HLTV Confirmed S4E4 (ft. Devilwalk) | Liquid & NA best year; ZywOo GOAT, not s1mple?
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 Dec 20192h 24min
HLTV Confirmed S4E3 (ft. Bubzkji) | CS:GO Podcast
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 Dec 20192h 16min
HLTV Confirmed S4E2 (ft. k0nfig, vENdetta) | CS:GO Podcast
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 Dec 20192h 7min
HLTV Confirmed S4E1 (ft. JW) | CS:GO Podcast
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
HLTV Confirmed S03E28 - live from Berlin with guests Martin & Nomad
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
HLTV Confirmed S03E27 - New Legends preview with seang@res, Rejin, Pimp
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
HLTV Confirmed S03E26 - Previewing the Major with GeT_RiGhT
Player's perspective -How does a pro see the Majors? Let's Pick'Em -GeT_RiGhT lends a hand Fantasy draft -Who will select the best team? Bold Major predictions -Dark horses, surprises and unlikely runs Recent news - EPL Relegation results - erkaSt to leave Grayhound - tow b coach BIG - V4 Future Sports 2019 - Vega disband - cajunb replaces refrezh - Roster rumors (suNny, 100T, ENCE) Final remarks -Closing the show with final Major thoughts
19 Aug 20191h 58min
HLTV Confirmed S03E25 - half-year recap with guest Bleh
Recent news -BIG bring back nex & smooya -gob b announces retirement -CSPPA announce player break -Vertigo updated -Cache to be played in ESL NY showmatch Revisiting predictions -Looking back at what we claimed at the start of the year Top20 expectations -Which players are likely to finish in the top20? Meta shift -Impact of the map pool, AUG, and economy updates Cutting online CS -EPL and ECS changes, for better or for worse? -What more can be done? Predictions for 2019 -Our bold predictions for the remainder of the year
6 Aug 20192h 27min
