HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

Breaking news show to analyze G2's move to sign Snax & malbs: roles, Snax's IGLing, other options, and more. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 4:28 - Snax to G2: initial impressions 8:12 - G2 done in a year?! 10:02 - Snax vs. HooXi 12:07 - How will the team work? 16:45 - Roles situation 21:33 - G2 map pool 23:15 - Where to put malbs? 29:37 - Snax IGLing 33:03 - Trading: Snax vs. HooXi 38:31 - Did G2 have other options? 44:55 - Why not keep HooXi? 49:04 - huNter was an IGL option? 50:37 - Snax’s history with TaZ 56:55 - Skinionaire: Snax’s history 1:02:50 - Will G2 be top 4 by Shanghai? WATO 1:11:23 - HooXi, nexa future 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://twitter.com/NER0cs https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

4 Jul 20241h 20min

torzsi joins to talk through his origins, VAC ban, joining MOUZ, losing frozen, getting Brollan, starting to win, siuhy's leadership, CS2, and more. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 3:45 - Introducing torzsi Hot seat with torzsi 5:37 - torzsi’s origin story, VAC ban 15:10 - Joining & staying in MOUZ 24:12 - Atmosphere in MOUZ 27:33 - Calling duties 31:21 - CS2 release 33:28 - MR12 35:18 - Smokes 36:43 - Maps: skyboxes, 41:03 - Anticheat 43:37 - frozen leaving 48:10 - Signing Brollan: not the first option? 55:41 - Skipping quarters - does it matter? 57:45 - Katowice 59:26 - FaZe rivalry: 7 losses in a row 1:05:02 - Stage storming situation 1:11:53 - Studio wins 1:16:25 - Dacha vs. EPL 1:21:23 - Dallas and no practice; schedule 1:29:00 - Xyp9x’s role 1:32:43 - Rating season & best team 1:41:40 - torzsi takes Skinionaire Recent news 1:47:05 - AMKAL bench ICY; secret C9 trial? 1:48:50 - Chet targets return 1:49:51 - Jame interview: working with elec 1:56:02 - Jame to drop IGLing - WATO 2:03:55 - Closing statements 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.   / torzsics     / professeur_cs     / strikerhltvorg     / spunj     / lukaswiinholt   #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

24 Jun 20242h 8min

launders joins to talk to discuss the best and worst of the season as well as the roster situations in Liquid and G2, including the leadership question. And more! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Real rac*** joins! Season end 7:33 - Spirit - team of the season?11:50 - FaZe18:43 - NAVI 25:13 - Vitality: not top 5? 31:38 - G2: jks?.. 33:10 - SAW, Astralis, VP 37:45 - Time capsules from JanuaryBest & worst moments 42:37 - Stewie in Dallas 44:22 - donk being naughty 45:44 - donk in Katowice 46:43 - Economy updates 49:16 - Grayhound no Major 50:38 - Liquid no Major 54:33 - Stage storming at the Major 59:18 - Cloud9’s roster development  Recent news1:03:51 - Skinionaire: rankings 1:09:41 - Stewie2K interview 1:19:12 - malbs x nexa roles mismatch 1:28:23 - Perfecto to… G2? 1:33:08 - Liquid: Twistzz IGL? +who?1:44:25 - s1mple to Liquid?! AWP options 1:55:01 - NiKo or Twistzz to IGL? WATO Playtime 2:00:15 - Cloud9: HeavyGod? 2:02:31 - Major quals (Prof hates it) 2:07:21 - BLAST new format & incentives2:21:30 - The game & the scene 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://twitter.com/launders https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

22 Jun 20242h 28min

Straight from the party during BLAST Spring Final in London, this Confirmed is totally unhinged: VP of BLAST shares insight on the 2025 Major (and its trophy) as well as new BLAST circuit, CYPHER shares on kassad's BLEED, smooya getting smashed on air, and Hawka helping us go in-depth on the Spring Final results. And, of course, G2 takes throughout the show. Enjoy! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - Where we are?! 8:50 - TaZ > HooXi? 11:42 - malbs BLAST VP 13:32 - BLAST US Major 15:59 - The trophy? 18:16 - Bounty system 24:02 - Invites & qualifiers 37:38 - Smaller venues? CYPHER 42:00 - How is kassad? 44:21 - Playing for BLEED 46:38 - CS2 impressions 50:38 - “Vertigo is ruined!” - CYPHER 53:02 - G2 situation 57:31 - BLEED qual failure 1:00:23 - Will Falcons make the Major? WATOsmooya 1:13:03 - Gym routine 1:17:04 - smooya is built differently  1:19:47 - Standing in for FORZE 1:22:22 - ITB’s new roster 1:31:13 - “CS2 is shit!” - smooya 1:39:50 - smooya takes Skinionaire: UK CS 1:49:32 - smooya’s favorite casters Hawka 1:53:12 - Getting Hawka seated 1:54:44 - G2 situation 2:05:01 - NAVI 2:10:35 - “No one deserves hate!” 2:13:14 - Predicting BLAST Semi-finals 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://twitter.com/smooyacs https://twitter.com/cyphercsgo_ https://twitter.com/Hawka_cs https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

15 Jun 20242h 22min

The Confirmed trio talks through new NBK & smooya teams, C9 & FURIA rumors, Mongolz winning YaLLa, NIP showing promise with r1nkle, Astralis being stuck at top 4 finishes, Season champion, and BLAST predictions. ➡️ Follow us for updates:   / hltvconfirmed   📺 Watch live:   / hltvorg   🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 4:07 - Where is SPUNJ’s hair?  Recent news 5:45 - ITB sign smooya, sinnopsyy 10:03 - NBK-, Nivera in Revenant 15:16 - F1KU extends with OG 16:31 - HeavyGod to C9?! 21:30 - Cologne invites 25:27 - Are we haters?! 27:29 - EPL teamlist 29:00 - vorborg reiters 32:23 - FURIA show interest in felps 36:18 - YaLLa Compass 39:08 - The MongolZ win premier event 49:06 - Astralis’ semi-final problem 50:23 - Event tiers 51:52 - “It’s a great achievement for Asia CS” - SPUNJ 55:12 - Astralis struggles 1:04:02 - NIP show promise 1:16:05 - FiRELEAGUE: NIP to reach playoff? 1:20:45 - Skinionaire: NIP players 1:28:35 - Eternal Fire disappoint 1:34:51 - What is motar2k up to? Season so far 1:37:15 - Who’s season champion? 1:41:05 - Spirit winning Katowice 1:42:30 - NAVI Major win: similar to Outsiders? 1:48:41 - FaZe Chengdu win 1:51:11 - ropz fumbling  1:57:42 - MOUZ run  2:03:23 - G2 & TheMongolZ wins 2:04:26 - G2 without m0NESY 2:13:31 - TaZ stand-in 2:17:00 - HooXi to play worse than… TaZ? WATO 2:22:26 - BLAST favorites? 2:36:43 - Show announcements! 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.   / professeur_cs     / strikerhltvorg     / spunj     / lukaswiinholt   #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

11 Jun 20242h 44min

In this (jetlagged) episode of HLTV Confirmed, we talk through the results of IEM Dallas: G2 winning with Stew and the implications for the future, m0NESY vs. ZywOo, FaZe & Spirit dropping the ball, and more. The second big topic is Valve cutting open quals and the new bigger role of Valve ranking. ➡️ Follow us for updates:   / hltvconfirmed   📺 Watch live:   / hltvorg   🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop0:00 - Intro 3:01 - Sharing travel experiences IEM Dallas 9:03 - Having fun in Dallas! 16:41 - G2 win with Stewie2K. What?! 24:52 - Framing the event 28:49 - “G2 to kick HooXi, NiKo to IGL” - Striker 31:28 - Gstew: fun or ridiculous? 35:32 - m0NESY vs. ZywOo 41:36 - Spirit’s run 53:00 - FlyQuest 54:06 - G2: max fun 59:23 - “NiKo should lead” - SPUNJ 1:03:42 - 9z dream run 1:06:15 - Vitality: best mezii so far 1:14:45 - Falcons & MOUZ 1:15:39 - Liquid: cadiaN lame duck 1:17:40 - FURIA to sign skullz? (OverDrive level rumor) 1:18:34 - FaZe & Spirit Major changes 1:25:42 - Open quals are removed 1:31:02 - New role of Valve rankings 1:45:00 - 4 days between RMRs & Major Recent news 1:47:44 - Skinionaire: nickname spelling 1:50:45 - WATO: Astralis win a trophy in ‘24? 1:58:14 - nbgee12 stealing SSDs?! 2:00:30 - VP -dastan, 9Pandas, C9 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.   / professeur_cs    / strikerhltvorg    / spunj    / lukaswiinholt  #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

9 Jun 20242h 5min

🅱 Sign up for Coinbase and make your first trade for $40 in BTC: https://tl.gg/Dallas The first HLTV Confirmed in North America goes live with audience from IEM Dallas with GooseBreeder & kat from Impact circuit, EliGE of Complexity, Twistzz & zews of Liquid, and steel. ➡️ Follow us for updates:   / hltvconfirmed   📺 Watch live:   / hltvorg   🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 0:00 - Intro 5:09 - Stewie in the arena! 7:50 - IEM Dallas results so far 12:40 - dastan cut from VP 13:58 - No economy changes GooseBreeder & kat16:00 - FlyQuest & Imperial changes 23:25 - GB & kat take Skinionaire EliGE 35:41 - Introducing the (N)A legend EliGE 38:31 - Complexity’s run in Dallas 42:31 - G2 with Stewie & playoff prediction 49:29 - US-only dream roster: nitr0’s return?! 52:50 - Map pool 57:33 - EPL skit 58:25 - NA scene issuesTwistzz & zews 1:06:25 - “I want G2 win the event!” - SPUNJ 1:08:55 - Liquid sh*tuation 1:19:21 - caidaN vision clash 1:22:17 - Losses to 9z & G2 1:25:23 - NAVI, Playoffs prediction 1:30:29 - GeT_RiGhT asks question 1:32:23 - Jetlag affect 1:33:29 - Coach’s job 1:36:21 - 2025 calendar change 1:45:21 - Twistzz hair care routine 1:48:23 - What takes to be a coach 1:51:51 - Twistzz transitioning to IGLing? 1:53:17 - Stewie2K opinions steel 1:57:55 - steel is here! 1:59:04 - V-word conversation 2:00:00 - Low level of CS in Dallas? 2:03:05 - Stewie signs for team: what are the odds? 2:11:02 - Dallas playoffs prediction 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/goosebreeder https://x.com/Kat_csgo https://x.com/EliGE https://x.com/Twistzz https://x.com/zews https://x.com/JoshNissan https://x.com/Professeur_CS https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

31 Mai 20242h 32min

cadiaN being on Liquid's chopping block, zont1x NOT being on Spirit's chopping block, nonsense insiders, BLAST Major in Austin, Falcons not flying high, donk back at it with MVP, degster showing up, Brollan in jail, MOUZ taking #1, Stewie stepping in for G2, and more in this episode of Confirmed. ➡️ Follow us for updates:   / hltvconfirmed   📺 Watch live:   / hltvorg   🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by 1xbet and TradeIt.gg. 📗 1xbet: https://cropped.link/hltvtwb 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collection... 0:00 - Intro Recent news 2:38 - Zero Tenacity accusations 6:22 - The state of CS scene 10:21 - 2025: 2018 event load?12:43 - Forums rantRecent news16:45 - cadiaN to be cut?   33:41 - BLAST Austin Major? 42:27 - BO5 finals: 45:24 - $350K NA series? 49:21 - Prof takes Skinionaire 57:30 - Falcons resultsBB Dacha 1:09:52 - Spirit -zont1x conversation 1:16:23 - Nonsense rumors 1:22:19 - Spirit & donk back to action 1:25:31 - degster with HEROIC 1:31:12 - MOUZ another title 1:37:47 - Brollan still on loan?! 1:40:21 - MOUZ success keysIEM Dallas 1:50:45 - Odds: MOUZ winning an arena LAN? 1:57:44 - G2 with Stewie2K 2:04:30 - Dallas team overview 2:08:22 - VP to change coach? 2:13:33 - FaZe status 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.   / professeur_cs     / strikerhltvorg     / spunj     / lukaswiinholt   #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #cs2

22 Mai 20242h 18min