Understanding NIP changes, device signing & how to play Ancient (ft. hampus) | HLTV Confirmed S5E43

HLTV Confirmed's hosts SPUNJ & Professeur talk to hampus about NIP: device's effect on the roster, bringing ztr in and out, IGLing, and the recent results. Besides that, the participants discuss the ways to improve Ancient, FURIA & EG roster changes, IEM Summer results & predictions, and CIS vs. Akuma drama.

➡️ 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

HLTV Confirmed is presented by Xtrfy and Parimatch.

🖱️ Xtrfy: https://xtrfy.com/

📗 Parimatch: https://b.link/hltv

0:00 - Podcast intro

Hot seat with hampus

4:02 - Introducing hampus

5:10 - How did hampus become an IGL?

9:02 - NIP’s year as a top-10 gatekeeper

10:57 - Signing device - player’s POV

19:13 - IGL responsibilities and ztr

23:11 - Flashpoint 3 result

27:31 - Why NIP are playing Mirage

30:20 - Top-8 at IEM Summer

38:27 - device lacking star flair?

42:36 - flusha doesn’t understand NIP’s roles - hampus response

44:04 - Building a hypothetical Swedish roster with flusha & nawwk

Recent news

48:15 - FURIA part ways with Junior, add assistant coach

55:09 - zews exits Evil Geniuses (and they improve?)

1:02:00 - CIS teams call on Valve to investigate Akuma

1:05:50 - Cheats market on the rise

1:13:20 - “The world’s not falling down, it just sucks that players could be cheating” - SPUNJ

1:16:00 - mertz to Astralis?! Options for the team

1:20:30 - “Having a consistent rifler is better than a consistent AWPer” - hampus

IEM Summer & BLAST Spring

1:22:00 - Ancient: what to improve?

1:33:20 - Is G2 going to win their 1st big trophy in 4 years?

1:40:37 - Are Vitality back?

1:47:20 - OG on a hot streak

1:51:10 - Playoffs preview

2:02:15 - $425k on the line in BLAST - who’ll take it?

2:11:41 - Striker vs. SPUNJ bet revisited

Playtime

2:15:10 - Parimatch matchmaker

2:20:07 - New NIP logo opinions

2:21:52 - What's it like playing with device?

2:24:00 - What’s up with twist?

2:25:45 - NIP’s daily schedule and practice

2:28:44 - Final words

HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, with guest appearances from community members such as TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, device, karrigan, Maniac, Pimp, HenryG, YNk, JW, smooya, seang@res, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike.

https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed

https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt

https://twitter.com/SPUNJ

https://twitter.com/professeur_cs

https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg

https://twitter.com/hampuscsgo

#HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo