HLTV Confirmed S03E24 - Wrapping up the Minors and IEM Chicago

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8 Sep 20202h 27min

Renegades' IGL dexter joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about becoming a high-fragging IGL, the origins of his career, the state of Oceanic CS:GO, and their plans for the future amidst the pandemic. The panel also discussed MIBR's struggles in Europe, Cologne results (Vitality, Heroic, 100 Thieves), and touched on the coaching bug, which ended up leading to the bans of HUNDEN, MechanoGun, and dead after the show was aired. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Show intro 2:05 - SPUNJ apologizing to dexter 3:30 - Origins of dexter's career 7:40 - How did dexter become a "full-package" player 9:50 - Renegades' secret of success 15:03 - Does experience matter in CS? 19:12 - Pandemic derailing all plans 24:47 - State of the Oceanian scene, ping issues 29:25 - Potential of the Renegades squad Recent news 33:35 - MIBR struggling in EU subtop 41:00 - fnx, LUCAS1 got COVID; future of LAN events 51:25 - mouz replace woxic with Bymas 57:20 - How serious was the coach bug? Good, Bad, and Ugly 1:08:45 - Good: Heroic shock victory 1:15:50 - Bad: Vitality can't take gold 1:25:15 - Ugly: 100 Thieves in struggle city ESL Pro League 1:35:13 - Where does Liquid fit in? 1:42:30 - Round robin returns - and why it is bad 1:46:54 - Which EU teams have the most on the line? Playtime 1:53:50 - Playtime: most feared player, biggest achievements, and offers from EU/NA teams 1:57:25 - Final words 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, device, Maniac, Pimp, 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/dextersjourney https://twitter.com/SPUNJ #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

31 Aug 20202h

Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend joins the podcast to talk about GODSENT being overlooked for MIBR, the lowest points in his career and goals for 2020. On the show, topics such as FaZe's first impressions with Kjaerbye and Astralis' new roster debut are also discussed, as well as speculations regarding mouz's reported benching of star AWP woxic. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Podcast intro Hotseat with kRYSTAL 2:55 - Introducing kRYSTAL 4:30 - Early career, becoming an IGL 7:24 - Influence of public opinion (forums, reddit) 11:00 - The story of ‘betrayal’ and the traitors meme 17:17 - Struggle years (Sprout, Imperial), why did NoChance work? 25:10 - Potential of the current GODSENT roster 28:37 - kRYSTAL on his teammates Recent news 38:39 - North sign Lekr0 48:45 - mouz bench woxic 58:40 - Envy aim to add Thomas 1:02:35 - ALEX considering FPX and Valorant 1:04:35 - c0ntact add smooya, Spinx ESL One Cologne 1:08:10 - GODSENT overlooked for MIBR 1:16:00 - BIG tanks, Sprout shows promise 1:26:45 - Astralis era coming again? 1:32:21 - Problems of FaZe (HUNDEN?) 1:36:50 - Trying to fix the team 1:45:10 - MAD Lions doing better than expected 1:52:08 - Quick review of ESL One Cologne recent results Top 3: gameplay changes to improve CS:GO 1:55:10 - Flash throwing noises; Molotov and HE consistency 1:59:40 - Behavior of smoke grenade 2:03:30 - Buff burst mode of FAMAS and Glock 2:07:15 - C4 drop mechanics need changing 2:10:12 - Should all grenades drop? Gun prices and rewards tweak? 2:15:30 - Ranking the gameplay changes Playtime 2:20:15 - Goals for 2020 2:21:10 - Plans for life after retirement 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, device, Maniac, Pimp, 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/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/krystalcsgoo #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

25 Aug 20202h 26min

Evil Geniuses coach Wilton "zews" Prado joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his coaching career, practicing tools, and his approach to his job in general. The participants discussed interseason roster changes, the role of rankings on the scene, and the ongoing online tournaments, including the EG's potential at the upcoming ESL One Cologne. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Podcast intro Hotseat with zews 2:30 - Coaching limbo 6:12 - Transitioning from MIBR to EG 10:35 - Why do MIBR still struggle? 15:40 - Coaching Liquid 18:57 - How has work with EG kicked off? 21:45 - Life during COVID, coaching from distance 28:30 - EG’s path in 2020 30:40 - Coaching: where it was and where it is now 38:20 - IGL vs. coach: balance & relationship Recent news 42:29 - Astralis watch: ESL One Cologne lineup 52:30 - buster back in Virtus.pro 57:20 - Kjaerbye joins FaZe 1:04:35 - mouz create six-man roster with Bymas 1:08:10 - Liquid: adreN out, moses in 1:19:30 - xseveN moves to HAVU, ENCE back to five 1:23:25 - CSPPA’s ranking: what is the ranking controversy about? 1:31:25 - zews’ take on rankings; conflict of interest in making rankings DreamHack Summer 1:40:25 - Previewing European league 1:50:30 - Previewing North American league ESL One Cologne 1:53:00 - Previewing European league 1:55:45 - Taking a look at Group A 1:59:37 - Taking a look at Group B 2:06:31 - Previewing North American league 2:09:00 - Group B: EG vs. Liquid clash 2:14:13 - Group A: 100 Thieves vs. Gen.G clash Playtime 2:20:30 - MIBR’s approach towards coaches 2:23:20 - zews’ and SPUNJ’s takes on burnout issue 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, device, Maniac, Pimp, 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/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/zews #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

15 Aug 20202h 32min

Complexity IGL Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about his career, leading a team, and the most efficient ways to practice. To figure out the latter, we tried out different tools, including ESEA Refrag, Skybox, and Shadow.gg. The Dane also talked about his approach to work ethic and working out, developing as a player, and gave tips for people trying to breakthrough. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Podcast intro Hotseat with blameF 2:00 - Why is blameF so happy? 3:08 - The start of blameF’s career 8:35 - Why did blameF go under the radar in Denmark? 11:40 - blameF becoming an IGL 16:10 - Balancing IGL-role and fragging 21:45 - Unknown details of building Complexity’s roster 26:10 - Role of keita, team’s coach 30:00 - 2020 and BLAST Success 33:25 - How does confidence influence performance Recent news 38:13 - bubzkji in Astralis 42:47 - innocent to MAD Lions 46:40 - “MAD Lions looked like they could've challenged Astralis” 48:35 - Last-minute changes in DreamHack Summer NA 51:07 - nitr0 officially out of Liquid 57:10 - AdreN out of Virtus.pro, buster back? Talking practice 1:02:00 - How is team practice approached today 1:09:50 - Tips and tricks used in practice by top teams 1:13:05 - Trying Shadow.GG, talking about tendencies 1:21:00 - Skybox and its applications 1:25:15 - How to review practice? Using coaches and analysts 1:27:57 - Trying ESEA's Refrag - Restrat feature 1:30:58 - blameF on using Refrag to antistrat Vitality 1:38:11 - "This is very time-consuming" - blameF 1:42:45 - Tips for new teams and players Prediction time 1:44:40 - Will we see LANs this year? 1:47:10 - Who will be top-1 of Europe? 1:50:15 - Will there be a roster change in FaZe? 1:53:20 - Will NAVI win the next RMR? Playtime 1:55:00 - How much can blameF LIFT? Workout history 1:59:00 - Role of mindset in success 2:04:20 - “I can’t get burned out, I was watching demos for the whole break” - blameF 2:06:50 - blameF on how to progress as a team 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, device, Maniac, Pimp, 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/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/blameFFFFF #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo

5 Aug 20202h 12min

Justin "jks" Savage joined HLTV Confirmed to discuss recent roster news, including nitr0's departure from Liquid, opened up about his development as a player and 100 Thieves' coaching change, and the chances of LANs, particularly Pro League and the Major, happening this year. The Australian is wary of the dangers the pandemic presents, but also admits that he would enjoy going to Europe where he could play against more different teams. He also touched on offers from other teams and his expectations at upcoming tournaments. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Podcast intro Hotseat with jks 2:10 - SPUNJ and jks talk about Aussie legends 4:35 - Why was 100T underperforming at the end of last season? 7:40 - Were 100T playing from bootcamp and did the lockdown help them? 11:00 - jks: "A week before the change it was getting to a boiling point" 15:40 - jks explains "not doing VOD reviews with kassad" 17:20 - Setting up a routine for good individual form 21:30 - "I said 'f*ck it' and stopped caring" - jks about confidence and NAF 23:51 - Expectation for the second half of 2020 Recent news 29:45 - What does the nitr0 - grim change mean for Liquid 35:56 - Professeur: “nitr0 is a good player, but has nothing to do in Liquid anymore” 39:25 - Where could nitr0 go? Gen.G? EG? 43:10 - Lekr0 dumps MAD Lions 46:05 - Kjarbye leaves North - where to? 49:27 - ALEX to FaZe $600,000 rumor 56:57 - mithR joins Renegades, outlook for the Aussies? Best news of 2020 so far 1:04:40 - Thinking of good news in 2020 1:13:20 - Ranking the news into top-3 DreamHack Summer 1:16:00 - First test for NA top teams 1:19:20 - 100T's historical issues playing Liquid 1:26:30 - Reviewing the European league Rest of 2020 1:35:30 - Cologne online, SPUNJ talks about TO budgets 1:36:30 - Would jks travel to Europe? 1:40:30 - How important is "online Cologne" to a player? 1:45:20 - Pro League/Major chances of happening? 1:50:30 - What is stopping us from running a LAN? Playtime 1:53:53 - BREAKING: Astralis in talks with Mad Lions over Bubzkji 1:59:55 - Viewer questions: jks confirms getting big NA offers 2:04:25 - jks remembering funny moments with SPUNJ 2:09:00 - How did CS change over the past years? 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, device, Maniac, Pimp, 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/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/100Tjks

31 Juli 20202h 14min

Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast intro Hotseat with device 2:47 - device on the situation in Astralis 4:40 - How did the events in 2020 affect the device’s team? 7:35 - How to know if a player (gla1ve) needs to take a break? 9:30 - Was the initial 2020 calendar easier comparing with previous years? 11:30 - Did Astralis recover from 2019 travel and competition? 13:33 - Decision to sign es3tag 16:00 - device's honest opinion on the extended roster 18:17 - Pros and cons of just five players vs. expanded roster 20:55 - Was device at the point of needing a break? 25:00 - Playing with JUGi and Snappi, DH & BLAST 28:43 - device on community pressure, Twitter comments 30:50 - device dismisses player contract requiring 37-48 hours per week 35:05 - Who decides the roster shuffles in Astralis? Recent news: 38:00 - Update to Dust2 45:20 - Teams handed ownership conflict ultimatum 50:05 - Snappi to c0ntact 55:18 - BIG win DreamHack Masters BLAST Premier 1:01:25 - Evil Geniuses, Complexity surprise with wins 1:08:01 - device talks about mentality 1:11:30 - FaZe’s 3rd-place mental block 1:17:37 - Learning new things from the upcoming stars (Maka, farlig) 1:21:25 - SPUNJ’s emotional speech on the MIBR - FURIA controversy 1:29:35 - Players’ involvement in the decisions on the rules 1:34:35 - “We all need to be more responsible at how we use Social Media” - SPUNJ World ranking 1:36:50 - Striker explains why the ranking looks the way it does 1:41:20 - Are HLTV rankings a driving force for Astralis? RMR Summer 1:44:50 - Upsets in cs_summit 6 qualifier; is the current qualifier concept viable? 1:50:20 - Striker talks about potential Major Qual. system abuse Playtime 1:53:25 - The key to Astralis’ online success 1:56:25 - device on excusing losses to formats 1:58:05 - “When will gla1ve and Xyp9x return. They will return, right.....?”

23 Juni 20202h

➡️ 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 Timestamps: 0:00 Hotseat with smooya 3:18 - Playing with steel in Chaos 7:12 - Is steel still invested in the game? 8:52 - What was smooya up to during the coronavirus? 12:25 - smooya's offers: Sprout and a top12 team 14:35 - Current situation with TIGER Recent news 18:05 - ImAPet joins 100 Thieves 22:11 - smooya’s experience with kassad and 100T 24:16 - Sharing opinions on ImAPet as a coach 28:28 - Gratisfaction’s role in 100T 32:18 - Xyp9x takes leave, Astralis bring in Snappi 38:10 - CS without breaks 48:40 - 5+ players roster 52:00 - Would smooya be a backup player? 54:44 - Maikelele's ugly breakup with GODSENT 1:00:13 - The origins of the story, looking into the tweetlongers 1:08:40 - HECTOz completes Copenhagen Flames MR12 playtest 1:12:50 - SPUNJ starts MR12 talk 1:15:30 - Thoughts on the Gamers Without Borders matches and MR12 viability 1:24:25 - Is BO3 too long for a player nowadays? Dreamhack & BLAST 1:32:20 - DH Masters: Can FURIA win it? 1:44:40 - BLAST Showdown: who will make it through? 1:47:10 - Ties, round-robin groups viability 1:54:30 - Are we spoiled with ‘good’ formats? Playtime 1:58:10 - SPUNJ on keeping up with personal level as an observer 2:03:30 - Visualizing step sounds (learning from Valorant!) 2:05:50 - Final words

3 Juni 20202h 7min