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 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Aug 4

    MOUZ win BLAST over Spirit, crazy EWC qual & season invites | HLTV Confirmed S7E74

    MOUZ win their first trophy in a new roster with PR, Spinx stars in the grand final against Spirit while donk is having a slow game, BCG won their first LAN while beating some literal children, crucial VRS invite date hits, jL rumors, and massive EWC are the key topics for 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, P2P, no fees: https://skins.com 0:00 - Intro BLAST Bounty debrief 5:25 - MOUZ win on debut 7:08 - Skinionaire 12:30 - Spinx MVP & new MOUZ 25:32 - Spirit final upset 30:40 - FaZe are back? 32:02 - jL rumors 33:42 - FaZe, MongolZ 38:00 - Astralis 39:06 - Top Comment Recent news 47:05 - FPG 5 becomes 3 50:05 - BCG win Elisa 54:09 - TDK transfer to 1win 55:50 - Argentina Major tickets on sale 1:01:50 - VRS invites: who goes where? EWC 1:19:02 - EWC crazy open qual 1:32:04 - Qual group overview 1:40:13 - WATO: qual results? 1:50:12 - Who do we want to go through? 1:55:18 - Main event expectations 1:56:01 - jL to join 100T? 1:59:39 - A boost fix 👕 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

  7. Jul 29

    Bounty upsets, stickers issue & questions for the season | HLTV Confirmed S7E73

    Online upsets at BLAST Bounty, Major stickers money issue, and asking the questions for the fall season: Vitality era, Falcons contender status, #1 conversation, next Major winner, 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, P2P, no fees: https://skins.com 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Dental & horror stories 8:20 - How to get into casting? 13:52 - Bomb blast update 20:35 - Top Comment Recent news 22:10 - Bounty format & prize update 39:02 - EWC arena upgrade 47:00 - More Major stickers 53:01 - "Stickers are bad business model" - SPUNJ 59:22 - Buyouts & salaries: inflated? 1:04:09 - Big money is no more! Catfished or caught out 1:12:15 - First-ever catfished or caught out! 1:14:00 - Falcons lose to 100T 1:17:47 - Aurora lose to FOKUS 1:18:40 - Vitality lose to Vitality 1:21:03 - FURIA lose to DENDELE 1:24:05 - G2 lose to Liquid 1:26:50 - More upsets 1:29:38 - Bounty LAN playoffs 1:32:13 - WATO: Spirit win Bounty? 1:38:07 - Skinionaire The Season ahead 1:42:40 - Questions for the Season 1:44:33 - Is the Vitality era over? 1:47:04 - Falcons a one time thing? 1:52:08 - What happens to FaZe? 1:53:00 - Can #1 conversation reopen? 1:55:12 - Next blockbuster signing? 1:58:26 - Will FalleN actually retire? 2:00:02 - Who's most likely to change? 2:02:37 - Who'll miss the Major? 2:05:17 - Who'll win the Major? 2:09:02 - Who'll get the Major MVP? 2:13:26 - PARIVISION get FL1T 2:18:52 - "Never forget your head armor" 👕 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. Jul 19

    Ranking team changes & free agents; season preview! | HLTV Confirmed S7E72

    The break comes to an end (of it ever happened): ranking roster changes, free agents stocks, previewing the second season, 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, P2P, no fees: https://skins.com 0:00 - Intro 1:29 - Caffeine habits 3:38 - Break erosion 7:12 - Top Comment Recent news 10:12 - 9z win XSE 13:00 - HEROIC win on debut 16:58 - Skinionaire 24:00 - The new graph! Team changes ranked 24:45 - BCG expectations with Magisk 34:50 - G2: not sold on r1nkle 37:12 - HEROIC, FUT 38:36 - Astralis NEO 41:08 - Liquid roster confusion 44:02 - TheMongolZ: in maaRaa we trust? 46:00 - GamerLegion FL4MUS 47:24 - MOUZ PR (at last) 49:55 - Aurora: right trajectory 52:15 - NAVI: no change? 53:35 - Legacy: upgrade? 55:20 - 100 Thieves 56:10 - FaZe 57:58 - TDK, NRG, 3DMAX, SAW, FOKUS Free agents ranked 1:01:08 - broky: stocks down 1:03:05 - nota, lauNx, ultimate 1:05:38 - SunPayus, kl1m 1:08:29 - jL: to FaZe? 1:10:09 - soulfly 1:12:10 - sdy, Ex3rcise, yxngstxr, arrozdoce, Ag1l 1:13:36 - ENC overview Season ahead 1:16:35 - Chasing the Major 1:19:51 - Season timeline 1:27:00 - Invite cutoffs… 3 months prior? 1:34:30 - Event overlaps 1:36:17 - Cache is in: ACIDMAN! BLAST Bounty preview 1:45:27 - Bounty preview 1:51:00 - WATO: loss online? 👕 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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