HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

Big preview of Shanghai Major RMRs: who's locked in to go through and who's under risk of not making it? Discussing this in great detail as well as BLAST World Final results, CS2 update, and Mongolz's surprising surge in Valve ranking.

0:00 - Intro

3:13 - There’s more content!

5:00 - Striker keeps on stealing…

7:55 - New map before the Major?!BLAST World Final

10:06 - Underwhelming grand final

13:22 - Top 1 conversation

16:00 - Singapore impressions

17:55 - G2 another win

23:10 - NiKo & m0NESY rivalry?

27:02 - “MOUZ’s result is the worst” - Prof

Recent news

31:34 - Mongolz reach #5 VRS - WTF?!

51:10 - CS update

Americas & Asia RMRs

59:41 - Introducing Trav!

1:03:05 - Trav takes Skinionaire

1:10:33 - RMR format 

1:12:45 - Asia RMR: who goes through?

1:19:38 - TALON: any chance for them?

1:23:34 - Americas RMR: format & (bad) time zones

1:24:50 - Complexity: can they crumble?

1:28:30 - BESTIA: upset potential?

1:33:22 - FURIA: set to go through?

Europe RMRs

1:43:50 - Overview

1:46:35 - UNiTY, Rebels, ECLOT

1:50:25 - Nemiga, Sangal, B8

1:55:20 - Aurora, 9 Pandas

1:58:43 - NIP, GL, Passion UA2:04:20 - TSM, PARIVISION

2:08:17 - Sashi, SINNERS, BIG

2:14:25 - BB, NAVI, FaZe, Astralis, C9

2:19:21 - Vitality, Spirit, G2

2:23:07 - EF, SAW, MOUZ

2:28:45 - Falcons, 3DMAX, VP

2:34:23 - HEROIC, fnatic

2:41:25 - WATO: top 10 to miss out?
2:47:26 - Prof shows & tells

In a special episode brought to you from Red Bull GIBAWAY in Stockholm, we catch up with the Swedish veterans olofmeister, friberg, THREAT to talk about the state of the scene as well as natu to touch on the businessy side of esports.

0:00 - IntroTHREAT of NIP

3:25 - We’re live from Adult GIBAWAY

4:35 - Introducing THREAT - the BEAR

5:45 - MisteM the newcomer; REZ the veteran

10:10 - NIP’s view on the ranking

16:43 - xKaspercky joining ENCE

21:21 - Economy takes

26:35 - Invites vs. open quals

31:43 - Is NIP a Swedish team?

38:33 - What is THREAT’s routine?

41:50 - Incideary vs. molotov

43:15 - Are national teams done?

friberg & olofmeister

49:50 - olof and friberg join!

52:55 - Missing competing

57:20 - Where is CS now?1:05:00 - Top 3 race

1:06:51 - Could Swedish scene be better?

1:10:25 - Has culture changed in pro CS?

1:17:40 - “Map pool never been worse” - olof

1:23:27 - Hall of fame? Nicest person in Sweden?

1:28:35 - “I miss national teams” - friberg

1:32:10 - “Fuck stats!” - friberg

1:34:25 - friberg tells FIfflaren story

1:37:47 - olof & friberg build Swedish lineup

1:41:40 - RobbaN & personalities in CS1:49:42 - Hair transplant insights1:51:15 - olof & friberg take Skinionaire 

natu of ENCE2:00:42 - Winning Elisa Masters

2:06:05 - Learning in CS:GO & CS2

2:07:43 - Valve vs. other devs

2:13:09 - Keeping in touch with CS2:22:00 - 2025 plans and expectations

2:26:11 - Thorin & RL coming to Elisa

2:31:21 - Some final words

Going in-depth on s1mple's return with Falcons: the first games, how sensible is the change, s1mple's stats, what is up next for the team, and could s1mple and NiKo co-exist on a single team. Other topics are CS2 update, BLAST World Final, and SAW not falling off despite the change.

Gamechanger episode (ft. Complexity's GM messioso) about all the ways the new Valve rules will impact the 2025 circuit: Valve ranking, invites, qualifiers, rev share schemes, prize pools, limits on roster changes, event fines, breaks, and the BLAST & ESL against the rest split, and more!

NER0 joins HLTV Confirmed to discuss the addition of Rating 2.1 and what it means, IEM Rio results including another NAVI win and disastrous G2 run, BLEED being UNPAID, 32-team Major, RMRs being no more, and the new

Talking through s1mple's comeback for Falcons and what we should expect of it as well as BLAST Fall Final performances including G2's first win with Snax, m0NESY's MVP, NAVI's finals streak, Spirit disappointing, FaZe surprising, and the Astralis-BLAST controversy.

New-look Confirmed is back to talk through everything important about NAVI winning EPL over EF as well as Astralis signing cadiaN and surrounding controversy.

Talking about the RMR team list being finalized, including ohnePixel's

Talking through the reports about NiKo going to Falcons and the implications for both Falcons and G2. In other topics are chopper saying Spirit are staying together, PARIVISION disqualification overturned, RMR qual and BLAST results.

2:51 - Chit chat

Recent news

7:23 - chopper dismisses Spirit changes

15:10 - NiKo to Falcons?!

19:41 - m0NESY to follow

22:00 - Who to change in Falcons?

28:31 - “NiKo is not enough” - Striker

34:51 - huNter to Vitality?

38:32 - m0NESY can go anywhere!

41:50 - G2 couldn’t afford NiKo?

47:45 - PGL to acquire Esportal

53:51 - HLTV attributes explained

56:04 - HLTV calendar (Chad very happy)

57:15 - Contract details: why there isn’t more?

1:03:30 - Skinionaire: HLTV Attributes theme

RMR qualifiers

1:11:34 - r3salt transfer saga

1:14:32 - PARIVISION disqual OVERTURNED!

1:19:45 - People in the room: bannable?

1:22:53 - “This is so bad!” - scandal recap

1:26:11 - “We need CS integrity commission” - SPUNJ

1:28:43 - The problems with online qualifiers

1:31:10 - Three Czech teams at the RMR!

1:32:45 - Teams that didn’t go through

1:34:32 - Falcons’ grind

1:37:01 - Asia quals

1:38:55 - Monte and BLEED

1:41:23 - gla1ve to lead ENCE - WATO

1:52:27 - Showdown: FaZe & paiN through

1:55:05 - interz & fragging matters