G2's CEO Carlos joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his ambition to win Majors, the transition from Frenchmen to NiKo, recent additions of m0NESY & Aleksib, consideration of ropz & device, team's good start at BLAST, G2 as a brand and a business. Also, the panel discussed the BLAST Groups in detail: good starts of Vitality, OG, and  FaZe and a loud fail of NAVI. In the end, the crew talked about the potential improvements of CS:GO.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

3:30 - Introducing Carlos

Hotseat with Carlos

5:23 - Looking back at previous rosters

7:17 - 2020: 1-week era and signing NiKo

11:56 - “I want to win Majors. And I want s1mple to beg to join G2” - Carlos

15:36 - Getting m0NESY: “paying so much is a nice bet”

21:51 - CS:GO compared to other esports

23:30 - “G2 is profitable” - Carlos

27:56 - ESL-FACEIT merger

33:52 - Replacing maLeK with XTQZZZ

41:07 - Getting Aleksib instead of nexa 

43:55 - International team - is it a disadvantage?

48:47 - ropz to G2: “He didn’t fit into the system”

51:01 - device to G2 - why it couldn’t work

55:32 - “G2 is a global brand” - Carlos

59:40 - Carlos’ take on CS:GO & MR12/16

1:02:34 - Carlos’ secret of success

1:03:41 - Not signing ZywOo - biggest regret?

1:04:23 - G2’s Social Media

1:10:53 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? 

1:25:22 - nexa to G2 deal

BLAST Groups

1:29:53 - G2 top Group A

1:31:32 - m0NESY looking good at tier-1

1:37:33 - “There’s a high chance of G2 becoming as unbeatable as Astralis” - Carlos

1:40:38 - Carlos’ final words

1:43:05 - Group A: the most boring one

1:49:32 - NIP are surprisingly good with phzy

1:52:52 - Group B: NAVI lose to MIBR

1:56:03 - OG surprise with nexa in a beast mode

1:58:47 - Aleksib vs. nexa - who’s better?

2:05:16 - INFERNAL Group C

2:06:03 - “It’s a perfect start for FaZe with ropz” - SPUNJ

2:11:28 - Vitality looking solid

2:14:17 - EG & Liquid bottom the group

2:21:18 - Reviewing the Stage 2 bracket

Recent news

2:28:55 - BnTeT to TYLOO

2:31:27 - Bubzkji free agent

Playtime: Parimatch matchmaker

2:37:10 - Map pool

2:41:30 - CT vs. T balance & M4A4 vs. M4A1-S

2:46:15 - OT rules: money & max rounds

2:49:21 - Tournament formats

2:52:28 - Matchmaking

2:56:55 - Majors

2:58:33 - Final words & teasing the next guest

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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