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.

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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.

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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.

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https://twitter.com/G2Swani

https://twitter.com/pecagg

https://twitter.com/Hency_Heccu

https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

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HLTV Confirmed trio talks about China Major announcement, BLAST results

Bubzkji & NER0 join HLTV Confirmed to check our the CS2 versions of

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?

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0:00 - Podcast intro

2:41 - Introducing Snappi & sAw

4:00 - Spending the break

Hot seat with Snappi & sAw

7:42 - Snappi + sAw dynamic

10:22 - New season, old roster

17:20 - Scouting & building budget teams

26:20 - Why ENCE didn’t change?

27:56 - Season goals

39:12 - Snappi & sAw take Skinionaire

Recent news

45:06 - MOUZ finalize roster with Jimpphat

54:37 - Sprout’s new lineup

1:00:19 - Brazilian shuffle

1:08:44 - VoxPop: best coach + IGL duo?

BLAST: the new teams

1:13:00 - Snappi on the partner system

1:16:12 - Group A: 4 teams with changed

1:17:07 - Vitality with flameZ

1:23:51 - EG…

1:25:31 - NIP with hampus

1:30:07 - NAVI with Aleksib

1:37:22 - Complexity with EliGE

1:40:51 - Not big on BIG

1:43:45 - Astralis without gla1ve

1:48:38 - G2 & FaZe unchanged

1:50:53 - CS2 and parallels with CS:GO release

1:56:02 - OG underwhelming

2:02:31 - Liquid: risky pickups?

2:08:24 - Predicting BLAST Groups

Playtime

2:15:22 - ENCE Academy

2:16:43 - Top 3 roster moves

2:20:08 - Roles & egos

2:22:20 - Reviving Finnish CS?

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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https://twitter.com/SnappiCSGO

https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

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This special GameChanger episode of HLTV Confirmed is dedicated to CS Major format: team count, stages, crowd for groups, seeding, and more to be talked about thoroughly with special guest NER0. In additional topics are VP adding mir, FURIA with FalleN, new fnatic, and fantasy update.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

3:28 - NER0 joins HLTV Confirmed

6:36 - FURIA go official with FalleN

14:00 - Confirmed to go live from Cologne!

14:48 - mir is BACK with VP

21:24 - fnatic add dexter & afro

26:41 - CYPHER, JACKZ, interz to TSM?

35:27 - NER0 takes Skinionaire

Building the dream Major

42:08 - Vox Pop: improving the Major

48:35 - Looking back to first Major

52:30 - Should there be a variety of formats?

1:04:09 - Dream Major - what do we believe in?

1:15:11 - Goals: what do we want to achieve?

1:18:43 - How does it work?

1:22:28 - Schedule

1:26:53 - Format

1:32:51 - Alternative

1:35:41 - Slot Allocation

1:42:32 - Striker’s take on 32-team Major

2:06:21 - Broad takes

Playtime

2:17:55 - NER0’s graphs & articles

2:28:05 - Fantasy update & new season

2:36:00 - Moulin Rouge, lap dancing, and misc

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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https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

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flameZ joins HLTV Confirmed few days after joining Vitality to talk about the move and time in OG. In the second half we find pros in cons for change in Vitality, NAVI, C9, Liquid, Complexity, and EG.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

3:32 - flameZ joins the show

Hot seat with flameZ

6:05 - Last year with OG

13:20 - Starting with OG

15:49 - Cultural differences

20:45 - Considering the offers

23:35 - NertZ tweet

25:17 - Joining Vitality

31:10 - flameZ roles/positions in Vitality

35:57 - Spending the break

38:40 - CS2

41:24 - flameZ takes Skinionaire

Recent news

48:09 - ESL fine Astralis for $100,000

52:13 - Major quals… in the player break?

58:43 - ESIC & CSPPA - did they fail?

1:05:12 - Do we need ESIC in CS? VoxPop by 22BET

1:06:06 - Male health section

Rostermania pt.3

1:11:41 - Autumn season timeline

1:24:40 - Why does Prof hate goodbyes?

1:26:03 - Update on Brazilian scene

Changes: pros & cons

1:30:17 - Vitality +flameZ

1:35:41 - Cloud9 +elec +Perfecto?

1:43:05 - NAVI: what is this roster?!

1:53:12 - Liquid: +Patsi +Rainwaker

1:59:36 - Complexity: +EliGE

2:01:37 - EG: EG Black promoted

Playtime

2:10:23 - degster future

2:12:50 - flameZ’ Israeli superteam

2:14:30 - Top 3 entry fraggers

2:17:20 - Favorite drink

2:20:10 - Personal development goals

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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https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

FalleN to FURIA, Aleksib to NAVI, flameZ to Vitality, electronic to C9, Patsi to Liquid, BOROS to Falcons - which are the real deal, and which are nonsense? iM joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about the ongoing shuffle and also his career: from starting playing CS to making it to the Major final.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

2:30 - SPUNJ rants on GOAT League loss

3:53 - How to pronounce iM?

5:51 - An*rew T*te update (what?!)

Hot seat with iM

7:55 - How did iM got into CS?

11:00 - iM got kicked from Nexus TWICE

16:38 - Going international

24:50 - New terms: freezing vs. breathing

26:35 - siuhy’s leadership

33:27 - acoR

36:05 - Keoz & isak

41:15 - Near-MVP Major performance

48:10 - Tier 1 vs. Tier 2

52:05 - Being top prospect in shuffle

56:28 - Who iM looked up to?

59:10 - How many offers does iM have?

1:01:00 - iM takes Skinionaire by BitSkins

Recent news

1:11:08 - SPUNJ continues GOAT League rant

1:12:11 - IEM Sydney returns

1:15:43 - Thunderpick with $600K event

Rostermania

1:17:17 - Shuffle accelerates

1:21:01 - Is it the biggest shuffle?

1:23:50 - International teams take over

1:28:10 - FURIA: “FalleN said YES!”

1:32:28 - EliGE to FURIA?

1:35:35 - Liquid EU core?

1:44:14 - EG with… electronic?!

1:46:31 - elec & Perfecto want to leave?

1:48:00 - Aleksib to NAVI - ridiculous move?

1:49:01 - OG to bench degster?

1:52:39 - Falcons with BOROS - sick?

1:59:00 - nexa had problem with degster?

2:02:28 - Why Vitality want to remove dupreeh?

2:08:22 - Cloud9 to get elec & Perfecto?

2:09:15 - Worst roster takes - VoxPop by 22BET

2:11:02 - electronic in EG

2:13:08 - Viewer questions

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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https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

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smooya joins HLTV Confirmed for a massive Spring season wrap-up: giving grades to teams (G2, NAVI, Vitality, C9 & more), making shuffle takes for top 20 teams (MOUZ, C9, OG & more), speculating about CS2, and much more!

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0:00 - Podcast intro

3:03 - smooya showmatches & OhnePixel

7:33 - smooya eating on camera

Recent news

8:39 - PGL Major dates announced

14:49 - Showmatches: VoxPop by 22BET

21:45 - Cologne team list unveiled

26:35 - Elisa Masters returns to Espoo

28:36 - BLAST DC & crowd cheating

31:15 - VP win ESL Challenger over ENCE

36:33 - Heroic win BLAST Spring

48:07 - CS2 is coming!

56:41 - smooya takes Skinionaire by BitSkins

Grading top teams

1:05:48 - Map & gun season stats

1:08:08 - Teams overview

1:10:21 - Vitality

1:15:23 - Heroic

1:19:44 - FaZe

1:21:47 - G2

1:25:00 - ENCE

1:27:20 - Cloud9

1:30:36 - NAVI

1:32:55 - Liquid

1:34:02 - MOUZ

Shuffle predictor

1:35:00 - siuhy to go to MOUZ?

1:37:10 - syrsoN instaed of torzsi?

1:43:19 - dexter to Australia?

1:44:52 - flameZ to Liquid? Or Vitality?!

1:51:47 - smooya leaks BOROS’ next team?!

1:55:12 - KRIMZ to NIP?

1:56:18 - FalleN tp FURIA?

2:00:00 - FaZe: should they change?

2:02:42 - G2 to change?

2:06:57 - C9: Hobbit or nafany to go?

2:11:30 - NAVI: -npl +who?

2:14:25 - GamerLegion rebuild

2:16:05 - Apeks & smooya correction

2:22:45 - fnatic: mezii +4?

2:31:12 - VP: what should they do?

2:32:06 - NIP: hampus is back?

2:33:23 - BIG: going international?

2:35:05 - Staehr to Astralis

2:36:32 - Cologne CS:GO or CS2?

Playtime

2:43:07 - LucyLuce wins Fantasy

2:45:38 - Aurora & SPUNJ hair

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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https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

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https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

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In this episode of Confirmed we're catching up with the Paris Major playoffs and everything that went next: IEM Dallas, BLAST Washington, and CS2 update that brought Mirage & new loadout.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

5:50 -

CS2 update

8:40 - Gun loadout update

18:21 - The state of CS2 beta test

23:15 - Color vibrance in CS2

Paris Major

26:00 - Was Paris Major good?

35:35 - Worst trophy ever?

37:00 - No minimap & xray

42:05 - Stage & intros

48:00 - VoxPop by 22BET

52:20 - 18+ section of the podcast

54:56 - Vitality’s run

1:01:05 - Apeks run: fluke or dedication?

1:06:28 - Partner/non partners & general scene state

1:17:10 - CS2 release date & Hussar Cup

IEM Dallas

1:20:46 - ENCE win IEM Dallas

1:25:55 - Heroic: most consistent team?

1:32:11 - ENCE storyline

1:39:11 - Skinionaire by BitSkins

Roster rumors

1:46:46 - FalleN, FURIA & paiN rumors

1:55:48 - Staehr to Astralis

2:06:26 - G2’s roster still intact?

2:07:35 - hampus, flameZ on the market

2:14:54 - EG tried to buy teams?

2:16:06 - German shuffle

2:20:57 - CSPPA remains dead

BLAST Washington

2:23:12 - Striker insights

2:26:11 - Why Majors are not last events of the season?

2:30:50 - Who’s the favorite?

2:35:11 - Are partnered teams unallowed to tweet?

2:38:10 - Will CS2 help the scene economically?

2:39:28 - Talent split between ESL & BLAST

2:50:10 - nitr0 retires

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/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo