HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast HLTV

Breaking news show to analyze G2's move to sign Snax & malbs: roles, Snax's IGLing, other options, and more.

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0:00 - Intro

4:28 - Snax to G2: initial impressions

8:12 - G2 done in a year?!

10:02 - Snax vs. HooXi

12:07 - How will the team work?

16:45 - Roles situation

21:33 - G2 map pool

23:15 - Where to put malbs?

29:37 - Snax IGLing

33:03 - Trading: Snax vs. HooXi

38:31 - Did G2 have other options?

44:55 - Why not keep HooXi?

49:04 - huNter was an IGL option?

50:37 - Snax’s history with TaZ

56:55 - Skinionaire: Snax’s history

1:02:50 - Will G2 be top 4 by Shanghai? WATO

1:11:23 - HooXi, nexa future

HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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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torzsi joins to talk through his origins, VAC ban, joining MOUZ, losing frozen, getting Brollan, starting to win, siuhy's leadership, CS2, and more.

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0:00 - Intro
3:45 - Introducing torzsi

Hot seat with torzsi
5:37 - torzsi’s origin story, VAC ban
15:10 - Joining & staying in MOUZ
24:12 - Atmosphere in MOUZ
27:33 - Calling duties
31:21 - CS2 release
33:28 - MR12
35:18 - Smokes
36:43 - Maps: skyboxes,
41:03 - Anticheat
43:37 - frozen leaving
48:10 - Signing Brollan: not the first option?
55:41 - Skipping quarters - does it matter?
57:45 - Katowice
59:26 - FaZe rivalry: 7 losses in a row
1:05:02 - Stage storming situation
1:11:53 - Studio wins
1:16:25 - Dacha vs. EPL
1:21:23 - Dallas and no practice; schedule
1:29:00 - Xyp9x’s role
1:32:43 - Rating season & best team
1:41:40 - torzsi takes Skinionaire

Recent news
1:47:05 - AMKAL bench ICY; secret C9 trial?
1:48:50 - Chet targets return
1:49:51 - Jame interview: working with elec
1:56:02 - Jame to drop IGLing - WATO
2:03:55 - Closing statements


HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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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launders joins to talk to discuss the best and worst of the season as well as the roster situations in Liquid and G2, including the leadership question. And more!

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0:00 - Intro

3:04 - Real rac*** joins!

Season end

7:33 - Spirit - team of the season?11:50 - FaZe18:43 - NAVI

25:13 - Vitality: not top 5?

31:38 - G2: jks?..

33:10 - SAW, Astralis, VP

37:45 - Time capsules from JanuaryBest & worst moments

42:37 - Stewie in Dallas

44:22 - donk being naughty

45:44 - donk in Katowice

46:43 - Economy updates

49:16 - Grayhound no Major

50:38 - Liquid no Major

54:33 - Stage storming at the Major

59:18 - Cloud9’s roster development 

Recent news1:03:51 - Skinionaire: rankings

1:09:41 - Stewie2K interview

1:19:12 - malbs x nexa roles mismatch

1:28:23 - Perfecto to… G2?

1:33:08 - Liquid: Twistzz IGL? +who?1:44:25 - s1mple to Liquid?! AWP options

1:55:01 - NiKo or Twistzz to IGL? WATO

Playtime

2:00:15 - Cloud9: HeavyGod?

2:02:31 - Major quals (Prof hates it)

2:07:21 - BLAST new format & incentives2:21:30 - The game & the scene



HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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/Professeur_CS
https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://twitter.com/SPUNJ
https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

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Straight from the party during BLAST Spring Final in London, this Confirmed is totally unhinged: VP of BLAST shares insight on the 2025 Major (and its trophy) as well as new BLAST circuit, CYPHER shares on kassad's BLEED, smooya getting smashed on air, and Hawka helping us go in-depth on the Spring Final results. And, of course, G2 takes throughout the show. Enjoy!

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0:00 - Intro

1:55 - Where we are?!

8:50 - TaZ > HooXi?

11:42 - malbs



BLAST VP

13:32 - BLAST US Major

15:59 - The trophy?

18:16 - Bounty system

24:02 - Invites & qualifiers

37:38 - Smaller venues?



CYPHER

42:00 - How is kassad?

44:21 - Playing for BLEED

46:38 - CS2 impressions

50:38 - “Vertigo is ruined!” - CYPHER

53:02 - G2 situation

57:31 - BLEED qual failure

1:00:23 - Will Falcons make the Major? WATOsmooya

1:13:03 - Gym routine

1:17:04 - smooya is built differently 

1:19:47 - Standing in for FORZE

1:22:22 - ITB’s new roster

1:31:13 - “CS2 is shit!” - smooya

1:39:50 - smooya takes Skinionaire: UK CS

1:49:32 - smooya’s favorite casters



Hawka

1:53:12 - Getting Hawka seated

1:54:44 - G2 situation

2:05:01 - NAVI

2:10:35 - “No one deserves hate!”

2:13:14 - Predicting BLAST Semi-finals



HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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/cyphercsgo_
https://twitter.com/Hawka_cs
https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS
https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://twitter.com/SPUNJ
https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

The Confirmed trio talks through new NBK & smooya teams, C9 & FURIA rumors, Mongolz winning YaLLa, NIP showing promise with r1nkle, Astralis being stuck at top 4 finishes, Season champion, and BLAST predictions.

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0:00 - Intro

4:07 - Where is SPUNJ’s hair? 

Recent news

5:45 - ITB sign smooya, sinnopsyy

10:03 - NBK-, Nivera in Revenant

15:16 - F1KU extends with OG

16:31 - HeavyGod to C9?!

21:30 - Cologne invites

25:27 - Are we haters?!

27:29 - EPL teamlist

29:00 - vorborg reiters

32:23 - FURIA show interest in felps

36:18 - YaLLa Compass

39:08 - The MongolZ win premier event

49:06 - Astralis’ semi-final problem

50:23 - Event tiers

51:52 - “It’s a great achievement for Asia CS” - SPUNJ

55:12 - Astralis struggles

1:04:02 - NIP show promise

1:16:05 - FiRELEAGUE: NIP to reach playoff?

1:20:45 - Skinionaire: NIP players

1:28:35 - Eternal Fire disappoint

1:34:51 - What is motar2k up to?

Season so far

1:37:15 - Who’s season champion?

1:41:05 - Spirit winning Katowice

1:42:30 - NAVI Major win: similar to Outsiders?

1:48:41 - FaZe Chengdu win

1:51:11 - ropz fumbling 

1:57:42 - MOUZ run 

2:03:23 - G2 & TheMongolZ wins

2:04:26 - G2 without m0NESY

2:13:31 - TaZ stand-in

2:17:00 - HooXi to play worse than… TaZ? WATO

2:22:26 - BLAST favorites?

2:36:43 - Show announcements!



HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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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  / spunj  
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In this (jetlagged) episode of HLTV Confirmed, we talk through the results of IEM Dallas: G2 winning with Stew and the implications for the future, m0NESY vs. ZywOo, FaZe & Spirit dropping the ball, and more. The second big topic is Valve cutting open quals and the new bigger role of Valve ranking.

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👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop0:00 - Intro
3:01 - Sharing travel experiences

IEM Dallas
9:03 - Having fun in Dallas!
16:41 - G2 win with Stewie2K. What?!
24:52 - Framing the event
28:49 - “G2 to kick HooXi, NiKo to IGL” - Striker
31:28 - Gstew: fun or ridiculous?
35:32 - m0NESY vs. ZywOo
41:36 - Spirit’s run
53:00 - FlyQuest
54:06 - G2: max fun
59:23 - “NiKo should lead” - SPUNJ
1:03:42 - 9z dream run
1:06:15 - Vitality: best mezii so far
1:14:45 - Falcons & MOUZ
1:15:39 - Liquid: cadiaN lame duck
1:17:40 - FURIA to sign skullz? (OverDrive level rumor)
1:18:34 - FaZe & Spirit

Major changes
1:25:42 - Open quals are removed
1:31:02 - New role of Valve rankings
1:45:00 - 4 days between RMRs & Major

Recent news
1:47:44 - Skinionaire: nickname spelling
1:50:45 - WATO: Astralis win a trophy in ‘24?
1:58:14 - nbgee12 stealing SSDs?!
2:00:30 - VP -dastan, 9Pandas, C9


HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) 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, smooya, dupreeh, cadiaN, Pimp, 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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