HLTV Confirmed S5E12 (feat. smooya) | cogu-led MIBR, olof returning to FaZe, NiKo to fix G2?

MIBR's lineup headlined by cogu, MDL betting bans, Heroic's return to the top and more are covered in HLTV Confirmed S5E12, which features returning guest smooya. The British AWPer talks about the success of his countrymend ALEX, mezii, Thomas, and team Endpoint, while giving his opinion on olofmeister's reported return to FaZe.

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0:00 - Podcast intro

Hotseat with smooya
1:50 - Introducing smooya
3:00 - Why did smooya leave c0ntact?
8:01 - Spinx’s potential
9:14 - Snappi as a person and as an IGL
13:51 - BIG tow b and c0ntact djL as coaches
18:50 - Switching to Valorant and options in CS
21:26 - UK players finding success

Recent news
26:33 - Aerial steps down from ENCE
31:08 - Cloud9 terminate NA team contracts
34:20 - ESIC bans seven MDL AU teams
40:39 - olofmeister to step in for FaZe in BLAST
44:37 - OG, BIG, fnatic in Flashpoint 2
54:21 - NAVI falter, VP on 16-series win streak
1:01:51 - Comparing zoneR and steel punishments
1:12:01 - Heroic on top again
1:22:00 - Vitality second-place curse

Shuffle season & BLAST starting
1:32:31 - MIBR announce trial lineup
1:40:42 - MAD Lions reveal refrezh, HooXi
1:42:59 - jkaem to Apeks
1:46:02 - Cloud9 cash out for es3tag
2:06:29 - Future of AZR, Liazz, Gratisfaction
2:12:15 - G2 closing in on NiKo
2:18:19 - BLAST: how will FURIA and EG do?

2:20:25 - 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 TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, device, Maniac, Pimp, HenryG, 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.

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