HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

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HLTV.org's live talk show hosted by Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill dedicated to hot topics surrounding the professional Counter-Strike scene. Catch us live here: https://twitch.tv/hltvorg

  1. Oct 29

    Spirit & G2 fumble, NAVI resurge, Oceania CS problems | HLTV Confirmed S7E82 (ft. GoMeZ & NER0)

    Bucharest and the Major race are about to culminate so we meet to talk it through: Spirit's failure to make the playoffs, Vitality showing up with jL, NAVI resurging, G2 falling flat, and more. In the beginning, FlyQuest GOMEZ shares an exclusive insight on the state of Oceania CS and VRS. ➡️ Follow us for updates: / hltvconfirmed 📺 Watch live: / hltvorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro Oceania regional catchup 2:15 - GOMEZ 3:25 - FlyQuest VRS strategy 10:21 - AliStair as an IGL 12:36 - Region swap issue 17:02 - Events gaming the rules 24:43 - Does ASIA need an RMR? 32:14 - Australian CS problem 36:21 - DFRAG 40:51 - Skinionaire PGL Groups fallout 51:36 - Jee chickenpox 53:50 - 9z: paiN of 2025? 58:06 - Legacy bench n1ssim 1:05:39 - G2 eliminated by DENDELE 1:13:57 - Spirit: foolish not to change? 1:28:38 - FUT vs. Nemiga 1:33:20 - Vitality win without apEX 1:36:13 - NAVI resurge 1:39:30 - MOUZ: top 5 gatekeepers Recent news 1:44:03 - Top Comment 1:47:20 - ENCE go bankrupt 1:52:08 - HLTV streaming integration 1:54:52 - New attributes stats 2:02:10 - The Major race 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA... 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs... 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... 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. https://x.com/GoMeZCSGO https://x.com/NER0cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  2. Oct 20

    kyousuke problem, m0NESY extension, FalleN trophy, FUT-Astralis clash | HLTV Confirmed S7E81

    FURIA lift TWC 2026 trophy with FalleN, Falcons don't look good (and especially kyousuke), m0NESY contract extension & KRL's bait, jL might get stickers and FUT even miss the Major due to VRS rules, BB show up, ESIC bans, and more in this episode of Confirmed! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro 1:43 - Lukas in USA, Prof at PGL, Striker in the pool 7:00 - Top Comment Recent news 17:00 - KRL m0NESY bait 22:32 - m0NESY 4-year extension 30:11 - ESIC bans 41:33 - Hong Kong teams announced 43:34 - FPG 4 announced TWC 56:20 - FalleN lifting a trophy 1:03:35 - BetBoom back on the radar 1:10:50 - Falcons: a bad look 1:23:23 - kyousuke problem Stake Pule 3 1:37:47 - Skinionaire 1:45:24 - Stake Pulse event quality 1:49:21 - VRS projections argument PGL Bucharest 1:57:28 - jL getting stickers?! 2:02:18 - FUT/Astralis Major roster clash 2:07:37 - WATO: FUT don’t miss the Major? 2:15:05 - HLTV Attributes updates 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/Professeur_CS https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  3. Oct 14

    Sashi-BCG VRS scandal, Astralis losing players & BLAST losing teams | HLTV Confirmed S7E80

    This time, coming to you NOT LIVE (Chad says he was particularly dead) talking about all things interesting: Sashi & BCG region swap scandal, Astralis benching HooXi and jabbi due to allegedly failed negotiations, BLAST is having troubles securing teams, TWC preview, and HLTV Brain chatbot is introduced. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Not live: THAT’S A LIE! House keeping 6:30 - Top Comment 12:12 - MVP debate vs. Maui 19:43 - HLTV Brain introduced Recent news 30:42 - Sashi-BCG situation 40:15 - Is VRS bad for Asia anyway? 46:18 - BCG exception 56:12 - PGL beats BLAST Bounty 1:03:23 - Why is BLAST losing? 1:09:45 - Astralis -HooXi -jabbi +cmtry EPL wrap up 1:21:38 - Skinionaire 1:34:02 - Vitality back at their best 1:40:05 - MOUZ: the positives 1:49:23 - Spirit: are they anti-strated? VRS race heats up: 1:56:00 - Asia VRS: BCG & more 1:59:28 - Americas VRS: paiN & more 2:02:38 - Europe VRS: NAVI & more 2:11:12 - Decisive events TWC 1:13:35 - TWC overview 1:16:23 - WATO: Falcons win TWC 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  4. Oct 2

    Snappi talks ending player career & joining HEROIC | HLTV Confirmed S7E79

    Snappi joins us right after getting announced as the new coach of HEROIC: making a decision to retire, choosing coaching, career reflections, the state of the scene & the game impressions, takes on FUT SunPayus & struggling NAVI, and more in this episode of Confirmed! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro Snappi: new HEROIC coach 2:50 - Snappi retires as a player 10:43 - Opportunity to play with NiKo 13:24 - Reflecting on career 15:28 - Choosing coaching 19:36 - Joining HEROIC 21:51 - "In a way, this isn't fair" - Snappi 24:47 - Making a move mid-season 29:43 - How good is xKacpersky? 31:30 - Tier 2 VRS gameplay 34:21 - LANs impressions 38:32 - Is schedule packed? 45:02 - State of CS2 50:18 - CS2 vs. CS:GO 57:35 - WATO: Snappi at the Major? Recent news 1:09:02 - SunPayus joins FUT 1:16:19 - Skinionaire 1:26:46 - Game update 1:28:43 - LANs recap 1:31:28 - Envy return, Complexity done 1:32:29 - LOUD & Brazil adpocalypse EPL 1:34:12 - Who are the frontrunners? 1:39:23 - NAVI, Aurora, Vitality 1:44:33 - Katowice lore & Masala House 1:47:00 - NAVI Major pressure 1:57:07 - Snappi is taking the floor 1:58:19 - Top Comment 2:06:40 - Striker defends MVP 2:11:45 - MongolZ n9ne 2:12:50 - Cologne 2027 2:18:23 - Rating 3.0 update 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/SnappiCSGO https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  5. Sep 23

    BCG bench elec, Vitality back to winning, NAVI Major trouble? | HLTV Confirmed S7E78

    Vitality back to winning ways at StarLadder, Aurora show up for the first time, NAVI crumble into non-Major territory, BCG ditch electronic in favor of Asian core, SunPayus to join FUT, HObbit's return in place of slaxejezz, and more in this ep of Confirmed! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro 4:13 - Top Comment Recent news 8:54 - Valve Sept VRS chaos 12:23 - Skinionaire (news edition) 13:03 - Shanghai Major in 2027 15:50 - n0te replaced by adamb 19:23 - paiN’s demise 22:40 - EWC 2027-2028 24:33 - HObbit replaces slaxejezz 28:59 - ruggah retires 31:22 - TWC teams 35:50 - BCG -electronic +asap 49:29 - FlyQuest unlucko 53:32 - TheMongolZ meltdown 56:47 - SunPieus (pie=foot in Spanish) FPG 3 1:05:32 - A Chinese Legacy 1:07:43 - GL’s misfortune streak 1:09:02 - G2, Astralis, FaZe 1:12:21 - FURIA struggle StarLadder Fall 2026 1:21:31 - Vitality locking back in 1:29:44 - Ad readouts 1:33:43 - Aurora: 30 players better than XANTARES? 1:41:51 - WATO: MOUZ grand final 1:49:38 - NAVI crisis: no options? 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  6. Sep 8

    apEX talks Vitality's down period, re-signing, opponents, and future | HLTV Confirmed S7E77

    Vitality's apEX joins us to talk about the team's recent results, jL's stand-in stint, the long-term plans, other teams' impressions, and more! In the second half of the show, we go in-depth on BLAST Porto results, and namely Falcons, MOUZ, FURIA, G2, and donk's records. ➡️ Follow us for updates: / hltvconfirmed 📺 Watch live: / hltvorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro Check-in with apEX 2:01 - apEX joins! 3:57 - Porto impressions 7:44 - "We got a bit too complacent" - apEX 11:00 - Playing with jL 13:50 - Down period & problems 20:38 - Plans for events 22:00 - "VRS is so f-ed up" - apEX 24:53 - Tournament break erosion 29:12 - Re-signing & long-term future 35:10 - Health impact 40:32 - "We're not main favorites" - apEX 44:39 - Falcons 54:02 - MOUZ impressions 59:30 - WATO: Vitality BLAST Open Porto 1:11:35 - Skinionaire 1:18:08 - MVP decision 1:21:41 - donk surpasses NiKo in MVPs 1:25:15 - FURIA loses to Vitality 1:32:20 - G2: tier 1 or tier 2?1:35:01 - Falcons: high ceiling, low floor 1:41:52 - Stop disrespecting MOUZ! 1:59:20 - ruggah retires from coaching 2:02:46 - FISSURE Playground 2:10:12 - Top Comment 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA... 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs... 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... 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. https://x.com/Vitality_apEX https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  7. Sep 4

    lauNX talks FUT & future; Techno to BCG, Snappi to coach? | HLTV Confirmed S7E76

    lauNX joins Confirmed to talk about playing for FUT and his future; we also talk about Snappi departing NIP and his coaching prospects, cobrazera replacing Techno on TheMongolZ and the chances of the Mongolian joining BCG, and BLAST Porto results, with NAVI showing signs of crisis most notably. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro lauNx 2:31 - lauNx joins 5:34 - Health problems & getting benched on FUT 11:44 - FUT playstyle 17:00 - Most fitting team? 21:02 - Future of lauNx 24:45 - BCG and other teams 29:16 - FUT comms 37:43 - The state of the scene 42:02 - xfl0ud replacement Quick news whip around 49:35 - Top Comment 56:00 - Skinionaire 1:11:25 - Snappi down from NIP: done? 1:13:45 - Snappi coach options? 1:18:20 - NIP Krimbo 1:20:15 - MongolZ get cobrazera 1:21:36 - Techno to BCG?!BLAST Porto 1:23:35 - NAVI in crisis? 1:41:27 - WATO: donk aces 1:47:36 - G21:50:31 - Aurora1:54:02 - Vitality 1:57:10 - Falcons 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

  8. Aug 25

    Spirit win EWC, Falcons & Vitality fall flat, BLAST & season takes | HLTV Confirmed S7E75

    Spirit lift trophy at the EWC after Vitality and Falcons failed to even reach the semis: what's coming for the title race of the season and at BLAST? This and more in this eposide of Confirmed! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Rant and France impressions EWC 7:02 - EWC experiences 13:43 - EWC LCQ scale 19:18 - Setting expectations 22:20 - Who's in the title race? 25:15 - Skinionaire 32:44 - EWC club championship 36:21 - The lurppis tale 40:11 - Falcons 53:39 - Spirit 1:07:20 - FURIA 1:10:57 - G2 1:16:21 - FURIA & BR shuffle? 1:26:03 - 9z the new MongolZ? 1:27:50 - FaZe Recent news 1:32:55 - Vitality contract extensions 1:43:02 - Player union? 1:50:50 - Top Comment 1:59:37 - ENC postponed 2:03:12 - EWC on-stage debacle 2:06:44 - Spirit interviews issue 2:16:52 - FURIA fe to VALO 2:22:50 - EF minus br0, LG minus Bymas BLAST Open Porto 2:29:13 - Who needs to step up? 2:39:50 - Predicting the groups 2:42:48 - WATO: Vitality to miss playoffs? 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share 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. https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

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