HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

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Bloody fight on the road to the Major - PGL RMR (feat. Nohte) | HLTV Confirmed S6E13 CS:GO podcast Apr 17, 2022

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NA expert Nohte joins HLTV Confirmed to talk recent news & RMR: Brazilians thrive in Americas, Liquid & Complexity go through, and 9z's Major that cost them blood. In the EU part, the crew predicts every single match of the groups. FaZe's victory in EPL is also discussed: will they remain at the top 1? As a bonus, the appearance of DAVEY in the end of the show!

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0:00 - Podcast intro

4:29 - Introducing Nohte

Recent news

7:38 - FaZe win EPL

16:04 - Striker vs. SPUNJ bet

19:04 - “rain is the X factor of FaZe” - Striker

23:08 - IEM Dallas teams

28:39 - Renegades not invited; ESL rankings issue

33:30 - N1 Moment: 9z celebrate winning

Americas & Asia RMR

39:35 - Asia RMR takeaways

50:22 - FURIA finish first

58:04 - Liquid's not-so-smooth run

1:03:53 - messioso vs. stickers drama

1:10:51 - Complexity performance

1:17:05 - MIBR’s surprising success

1:27:09 - Bad News Bears

1:30:05 - EG: what’s wrong?

1:39:51 - “I FIX EG” by Prof

1:43:43 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

Europe RMR

1:49:49 - Group A overview

2:01:30 - Group A - match-by-match prediction

2:11:27 - Group B round 1 & 2

2:16:53 - Group B round 3: NIP vs. Flames?

2:24:07 - Group B round 4 & 5

Playtime

2:31:48 - Prof desk gigs

2:33:20 - Why Americas RMR matches start early?

2:40:26 - PGL’s HUD

2:45:46 - DAVEY occupies Prof’s room

2:49:34 - Final 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.

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EPL playoffs predicted; CPH Flames after Major (feat. roeJ) | HLTV Confirmed S6E12 (CS:GO podcast) Apr 06, 2022

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roeJ joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about CPH Flames keeping the roster and the org after the Major and EPL: Group D results (NAVI go flawless, Heroic & Astralis over NA teams) and Playoffs prediction match-by-match.

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

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with roeJ

4:29 - roeJ practice & setup

7:56 - Post-Major: staying together

16:32 - Contrast in Katowice

19:41 - Online cups & BLAST qual

25:22 - Upcoming RMR: future of Flames

37:03 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

Recent news

44:39 - RMR rosters announced (NIP, Astralis, etc.)

48:35 - What’s up with device?

53:02 - zehN, emi released from FPX

57:09 - ESL Conference teams

1:01:31 - N1 moment: gla1ve vs. cadiaN beef

ESL Pro League

1:11:14 - Group D: NAVI go flawless

1:16:01 - Group D: Astralis & Heroic

1:25:00 - Group D: EG is last again

1:36:22 - Group D: Complexity

1:40:02 - Why Playoffs bracket is so imbalanced?

1:44:34 - Heroic/Liquid vs. NIP

1:47:47 - fnatic/ENCE vs. Movistar

1:56:00 - FaZe/Players vs. NAVI

2:00:04 - Entropiq/Astralis vs. FURIA

Playtime

2:07:55 - Overlooked Danish talent

2:10:39 - Players' voices on EPL broadcast

2:12:09 - Final words

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EliGE explains how new Liquid works, nitr0 & shox signings | HLTV Confirmed S6E11 (CS:GO podcast) Mar 30, 2022

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EliGE joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about the decision-making of late 2021, shox, oSee, nitr0 joining Liquid, the state of NA CS, recent results, and the teams potential. After that, the panel and the guest discussed the EPL Group C results (Movistar, Players) and made predictions for Group D, including NAVI's chances without the IGL.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with EliGE

3:31 - Introducing EliGE

5:48 - Major and final events of 2021

11:11 - Was EliGE considering Valorant?

14:07 - Is EliGE a shareholder of Liquid?

16:31 - Roster shuffle: nitr0 comeback

20:14 - NAF re-signing

22:00 - Getting oSee; could it be m0NESY?

22:48 - Signing shox

28:04 - BLAST, Katowice results

32:40 - Making playoffs at EPL

37:33 - Split between NA and EU

45:00 - Refrag explained

47:51 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire?

Recent news

54:21 - Vitality struggle in Pinnacle

1:07:16 - Imperial win (small) tournament

1:13:11 - Fragedelphia 17 with $100K

1:16:51 - Predicting NA RMR

ESL Pro League

1:20:49 - Group C: Movistar surprise

1:29:05 - Group C: Players still consistent

1:33:29 - Group C: BIG

1:36:44 - Group C: GODSENT

1:39:08 - Group C: Party Astronauts

1:43:27 - Group D: Can NAVI deliver without Boombl4?

1:46:49 - Group D: EG’s potential

1:49:05 - Group D: AGO

1:51:10 - Group D: Heroic

1:53:27 - Group D: NAVI without the IGL

2:00:05 - Group D: Complexity vs. EG

Playtime

2:06:03 - Is EliGE toxic?!

2:10:00 - Coaching bug scandal to keep on

2:13:10 - nitr0’s role

2:15:30 - Default skins with nametags - why?

2:16:31 - New Astralis - EliGE’s hot take

2:17:45 - Final words

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Bubzkji on the Astralis drama; Vitality & FaZe struggle in EPL | HLTV Confirmed S6E10 Mar 24, 2022

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ex-Astralis player Bubzkji joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about Astralis: joining the team, getting benched, and how it looks after his departure. In other topics is Brollan finally announced for NIP, NBK- gets booted from MOUZ, EPL Group B results (Vitality fail to go through, FURIA & ENCE surprisingly good), and Group C predictions.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with Bubzkji

4:00 - Introducing Bubzkji

6:31 - TV analyst job

10:08 - Path to Astralis

12:19 - Astralis tenure

16:10 - Being 6th in the 6-man roster

23:47 - device out, Bubzkji back

27:13 - Benched before the Major

31:04 - Bubzkji’s future

Recent news

37:06 - NBK- removed from MOUZ

51:00 - Brollan joins NIP

56:59 - NIP’s odd communication

1:05:11 - device status in NIP

1:16:29 - BLAST Showdown spots filling in

1:18:35 - smooya on trial with Into The Breach

1:22:22 - Pinnacle LAN announced

1:30:32 - HellRaisers on hold, w0nderful on the market

1:34:54 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

EPL - Group B & C

1:43:18 - Vitality struggle

1:57:00 - Outsiders justified their name

2:04:27 - FaZe wobbles

2:11:24 - ENCE make playoffs

2:17:37 - FURIA show up

2:25:43 - Sprout honorable mention

2:25:20 - Group C: weakest group?

2:40:30 - Predicting the top 3

Playtime

2:45:41 - Bubzkji’s Twitter skills

2:47:02 - What’s wrong with Astralis?

2:48:39 - Favorite teammate

2:49:43 - Final words

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fnatic's roster explained by cArn; G2 fails at EPL | HLTV Confirmed S6E9 Mar 16, 2022

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fnatic co-owner cArn joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his team: the team's history, Swedish to international core transition, short journey with smooya, Brollan status, and the team's future. Besides that, cArn and SPUNJ sort out their twitter beef, and the panel later touches on the first results of EPL, including G2's failure and NIP's success.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with cArn

4:36 - Introducing cArn

8:21 - cArn’s role in fnatic

15:11 - fnatic going international

21:34 - fnatic being the villains

26:06 - Swedish players entitlement

29:13 - smooya in fnatic didn’t work out

45:02 - Brollan status

52:45 - fnatic future

1:06:06 - Partner team agreements

1:34:44 - Best teammates of cArn

1:36:33 - Reinvesting Brollan money in CS:GO

1:38:26 - SPUNJ x cArn beef

1:47:33 - Final words from cArn

Recent news

1:52:45 - NA RMR; -felps for GODSENT

1:58:02 - Gambit to play as WHO?!

2:03:16 - Golden, Devilwalk, TENZKI join draken on Savage

2:06:00 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

ESL Pro League

2:12:30 - Group A: G2 debacle, NIP & Entropiq step up

2:14:24 - NIP: good despite roster speculation

2:22:55 - “Entropiq are the most boring team” - Prof

2:24:23 - fnatic: way above expectations

2:32:32 - MOUZ

2:35:38 - G2 fails to go through

2:42:24 - Group B: time for Vitality?

Playtime

2:50:02 - Parimatch Matchmaker: Roster moves

2:57:00 - Crowd in EPL?

2:57:46 - HLTV merch?

2:59:09 - Funny story

3:00:49 - Final words

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Twistzz & ropz on FaZe's success in Katowice; options for jks? | HLTV Confirmed S6E8 Mar 07, 2022

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Twistzz & ropz join HLTV Confirmed to be a part of an unusual 2 + 2 setup while watching EU the RMR (feat. Rushly the observer). In this show, guests and the panel touch on the story of ropz joining FaZe, the team's great success in Katowice, FaZe COVID drama, jks' stand-in tenure, plans & expectations from 2022.

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HLTV Confirmed is presented by Xtrfy, Parimatch, and Bitskins.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with ropz & Twistzz

3:59 - Introducing the guests

5:40 - ropz joining FaZe

13:40 - Wild ride in Poland

17:05 - Last months of FaZe with olof

18:39 - “I [expected departing MOUZ] since the lineup was put together ” - ropz

20:23 - Twistzz’s role in FaZe

23:05 - IEM Katowice debriefed by Prof

25:14 - FaZe’s COVID drama

29:09 - jks as a stand-in

39:13 - Grand Final against G2

45:35 - Expectations from 2022

48:55 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

Recent news

56:22 - Rushly the observer tunes in

1:00:09 - BIG field krimbo for k1to

1:05:26 - Arena matches the difference

1:12:14 - ENCE trio extend contracts

RMR

1:17:15 - The new RMR format

1:25:30 - Katowice Grand Final

1:28:49 - Eternal Fire

1:32:00 - Is it time for Mirage to go?

1:38:00 - Suggesting map changes

1:41:02 - RobbaN’s role

1:43:10 - Twistzz on “putting Heroic in their place”

1:47:19 - karrigan & nitr0 similarities

1:49:35 - Plans for 2022

1:58:32 - Options for jks

2:00:19 - MOUZ new roster

2:02:01 - Is that a start of a long journey for FaZe?

Parimatch Matchmaker: activities

2:08:30 - Team talks

2:10:12 - Practice matches

2:12:52 - Aim practice

2:18:17 - Streaming

2:19:39 - Travel

2:22:09 - Competition

2:25:40 - Media

2:31:02 - Final words

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FaZe, G2 are set to shine? Katowice special feat. YEKINDAR | HLTV Confirmed S6E7 Mar 01, 2022

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HLTV Confirmed host another live special from Katowice! The topics are Semi-finals & Quarter-finals results, Gambit & NAVI not looking good, FaZe playing surprisingly well with jks, G2's roster passing the arena test, the problems with stadium events, and VP's performance at IEM explained by YEKINDAR.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with YEKINDAR

6:07 - Why did VP lose to G2?

13:23 - Playing on stage

15:00 - The impact of Ukraine situation on CS

22:20 - VP's ESL Challenger domination

25:00 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

IEM Playoffs

34:30 - “G2 has more skill than NAVI” - Striker

38:21 - m0NESY's potential

44:21 - AMANEK aka the best coach

48:47 - FaZe succeeding with jks

58:35 - Heroic woes

1:03:53 - Arena, turnout, and formats

1:21:19 - Gambit weren’t on the same level

1:23:40 - The effect of sanctions against Russia

1:34:47 - Katowice Grand final expectations

Playtime

2:09:12 - Parimatch Matchmaker: players

2:15:30 - Jame story

2:18:30 - Final words

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IEM Katowice Playoffs: who will get to the final? | HLTV Confirmed S6E6 Feb 25, 2022

Show notes

HLTV Confirmed crew meets up with Bleh in Katowice to talk through the IEM's results so far with attention to MOUZ, Liquid, Vitality, Astralis performances. In addition to that, the Playoffs prediction is made. Besides, Astralis signing Farlig and smooya getting benched by fnatic news are discussed.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

2:27 - Addressing the Ukraine situation

Recent news

9:52 - Astralis sign Farlig

14:46 - What are the options for Astralis?

23:35 - smooya benched

38:25 - Last Dance joins Imperial

44:51 - First results of the RMR

IEM Katowice

47:21 - MOUZ performance

49:07 - smooya tunes in!

1:04:42 - MOUZ looking surprisingly good

1:17:05 - Liquid underwhelming

1:21:30 - Entropiq out early

1:25:22 - CPH Flames played as expected

1:26:27 - Vitality is not there yet

Parimatch Matchmaker: Katowice Playoffs

1:38:10 - FaZe

1:44:56 - G2

1:53:10 - Heroic

2:00:31 - VP

2:05:49 - Gambit, NAVI, the Ukraine situation

2:23:44 - Predicting the bracket

Playtime

2:30:50 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins

2:37:37 - Final thoughts

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IEM Katowice preview: FaZe, Astralis, NIP chances analyzed | HLTV Confirmed S6E5 Feb 13, 2022

Show notes

SPUNJ & co discuss IEM Katowice 2022 in detail: return to LAN, jks standing in for ropz, COVID factor, favorites & underdogs, every single match of Play-in broken down, chances for the Main stage.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Recent news

7:44 - valens coach bug evidence

15:02 - RMR dates and qualifiers

30:00 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? By BitSkins

Katowice

37:00 - Return to LAN and Spodek

40:25 - ropz missing out due to COVID

51:51 - jks standing in for FaZe

57:30 - Play-in favorites: NIP, FaZe, Astralis

1:02:41 - Play-in: MOUZ debut

1:05:34 - Play-in: Entropiq, fnatic, ENCE with something to prove

1:07:37 - NIP vs. Wisla Krakow

1:11:27 - CPH Flames vs. fnatic

1:16:34 - MOUZ vs. GODSENT

1:19:05 - FaZe vs. Sprout

1:25:06 - ENCE vs. Entropiq

1:27:58 - BIG vs. Complexity

1:30:30 - Astralis vs. MIBR

1:36:00 - Upper & Lower bracket speedrun

1:42:20 - Main event teams overview

1:50:30 - IEM Katowice Fantasy

Parimatch Matchmaker: when X happens?

1:53:45 - s1mple & ZywOo not top 2?

1:56:01 - NiKo’s wins Major?

1:57:03 - NIP stable lineup?

1:58:50 - ESIC report pt. 2?

2:00:27 - Striker wins the bet?

2:03:15 - No COVID issues?

2:04:25 - No Major clashes?

2:04:41 - Lukas jumps in; chit-chat

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Breaking down FaZe, G2, Vitality debuts & PGL Major Antwerp announcement | HLTV Confirmed S6E4 Feb 09, 2022

Show notes

Mauisnake joins the show to talk about debuts of FaZe, G2, Vitality, and Liquid, the PGL Antwerp Major announcement, and the showpos-getpos situation involving ropz and STYKO.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

3:45 - Introducing Mauisnake; explaining nicknames

Recent news

7:08 - frozen extends with MOUZ

12:21 - ex-BLINK seek org