed S6E67 Jul 20, 2023

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Bubzkji & NER0 join HLTV Confirmed to check our the CS2 versions of Overpass & Vertigo, go through the new role setups & first results from BLAST, and make the tierlist of the most (and least) exciting roster changes, including Cloud9, Complexity, FURIA, NAVI, NIP, MOUZ, and more. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries and 22BET. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect.aspx?pid=51006&bid=1484&lpid=220 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collections/hltv 0:00 - Podcast intro 2:30 - Introducing Bubzkji Recent news 6:19 - GL, VP, Monte moves 8:32 - C9 finalize superteam 11:28 - RobbaN quits coaching 13:20 - FaZe NEO rumors 17:33 - Majors to end the seasons CS2 Overpass & Vertigo 31:16 - Vertigo 35:43 - Overpass 45:10 - “The game is feeling better” - SPUNJ 46:53 - Is Vertigo bad? Vox Pop by 22BET New roles & impressions from BLAST 56:57 - NER0 calls in for roster cahnges 59:13 - Vitality 1:02:25 - EG: back to Black 1:05:04 - NIP is back?! 1:13:37 - Complexity with EliGE 1:16:58 - BIG hurts SPUNJ 1:19:30 - NAVI 1:24:50 - Astralis 1:32:26 - OG as expected 1:34:20 - Liquid 1:41:06 - BLAST teams temp check Shuffle tierlist 1:50:45 - Cloud9 1:51:57 - EG 1:52:53 - NAVI & Vitality 1:55:13 - MOUZ 1:56:16 - FURIA 1:57:40 - Monte & GamerLegion 1:58:33 - Complexity 1:59:37 - fnatic, OG, BIG 2:01:00 - Apeks, Spirit 2:01:40 - NIP 2:03:05 - Liquid 2:03:57 - Falcons 2:04:55 - Astralis 2:05:19 - MIBR, Fluxo, Imperial 2:06:46 - Sprout 2:08:04 - VP 2:09:18 - Movistar Riders 2:11:07 - Final overview Playtime 2:15:15 - Bubzkji hair, CS return, Pimp HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 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, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/Bubzkji https://twitter.com/NER0cs https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

Snappi & sAw talk ENCE, new rosters, BLAST | HLTV Confirmed S6E66 Jul 13, 2023

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Snappi & sAw, the IGL and coach of ENCE, join HLTV Confirmed to talk about their team's path to this point, not making changes, season goals, and upcoming BLAST event: who's gonna perform best, and whose change of Vitality, Complexity, BIG, Liquid, EG, NAVI, Cloud9 has made the most sense?

➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed

📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg

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0:00 - Podcast intro

2:41 - Introducing Snappi & sAw

4:00 - Spending the break

Hot seat with Snappi & sAw