HLTV Confirmed S4E2 (ft. k0nfig, vENdetta) | CS:GO Podcast

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" Švejda, with guest appearances from community members such as GeT_RiGhT, Maniac, Pimp, YNk, STYKO, smooya, seang@res, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. Timestamps: 1:45 Why is Devilwalk an "angry c*nt"? 4:25 Coaching fnatic vs. coaching GODSENT 9:19 kRYSTAL - HUNDEN similarities, kRYSTAL as an IGL 11:28 Maikele's bad reputation 14:00 Issues of playing with no salary for a year 17:30 Devilwalk: "People thought we were more demanding, salary-wise, than we were" 19:50 Devilwalk: "Pronax thought we had a salary" 21:00 Maden 40-bombing Devilwalk's team twice 23:00 Jamppi benched in SJ. Why? 24:40 Is Jamppi benching himself a good move? 29:00 What is an appropriate way to punish cheaters? 37:25 BIG going back to full German with k1to and syrsoN 42:15 Is oskar's career over? 42:18 Is Devilwalk smarter than Twitch chat? (spoiler: he gets rekt) 59:01 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: EPICENTER 59:50 ZywOo - the best player in the world? 1:03:00 SPUNJ: "What s1mple and ZywOo do is like Jesus walking across water" 1:07:30 Does Vitality live and die by ZywOo? 1:12:00 Is s1mple's window of being the GOAT closing? 1:16:10 EG in vacation mode and five-man mid push 1:19:20 Struggles of GuardiaN 1:20:40 Striker: "If GuardiaN doesn't improve after the break this wasn't a good move" 1:24:01 Professeur: "Coaches should take responsibility for the shox and GuardiaN signings 1:25:00 shox is stuck in a Happy situation? 1:28:00 Which one player is holding his team down the most? 1:29:00 Brainstorming the Top 3 positive things of the year? 1:32:30 Striker and Prof fighting about mouz 1:34:10 s1mple and ZywOo are Messi and Ronaldo of CS 1:39:00 Best tournament of the year? 1:40:00 Why Liquid dethroning Astralis is important 1:44:10 SPUNJ about HLTV's best addition 1:47:30 How do you compare breakouts of coldzera and ZywOo 1:50:00 Final Top 3 1:51:10 Building superteams 1:53:30 Devilwalk - Danes without Astralis 1:58:04 Striker's NA Superteam 2:03:00 Professeur's Balkan Ballers 2:05:20 Spunj's Baguettes 2:13:20 Wishes for 2020 2:20:30 Devilwalk's thoughts on the proposed Dignitas lineup Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/devilwalkcsgod

24 Joulu 20192h 24min

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 00:16:40 The experience of playing with HUNDEN 00:20:35 Peacemaker joining MAD Lions 00:23:33 "NA League" - what we know 00:25:20 How do they avoid the Valve exclusivity rule 00:27:40 "NA League" doesn't have good teams? 00:32:40 SPUNJ: "We won't have as much overlap next year" 00:40:00 Discussing the Devilwalk vs. Maden incident 00:46:55 BLAST 2020 and why fnatic isn't in it 00:57:25 BnTeT getting saved by Gen.G 01:01:05 Renegades targeted BnTeT before signing jkaem 01:02:50 Life tip: don't torrent in Germany 01:03:37 Is the OG project worth the hype? 01:11:37 OG too tactical for an international roster? 01:13:00 Astralis outclassing Liquid again 01:16:20 Liquid and EG to cross pollinate 01:18:20 G2 with an A B S O L U T E blunder 01:22:20 Prof: "G2 vs mouz was like cadiaN vs Juliano" 01:23:30 How did mouz actually win? 01:26:33 SPUNJ justifying losing to Gold Novas 01:31:30 Looking at EPICENTER 01:33:00 Striker: "Vitality's best chance to win a tournament" 01:36:20 EG not practicing ahead of EPICENTER? 01:39:00 The GuardiaN issue and Na`Vi 01:46:44 Is Bubzkji smarter than Twitch chat? 01:57:30 Drafting a Fantasy team and challenging the viewers

17 Joulu 20192h 16min

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

24 Marras 20192h 20min

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 from HLTV.org's founders

10 Syys 20192h 17min

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

28 Elo 20191h 55min

Player's perspective -How does a pro see the Majors? Let's Pick'Em -GeT_RiGhT lends a hand Fantasy draft -Who will select the best team? Bold Major predictions -Dark horses, surprises and unlikely runs Recent news - EPL Relegation results - erkaSt to leave Grayhound - tow b coach BIG - V4 Future Sports 2019 - Vega disband - cajunb replaces refrezh - Roster rumors (suNny, 100T, ENCE) Final remarks -Closing the show with final Major thoughts

19 Elo 20191h 58min

Recent news -BIG bring back nex & smooya -gob b announces retirement -CSPPA announce player break -Vertigo updated -Cache to be played in ESL NY showmatch Revisiting predictions -Looking back at what we claimed at the start of the year Top20 expectations -Which players are likely to finish in the top20? Meta shift -Impact of the map pool, AUG, and economy updates Cutting online CS -EPL and ECS changes, for better or for worse? -What more can be done? Predictions for 2019 -Our bold predictions for the remainder of the year

6 Elo 20192h 27min