HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

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HLTV Confirmed S03E11 - WESG, BLAST, economy update Mar 19, 2019

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Timestamps:

00:02:55 - oskar & lmbt return to HellRaisers
00:11:25 - JUGi & k0nfig to Cloud9 rumors, kio out?
00:21:20 - Would Cloud9 leave Counter-Strike?
00:27:20 - Windigo win WESG, fnatic failure
00:50:25 - GG.BET Masterbettor
01:03:20 - BLAST Sao Paulo preview
01:14:50 - HLTV Fantasy is back, drafting for BLAST
01:33:00 - Economy update
02:10:00 - MSL and niko to join OpTic?
02:17:00 - Is the rest of the scene outside of Astralis bad?
02:34:35 - Is there a need for more pre-match space for content?

HLTV Confirmed S03E10 - WESG, transfer updates, map pool Mar 14, 2019

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Timestamps:

00:02:00 - suNny to ENCE rumors

00:08:45 - Heroic add stavn

00:13:35 - G2 change bodyy for AmaNEk

00:17:45 - New ECS format and opening results

00:32:25 - WESG so far

00:50:00 - GG.BET Striker vs. Prof

00:55:55 - Striker undergoes chili sauce challenge

01:03:10 - Discussing player burnout as Striker struggles with da bomb

01:24:25 - Expanding CS:GO's map pool

01:40:45 - Viewer Qs: What makes Astralis the best of all time?

01:43:45 - Who will HR end up getting?

https://www.hltv.org/news/26290/vod-hltv-confirmed-s03e10-wesg-transfer-updates-and-the-map-pool

HLTV Confirmed S03E09 - Major ends, shuffle season begins Mar 07, 2019

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Timestamps:

00:03:08 - mouz to break apart the 2018 roster

00:12:47 - suNny to Cloud9?

00:19:40 - Grayhound replace sterling with Sico

00:24:13 - DeadFox out of HellRaisers?

00:30:30 - Strike out for Striker in the GG.BET duel

00:43:19 - Was ENCE's run a fluke?

01:00:00 - Natus Vincere at the Major

01:07:53 - MIBR's potential

01:20:23 - Liquid's flop and the interview-dodging story

01:41:47 - Striker finally allowed to say something about Astralis / Is Astralis boring?

01:55:09 - Top 3 best post-Major roster changes

02:07:25 - WESG in trouble

HLTV Confirmed S03E08 - Pre-Major playoffs show Feb 26, 2019

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News link: https://www.hltv.org/news/26172/hltv-confirmed-episode-8-vod-pre-major-playoffs-show

Another week of Major action is behind us as eight teams made their way through to the playoffs, with Renegades and ENCE being the biggest surprises out of the teams that made it through, while NRG failed to live up to expectations after going 0-3 alongside BIG.

After previewing the New Legends Stage in the seventh episode, the panel is set to reflect on the results of the second phase of the Major and peek into the next, where eight teams will face in the playoffs.

Topics and timestamps:

03:40 - Non-existent seeding for WESG groups

22:50 - ScreaM's new team

28:30 - Prof vs. Striker duel

35:45 - New Legends Stage results

1:17:20 - Top three best Major runs

1:26:55 - New Champions Stage preview

1:51:45 - Pick'Ems

HLTV Confirmed S03E07 - mid-IEM Katowice Major show Feb 19, 2019

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After a pre-Major show in episode 6, HLTV Confirmed returns tonight with a look back at the results of the New Challengers Stage and an analysis of the New Legends Stage.

Topics:

- Starladder Major's scheduling

- Results of the IEM Katowice New Challengers Stage

- HLTV Confirmed does New Legends seeding

- Prof vs. Striker duel

- New Legends Stage analysis

- HLTV Confirmed does second round of Pick'Ems

HLTV Confirmed S03E06 - Pre-IEM Katowice Major show Feb 11, 2019

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The sixth episode of HLTV Confirmed saw the usual panel return with a look back at the GG.BET ICE Challenge and an analysis of the IEM Katowice New Challengers Stage.

Main topics and timestamps:

00:02:00 - Changes to ECS format

00:17:00 - StarLadder getting a Major?

00:33:40 - Looking back at GG.BET ICE Challenge

00:45:50 - Professeur vs. Striker

00:55:50 - What to do about smooya?

01:07:10 - Top three chokes in CS:GO

01:16:30 - New Challengers Stage breakdown

01:29:30 - Major Pick'Ems

01:54:20 - Viewer questions

https://www.hltv.org/news/26036/hltv-confirmed-s3e6-vod-a-look-back-at-navis-breakdown-at-ice-challenge-and-a-pre-major-show

HLTV Confirmed S03E05 - guest starring lmbt and YNk Feb 05, 2019

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In the fifth episode, two of the show's regulars, Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill and Milan "Striker" Švejda, were joined by guest stars Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov and Janko "YNk" Paunović.

Timestamps and main topics:

00:01:37 - Breaking news - mousesports down to three

00:14:50 - ave out of North

00:25:25 - Prof vs. Striker

00:30:31 - -smooya +nex

00:59:29 - Major seeding - YNk and lmbt create their New Challengers Stage ranking

01:21:15 - Is the AUG overpowered?

01:34:13 - ICE Challenge

01:46:49 - Viewer questions

HLTV Confirmed S03E04 - Minors conclude Feb 02, 2019

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Since the third episode, we saw the second round of Minors take place with the Asian and the Americas regions, as well as the first Minor Play-in, all of which brought a fair share of surprises, most notably North not being able to make it through at the hands of ViCi.

North's failure and the consequences of the disappointing run in January were one of the main topics of the show, alongside a plethora of others surrounding the Minors, as well as the ELEAGUE Invitational that saw FaZe prevail over Cloud9 in the grand final last weekend.

Topics:

- Breaking news: Bravado to Denial, BIG to replace smooya?

- GG.Bet duel: Professeur vs. Striker

- Asia and Americas Minors

- First Minor Play-in: Winstrike & ViCi advance

- ELEAGUE Invitational

- Top three of the week

- The Danish scene outside of Astralis; what's going on, North?

- Viewer questions

https://www.hltv.org/news/25965/americas-and-asia-minors-danish-scene-outside-of-astralis-more-on-hltv-confirmed-s3e4-vod

HLTV Confirmed S03E03 - Fall of the titans, rise of the young guns Jan 21, 2019

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HLTV Confirmed returned with the third episode of the third season, in which the panel took on all the hot topics of the previous week, which saw the EU and CIS Minors, as well as iBUYPOWER Masters, take place.

Topics:

- Breaking news: ESL reveals Major format

- EU & CIS Minors, mousesports' and Gambit's failure & more

- Striker vs. Professeur, the GG.BET duel

- iBUYPOWER Masters issues, Liquid's triumph and FaZe's early exit

- s1mple clinches #1

- Asia and Americas Minors preview

- Viewer questions

https://www.hltv.org/news/25893/mouzs-failure-ibuypower-issues-major-format-more-hltv-confirmed-episode-3-vod

HLTV Confirmed S03E02 - EU & CIS Minors are here Jan 21, 2019

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Episode 2 of HLTV Confirmed continued with the panel hosted by James Banks, who was accompanied by analyst and former pro Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill and two of HLTV.org's Senior Writers, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin and Milan "Striker" Švejda.

Topics:

- Major ruleset

- Six-man teams

- CIS Minor

- Europe Minor

- iBUYPOWER Masters

https://www.hltv.org/news/25826/hltv-confirmed-s3e2-vod