All-out brawl for Major spots analyzed (ft. Machine) | HLTV Confirmed S5E56
Episode description
What chances do Astralis, FaZe, fnatic, and more have to qualify for the Major? Machine joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his casting/hosting career, new developments in HUNDEN vs. Heroic drama, Complexity's slow start with cold, the recent update, IEM Fall team scenarios, and format problems.
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0:00 - Podcast intro
Hot seat with Machine
8:15 - Introducing Machine
10:00 - We’re back to LAN, how does it feel?
16:04 - Major & online CS timelessness
18:27 - Machine’s background
23:53 - “ZywOo 6 kills” blooper
28:03 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? By BitSkins
Recent news
36:24 - New chapter in the HUNDEN-Heroic saga
45:30 - Implications of hate on Heroic
50:53 - Nivera joins ScreaM in Valorant
BLAST Group C
54:00 - Complexity first look with cold
59:25 - es3tag, cold, blameF - does this roster work together?
1:05:20 - BLAST Finals & Showdown team lists
IEM Fall
1:08:40 - Long list of Major-banned coaches
1:10:15 - Overview of IEM Fall Europe teams
1:14:00 - Format issues: BO1 in groups & BO5 finals
1:21:46 - The problem of round-robin
1:29:25 - CIS: VP on the edge, NAVI already qualified?
1:35:05 - NA: Bad News Bears’ sight on the Major?
1:49:55 - Europe: who will make it to playoffs?
Playtime:
2:04:01 - CS:GO talent in Parimatch Matchmaker
2:10:04 - More thoughts on the grenades update
2:13:16 - Buffed M4A1-S - new meta?
2:16:45 - Limit on “extra” grenades from past rounds
2:20:13 - Short-length matches: MR 9 vs. MR 15
2:21:43 - Differences of Riot’s approach
2:25:42 - HLTV Instagram ban (now lifted!)
2:26:50 - 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 device, ropz, Twistzz, karrigan, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, 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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