Vitality win Katowice; is Valve ranking broken? | HLTV Confirmed S7E15

Snappi, Teemu of YaLLa, and messioso join the show to discuss all things wrong with Valve rankings in detail. Before that, we talked about Katowice results and tournament impressions.➡️ Follow us for updates: / hltvconfirmed 📺 Watch live: / hltvorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google):https://anchor.fm/hltvHLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet & Skin Place:📗 1xBet:https://cropped.link/hltvtwb🔪 Skin Place:https://p.skin.place/hltv5👕 HLTV Merch:https://hltv.org/shop

0:00 - Intro

3:52 - PGL Brno?!

IEM Katowice

5:20 - Katowice impressions

8:25 - apEX gets his trophy

12:19 - Shutting donk down?

14:45 - Spirit’s run

18:02 - Medals debacle?

19:51 - WATO: ZywOo more MVPs than donk in 2025?

25:35 - ZywOo matches s1mple’s record

27:28 - SPUNJ takes Skinionaire

VRS issues and fixes

33:51 - Forfeit = loss?

39:00 - Snappi joins: VRS from tier-2 POV

43:49 - HLTV coverage issue?

55:21 - No way to make the Major?

1:02:34 - No open qual slots?

1:08:57 - Teemu from YaLLa joins

1:10:15 - Why not run open quals?1:18:50 - Running events in VRS

1:27:00 - messioso joins, suggest wildcards

1:29:09 - Are Play-ins pointless?

1:38:18 - 32-team Swiss for the Major?

1:45:25 - IEM Krakow, PGL Katowice?! Salacious headlines

1:48:15 - Should take Valve care of coverage?

1:53:25 - Forfeits abuse?

1:59:20 - How many teams can be sustainable?

2:01:25 - Open letter to Valve; messioso objections

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