Rise of FNATIC with smooya; m0NESY & ropz to G2? | HLTV Confirmed S5E67

In-game leader of one of the most improved CS:GO teams in 2019, forZe Jerry, joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his quest for breaking out of tier 3, the most iconic moments of CIS Counter-Strike, and the upcoming AWPers of the CIS region. The episode was recorded before the report about Na`Vi looking to replace GuardiaN. Timestamps: 0:03:25 Joining first team as DMG in 2016 0:07:20 How is it possible to get from DMG to a Major in such a short time? 0:09:50 Finalizing forZe roster with FL1T, xsepower, facecrack and almazer 0:15:10 (CIS) IGLs that influenced Jerry 0:21:10 Goals for 2020? Recent news: 00:25:00 CR4ZY agree on team sale 00:29:30 smooya joins CHAOS 00:33:02 TYLOO add xeta 00:35:32 TSM to build around WARDELL 00:39:30 Envy changes 00:41:02 Bulding the best Polish team 00:44:44 Jerry vs. Twitch chat 00:52:10 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Katowice and Leipzig qualifiers Cloud9, FaZe, MAD Lions qualify Complexity, ENCE can't make it through lack of streams 00:57:15 Jerry explains xsepower's surgery 01:18:30 Historic CIS CS:GO moments 01:20:10 Importance of Vega's win over NiP 01:32:00 Jerry: "CIS people think they are better than everyone" 01:34:00 ordering the best from 1-3 01:36:00 Why are CIS players getting kicked from FPL? 01:39:30 NaVi Junior vs Gambit Youngsters 01:45:00 How do xsepower, jame, iDISBALANCE, sh1ro, Gospadarov match up 01:50:45 Jerry's thoughts on the idea putting him on Na`Vi instead of GuardiaN

17 Jan 20201h 55min

Chet "ImAPet" Singh joins the HLTV Confirmed podcast to discuss the Top 20 players of 2019, the worst rebrands and roster changes, as well as his path as a coach from CLG, OpTic, NRG to EG. ➡️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: 2:40 Evil Geniuses on break until February 3:50 Why "ImAPet"? 6:50 ImAPet: "I think I was trash at what I was doing back in CLG" 10:00 Keys to NRG/EG success in 2019? 14:40 Contrasting working with daps and stanislaw 19:00 Getting recognition as a coach 23:30 ImAPet: "We are going to beat mouz this year" Roster changes 25:50 BIG adding k1to and syrsoN 27:40 Sprout add dycha and oskar 31:10 Cloud9 picking up ATK 34:08 NEO to ARCY 34:40 SPUNJ's idea for a WWE-style veteran league (better than B site?) 36:10 david "big p" p outplaying Heretics 40:00 Who's on LDLC? 41:25 NaTo, HS to Nordavind 43:15 Hatz is agreat addition to Renegades 45:00 ImAPet: "Renegades (ex-grayhound) are the EG of Australia" 45:30 pita shouldn't taking the fall for NiP? 50:00 Top3 worst things of 2019 51:40 Striker doesn't know what a Blue Shell is 53:40 BLAST LA experience for players 54:50 iBUYPOWER Masters 55:15 Charleroi singing and sniper cam 56:20 zews leaving Liquid before their best year 59:00 Sports mode introduction 1:01:00 G2's blunders 1:07:00 Picking the best three 1:08:30 "AUG meta was fine" 1:10:40 Twich chat vs. ImAPet 1:18:30 ImAPet: "2020 is going to be better scheduling wise, but still not ideal" 1:21:00 Who is going to win the next Major? 1:24:10 If Astralis get upset, which team is going to snake their way to a Major win? 1:28:30 Who is going to be the dark horse of next year? 1:32:20 Everyone except ImAPet feels an EG-Liquid shuffle 1:34:00 Are ENCE going to change? ZOREE was an option for OG? 1:37:05 What maps are going to be changed? 1:43:35 Why are rebrands happening? 1:50:00 Complexity wasn't that bad 1:59:50 Ranking them from best to worst 2:03:29 Top 20 list announcements 2:06:00 Striker: KSCERATO IS NOT IN THE TOP 20 2:11:05 Prof being tilted by people not understanding how the list is made 2:14:30 EliGE could outplace s1mple this year 2:17:00 ImAPet's issues with the current economy 2:27:21 What would we do to make the economy better? 2:29:55 SPUNJ's closing life tips 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

10 Jan 20202h 30min

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 Des 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 Des 20192h 16min

k0nfig and vENdetta join the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk joining Complexity, the new OG and Gen.G lineups, issues with crowd cheating and noise cancellation, and more. Give us feedback and get notified: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 1:55 Hotchair with k0nfig: move to Complexity, impressions of the team 15:05 Challenge: name all C9 players since the Boston Major 17:48 Gen.G swoop C9 trio 22:15 Gen.G still getting SHiPZ? 30:07 OG unveil roster, top 10 team potential? 37:35 YEA or NAY: oskar instead of mantuu for OG? 39:19 meyern to replace LUCAS1 in MIBR 46:38 Is k0nfig smarter than Twitch chat? 57:25 Worst loss of k0nfig's life 59:12 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: EPL Finals S10 1:01:07 Analyzing mouz' winning moment over Astralis 1:08:40 Revisiting the €1000 Striker - SPUNJ bet 1:14:50 Does fnatic miss another star player? 1:17:00 gla1ve smashing the desk, showmanship. and k0nfig vs. kennyS 1:18:43 Underwhelming form of EG, G2, FaZe, Liquid 1:26:32 Danes disappoint on home soil 1:30:15 Devil's advocate: Crowd cheating and bringing back booths 1:34:44 k0nfig's near-death confetti experience 1:47:49 Will we see more booths in 2020? 1:50:13 Is BLAST Finals an important tournament and why? 1:55:18 Impressions of broky in FaZe 2:02:05 Who is losing in groups of cs_summit? 2:05:30 blameF ending the show by sending k0nfig to bed

10 Des 20192h 7min

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 Nov 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 Sep 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 Aug 20191h 55min