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Renegades' IGL dexter joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about becoming a high-fragging IGL, the origins of his career, the state of Oceanic CS:GO, and their plans for the future amidst the pandemic. The panel also discussed MIBR's struggles in Europe, Cologne results (Vitality, Heroic, 100 Thieves), and touched on the coaching bug, which ended up leading to the bans of HUNDEN, MechanoGun, and dead after the show was aired. ➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the...
Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend joins the podcast to talk about GODSENT being overlooked for MIBR, the lowest points in his career and goals for 2020. On the show, topics such as FaZe's first impressions with Kjaerbye and Astralis' new roster debut are also discussed, as well as speculations regarding mouz's reported benching of star AWP woxic. ➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes,...
Evil Geniuses coach Wilton "zews" Prado joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his coaching career, practicing tools, and his approach to his job in general. The participants discussed interseason roster changes, the role of rankings on the scene, and the ongoing online tournaments, including the EG's potential at the upcoming ESL One Cologne. ➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast...
Complexity IGL Benjamin "blameF" Bremer joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his career, leading a team, and the most efficient ways to practice. To figure out the latter, we tried out different tools, including ESEA Refrag, Skybox, and Shadow.gg. The Dane also talked about his approach to work ethic and working out, developing as a player, and gave tips for people trying to breakthrough. ➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: ht...
Justin "jks" Savage joined HLTV Confirmed to discuss recent roster news, including nitr0's departure from Liquid, opened up about his development as a player and 100 Thieves' coaching change, and the chances of LANs, particularly Pro League and the Major, happening this year. The Australian is wary of the dangers the pandemic presents, but also admits that he would enjoy going to Europe where he could play against more different teams. He also touched on offers from other teams and his expectati...
Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast intro Hotseat with device 2:47 - device on the situation in Astralis 4:40 - How did the events in 2020 affect the device’s team? 7:35 - How to know if a player (gla1ve) needs to take a break? 9:30 - Was the initial 2020 calendar easier comparing with previous years? 11:30 - Did Astralis recover from 2019 travel and competition? 13:33 - Decision to sign es3tag 16:00 - device's honest opinion on the extended roster 18:17 ...
➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Timestamps: 0:00 Hotseat with smooya 3:18 - Playing with steel in Chaos 7:12 - Is steel still invested in the game? 8:52 - What was smooya up to during the coronavirus? 12:25 - smooya's offers: Sprout and a top12 team 14:35 - Current situation with TIGER Recent news 18:05 - ImAPet joins 100 Thieves 22:1...
➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 0:00 Recent news 3:40 - Stewie2K takes over as Liquid IGL 10:45 - “If you’re taking thing seriously, and one of your teammates isn’t, it’s gonna lead to the changes eventually” - Striker on the roster changes 13:25 - Is Stewie the right guy to call? 15:55 - Making NA dream team 20:00 - DH Masters: mouz ...
In a special episode of the HLTV Confirmed podcast, we delve deep into the current CS:GO competitive format, examine its potential flaws and explore solutions for issues such as map length, the coin-flip nature of pistol rounds, and the comeback mechanic within the new economy. SPUNJ presents his ideas on overtime, while Rejin chips in with mouz's experience with the latest changes. HLTV Confirmed: Gamechanger is the first of a series of in-depth shows focused on theorycrafting and further impro...
➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction Hotseat with pronax 3:20 - Reading pronax biography 4:40 - What does pronax do now? 5:58 - What’s pronax role in the team? 7:55 - Looking back at the history of initial GODSENT 10:45 - Rebooting GODSENT 16:20 - How much does being a CS legend help pronax’s business? 19:25 - Book recommendation by pronax 20:40 - History of the GODSENT’s CS:GO squad 23:35 - kRYSTAL’s role as IGL 26:20 - How did pronax know that it ...
Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 0:00 Hotseat with MSL 1:47 - Welcoming MSL 3:00 - Running through the MSL’s history at Rogue and OpTic 7:11 - What were MSL’s goals in NA and what MSL experienced there 9:20 - MSL talks about rejoining North 12:40 - The role of the performance coach in the game 14:37 - MSL on AWPing 17:55 - MSL about device, acoR, and JUGi and their applications in the game 20:49 - MSL’s approach to using a coach 26:40 - North’s results at EPL and Road to Rio Re...
Gen.G in-game leader Damian "daps" Steele joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about the recent updates to CS:GO, Valve's relationship with the game and how the coronavirus has affected North American Counter-Strike. The tenured leader also spoke about his removal from NRG, the relationship with tarik and stanislaw, as well as the coach change in Evil Geniuses, as they replaced ImAPet with zews. Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed...
➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Timestamps: 0:26 - Welcoming issues and sharing corona experiences Hotseat with maLeK 1:57 - Introducing maLeK 3:07 - maLeK’s origins in Counter-Strike 4:42 - maLek's experience as a butler for royal families 6:09 - Who did maLeK play with during the Source times? 8:00 - What coaching means to maLeK? 10...
https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed/ Hotseat with Rejin 1:35 - Reflecting on IEM Katowice results 3:54 - What’s different between mousesports before and now? 6:04 - Rejin on preparing for EPL 8:03 - Having a roster where everyone can show up vs. a superstar-based team? 10:40 - Who’s gonna be an upset in EPL? 12:20 - Are there any teams that will benefit from more online? Recent news 14:59 - Heroic-FPX situation 18:45 - Striker: “you’ve put 4 million dollars into CS and you allowed this to happen” ...
https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: Hotseat with kassad 1:06 - Introducing kassad 1:40 - What do 100 Thieves do in LA? 2:42 - kassad on working on his team’s mentality 6:51 - Is there a specific goal to remain at the top? 7:56 - Is CS becoming more individualistic? 9:54 - Do 100 Thieves specifically prepare to face star players like ZywOo? 11:48 - How kassad started coaching and how his style has changed over time? 15:10 - What’s the outlook for kassad for 2020? 16:15 - What makes a go...
Follow the show: ➡️ https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: BO$$ Talk with Nomad 2:27 - What is Better Collective and what is the deal about? 3:40 - Does it mean HLTV will have more resources to develop? 5:38 - “They didn’t buy because they wanted to change something.” - Nomad 8:45 - “We’re 100% in control of this company” - Nomad addressing the concerns 9:42 - Is expanding to more games on the table? 12:33 - What’s coming up for HLTV? 14:13 - Will there be an open API for HLTV? 15:30 - No...
➡️ Get notified about the show: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Timestamps: 1:10 - Introducing NBK 1:57 - Is Counter-Strike now different to what it used to be? 5:10 - What is the time frame for a team to succeed? 7:22 - NBK- explains how three big discussions after ICE developed OG 9:15 - NBK- plays down the "international team communication issues" the...
➡️ https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Timestamps: 1:17 - Introducing Fifflaren 1:57 - Being a coach located in the US while the team is in Europe - how it is? 3:25 - How life has changed after Fifflaren’s retirement and how he ended up becoming Dignitas’ coach 8:13 - The story behind the old NiP roster reunion 15:59 - Fifflaren’s take on what has changed in...
Connect with us: @HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: 1:10 - Introducing Carmac 1:54 - Carmac sharing his history 3:20 - Explaining the EPL format 5:50 - Carmac on the reasons behind the changes in the format 8:09 - Are the changes caused by the "B Site"? 10:31 - Carmac talks about the business side of making a league 17:13 - What is the way ESL makes CS:GO events profitable? 24:16 - "If we had a complete monopoly ... , we would probably be, in relative terms, bathing in money" - Carmac 25:52 - When was t...
Follow the show on Twitter for updates: @HLTVconfirmed The discussion about CS:GO leagues continues with guest Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat, a spokesperson for B Site, with topics ranging from the business side of things (revenue share, sustainability, inflation) to how it will affect the Counter-Strike played and the viewers. The podcasts' panel also talks about ESL's PR blunder while downsizing Pro League, and looks at which teams are affected. Wrapping up the HLTV Confirmed episode is talk abo...
Follow the show on Twitter and give us feedback twitter.com/hltvconfirmed Timestamps Hotseat with YNk 1:26 — Welcoming YNk 2:09 — Plans for 2020 3:32 — The effect of victory at BLAST Pro Series 2019 and reflection on other results of the last year 5:14 — YNk on the consistency issues of FaZe 7:42 — What should we expect from broky? 9:32 — How the team change changed coldzera’s role and play style 11:57 — How CS:GO has changed in the last few years 14:38 — CS:GO at the moment: what is the number ...
In-game leader of one of the most improved CS:GO teams in 2019, forZe Jerry, joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his quest for breaking out of tier 3, the most iconic moments of CIS Counter-Strike, and the upcoming AWPers of the CIS region. The episode was recorded before the report about Na`Vi looking to replace GuardiaN. Timestamps: 0:03:25 Joining first team as DMG in 2016 0:07:20 How is it possible to get from DMG to a Major in such a short time? 0:09:50 Finalizing forZe roster w...
Chet "ImAPet" Singh joins the HLTV Confirmed podcast to discuss the Top 20 players of 2019, the worst rebrands and roster changes, as well as his path as a coach from CLG, OpTic, NRG to EG. ➡️https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast: https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, with guest appearances from co...
Devilwalk joins the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about the best things that happened in CS:GO in 2019, the ZywOo vs. s1mple GOAT and TOP20 race, Liquid's era as well as personal experiences of coaching GODSENT and fnatic. ➡️https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast: https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švej...
In this episode of the show we talk about the CS:GO landscape in 2020, OG's debut, G2's debacle, and more with guest Bubzkji (MAD Lions, formerly Tricked) and returnee SPUNJ. 00:03:10 Learning more about Bubzkji 00:04:29 Fragsters falling apart due to success 00:08:40 Danish parity stopping a second "super team" from happening 00:09:20 Theorycrafting the second Danish "super team" 00:12:30 Winning V4 and being the MVP 00:14:00 Bubzkji stepping down due to personal issues and respect for dupreeh ...
k0nfig and vENdetta join the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk joining Complexity, the new OG and Gen.G lineups, issues with crowd cheating and noise cancellation, and more. Give us feedback and get notified: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 1:55 Hotchair with k0nfig: move to Complexity, impressions of the team 15:05 Challenge: name all C9 players since the Boston Major 17:48 Gen.G swoop C9 trio 22:15 Gen.G still getting SHiPZ? 30:07 OG unveil roster, top 10 team potential? 37:35 YEA or NAY: oskar...
Timestamps: 2:00 - Recent news: Major in Brazil 7:00 - SMASH to GODSENT 8:15 - Dignitas with hallzerk, f0rest, friberg & Xizt? 12:35 - Tricked getting bought out by a mystery org 14:25 - ESL Pro League poor group seeding 24:00 - The good, the bad, the ugly: latest update 58:00 - Quiz: JW vs. Twitch chat 01:14:15 - The big four battle at ECS 01:40:00 - ECS Fantasy live draft 01:55:10 - Playtime: Assembling the best team from free agents...
Topics: Recent news - NiP report - HR disband - fnatic coach change - CR4ZY CEO interview - Windigo transfer list SHiPZ - NoChance to SMASH - Heroic bring back Snappi - ATK and Chaos rumors - vice takes a break - Vega free agents Reflecting on Pick'Ems - Can we still get the diamond? - mouz fall short, FaZe, NiP, MIBR crash out - AVANGAR, CR4ZY impress Uneven bracket - Reminiscent of PGL Krakow - Will the big boys recover? ESL Pro Tour - Step forward or backward for CS? Nomad & Martin - Hear...
Drafting Fantasy -Pimp, seang@res, Rejin join us for a live draft Challengers: the good -DreamEaters' run -CR4ZY deliver -mousesports dominate Challengers: the bad -Can FURIA survive the failure? -Vitality struggle -Complexity drama New Legends Pick'Em -Working towards a gold trophy... maybe Breaking down New Legends -Will the big teams deliver? Latest news -suNny rumors confirmed -fnatic's new phase -Ancient disband -Heroic sign b0RUP...
