s1mple with Falcons: first matches & future | HLTV Confirmed S7E5

➡️ 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 Recent news 3:40 - Stewie2K takes over as Liquid IGL 10:45 - “If you’re taking thing seriously, and one of your teammates isn’t, it’s gonna lead to the changes eventually” - Striker on the roster changes 13:25 - Is Stewie the right guy to call? 15:55 - Making NA dream team 20:00 - DH Masters: mouz struggling 25:15 - The reasons behind the team’s performance downfall First impressions on roster changes 33:00 - JUGi in Astralis 38:00 - “What is the point… What is anything at this point?” - Professeur on Astralis roster 40:35 - Kristou with North 45:50 - trk on MIBR Confirmed, but unseen changes 50:40 - hampus replaces Lekr0 on NiP 58:20 - olofmeister takes a break, Bymas jumps in 1:03:00 - Will olofmeister come back? To be a part of a six-man roster? 1:12:10 - Farlig on GODSENT, Maikelele benched 1:22:35 - buster takes break, YEKINDAR joins VP 1:27:20 - NEO, TaZ reunite Rumors and reports 1:31:10 - smooya, Snappi to TIGER 1:35:00 - ALEX ponders return Rankings time 1:37:40 - Ranking the roster changes that happened 1:45:00 - Top 3 changes we would do right now 1:50:00 - Getting ZywOo and s1mple on the rifle? 2:00:40 - Picking the top-3

25 Maj 20202h 4min

In a special episode of the HLTV Confirmed podcast, we delve deep into the current CS:GO competitive format, examine its potential flaws and explore solutions for issues such as map length, the coin-flip nature of pistol rounds, and the comeback mechanic within the new economy. SPUNJ presents his ideas on overtime, while Rejin chips in with mouz's experience with the latest changes. HLTV Confirmed: Gamechanger is the first of a series of in-depth shows focused on theorycrafting and further improving CS:GO. ➡️ 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: 3:20 How long does a CS:GO map take? 8:40 Argument against long matches by Rejin 12:00 Viability of BO1s in early stages 16:45 What do casual CS:GO viewers want? 19:12 Fixing the double freezetime mechanic 25:00 How long should a map last? 30:00 Rejin's idea for OT only on map 3 39:00 The effects of the new economy 47:30 Why are we talking about MR12? 55:10 MR12 kills the "Blue Shell" mechanic 58:00 Tweaking the old economy for MR12 1:02:00 "Pistol rounds are a coin-flip" argument 1:07:10 Potential changes to pistol rounds 1:15:30 SPUNJ: "Maps should be CT sided" 1:18:20 MR12 won't shrink the playbook 1:22:00 Drawing conclusions from first half of the show 1:31:00 What's the best overtime format? 1:38:00 Tennis-style overtime in CS:GO 1:44:50 How many tournaments should a team play? 1:54:00 Hunting rankings and burnout 2:00:00 "Make the tournament 2-3 weeks, but give players time off" - Rejin

19 Maj 20202h 5min

➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction Hotseat with pronax 3:20 - Reading pronax biography 4:40 - What does pronax do now? 5:58 - What’s pronax role in the team? 7:55 - Looking back at the history of initial GODSENT 10:45 - Rebooting GODSENT 16:20 - How much does being a CS legend help pronax’s business? 19:25 - Book recommendation by pronax 20:40 - History of the GODSENT’s CS:GO squad 23:35 - kRYSTAL’s role as IGL 26:20 - How did pronax know that it was time to retire? 29:35 - Why pronax decided to not pursue coaching? 34:18 - Did pronax trial for FaZe? 36:45 - Has the game accelerated in terms of individual plays? VALORANT effect 38:50 - pronax shares his opinion on VALORANT 40:20 - Who has switched to the game and why? 49:50 - How does GODSENT look at VALORANT? 53:30 - VALORANT as a chance for those who are not able to compete in CS 55:20 - The business reasons for mostly American players quitting Recent news 59:20 - Astralis to sign JUGi and go to seven 1:04:25 - pronax’s take on the Astralis’ strategy 1:12:55 - MIBR gave up on meyern 1:16:55 - Is it hard to remain at the top? 1:21:40 - Dilemma of a team dropped from being top-1 1:24:45 - HUNDEN join Heroic 1:31:00 - SPUNJ on how online affects the scene 1:36:23 - Touching on why pronax hasn’t tried being an analyst ESL One: Road to Rio 1:39:42 - Addressing round-robin issues 1:45:40 - Reviewing RMR system 1:53:40 - The 20% points loss rule and reasons behind it

12 Maj 20202h

Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 0:00 Hotseat with MSL 1:47 - Welcoming MSL 3:00 - Running through the MSL’s history at Rogue and OpTic 7:11 - What were MSL’s goals in NA and what MSL experienced there 9:20 - MSL talks about rejoining North 12:40 - The role of the performance coach in the game 14:37 - MSL on AWPing 17:55 - MSL about device, acoR, and JUGi and their applications in the game 20:49 - MSL’s approach to using a coach 26:40 - North’s results at EPL and Road to Rio Recent news 29:27 - Major coaching rule vote 32:30 - Is bigger involvement of coaches an issue? 34:40 - SicK retires from competitive play 38:50 - ENCE add Jamppi as sixth 40:10 - 6-man rosters - do they make any sense? 42:05 - Conflict of interest ruling 47:50 - SPUNJ smashes Valve for throwing TOs under the bus Danish scene 49:57 - What is the Danish secret to success? 54:42 - Does a high recognition level among the general population of Denmark play a role? 56:47 - Danish scene power rankings 1:00:45 - What’s the potential for HUNDEN? Smarter than the Twitch chat quiz 1:02:24 - MSL vs. the Twitch chat Map pool 1:09:40 - MSL’s take on the map pool 1:11:40 - Discussing Dust 2 1:17:00 - Which map should be removed from the map pool? 1:21:00 - Which map should be brought to the map pool? Discussing Cobblestone Playtime 1:29:45 - FPL drama 1:35:34 - MSL about sports psychologist 1:37:35 - What does North need to become championship contender? 1:41:12 - MSL on salary speculations 1:45:04 - Why are mousesports dropping off? 1:51:00 - Some last words from MSL

28 Apr 20201h 52min

Gen.G in-game leader Damian "daps" Steele joined the HLTV Confirmed podcast to talk about the recent updates to CS:GO, Valve's relationship with the game and how the coronavirus has affected North American Counter-Strike. The tenured leader also spoke about his removal from NRG, the relationship with tarik and stanislaw, as well as the coach change in Evil Geniuses, as they replaced ImAPet with zews. Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed

19 Apr 20202h 4min

➡️ 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: 0:26 - Welcoming issues and sharing corona experiences Hotseat with maLeK 1:57 - Introducing maLeK 3:07 - maLeK’s origins in Counter-Strike 4:42 - maLek's experience as a butler for royal families 6:09 - Who did maLeK play with during the Source times? 8:00 - What coaching means to maLeK? 10:00 - Transition to the international roster 11:55 - Working with ocelote - how is it? 14:25 - “When we’re rolling, there’s not even one percent problem with English” - maLeK 19:22 - Talking notorious "Bambolero" and other terms 21:40 - Talking about G2’s EPL results 24:14 - maLeK on his team’s preparation Recent news 26:35 - Evil Geniuses: -ImAPet +zews 30:50 - maLeK’s take on the conflict in EG 38:20 - Heroic changes 41:46 - Weapon balance: AUG is back, Krieg is dead? 44:30 - “Why did they wait so long to destroy SG?” - Professeur 47:40 - Is FAMAS actually usable? 49:35 - Talking about Tec-9 and Revolver 52:17 - Who will suffer the most from the weapon change? 58:10 - Discussing Deagle’s new jumpshot capabilities EPL and the online play 1:02:12 - Talking about the NA season results 1:05:50 - maLeK on issues of working online 1:08:30 - Will EU teams dominate when corona is no more? 1:11:11 - “This is like a reset button for the teams” - maLeK on the lockdown 1:17:20 - Discussing Astralis’ 6-man roster move 1:22:09 - maLeK vs. Twitch chat Major changes 1:29:00 - Striker explains what happened 1:35:40 - maLeK shares his opinion on the changes 1:38:33 - Winners and losers of the changes Playtime 1:47:47 - How HLTV ranking is adjusting to the move to online play? 1:51:10 - Does Scream have a chance to come back? 1:52:50 - Where could ImAPet go?

12 Apr 20201h 59min

https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed/ Hotseat with Rejin 1:35 - Reflecting on IEM Katowice results 3:54 - What’s different between mousesports before and now? 6:04 - Rejin on preparing for EPL 8:03 - Having a roster where everyone can show up vs. a superstar-based team? 10:40 - Who’s gonna be an upset in EPL? 12:20 - Are there any teams that will benefit from more online? Recent news 14:59 - Heroic-FPX situation 18:45 - Striker: “you’ve put 4 million dollars into CS and you allowed this to happen” 26:47 - Major postponed to November 32:00 - AdreN takes over as VP captain 40:36 - GamerLegion add coach, disband Six-man roster 45:11 - Discussing Astralis’ move to sign es3tag as 6th player 56:32 - Why six-man roster didn’t work in the past? EPL Season 11 1:07:47 - Impressions of Vitality with misutaaa 1:10:47 - Rejin on his experience of standing in and having a near-zero rating 1:14:51 - Astralis, Na’Vi recover after slow starts 1:23:04 - Who will top group C of EPL Europe? 1:30:40 - Professeur, BanKs, and Striker predict the team topping group C Good, Bad, Ugly 1:33:55 - Ugly: FPX debacle, production issues 1:39:27 - Bad: Stand-ins galore 1:41:50 - Good: Banter, MAD Lions & MIBR deliver 1:42:08 - Talking about the removal of HUNDEN 1:45:21 - Rejin on if AcilioN can improve MAD Lions Playtime 1:49:03 - Will the meta change due to more online CS and less events? 1:52:48 - Question: why is chrisJ better than s1mple? 1:53:50 - Question: what’s the difference in coaching Tricked and coaching mousesports? 1:59:15 - Rejin shows mousesports bootcamp schedule 2:03:10 - Does chrisJ help out with in-game leading?

26 Mars 20202h 7min

https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Timestamps: Hotseat with kassad 1:06 - Introducing kassad 1:40 - What do 100 Thieves do in LA? 2:42 - kassad on working on his team’s mentality 6:51 - Is there a specific goal to remain at the top? 7:56 - Is CS becoming more individualistic? 9:54 - Do 100 Thieves specifically prepare to face star players like ZywOo? 11:48 - How kassad started coaching and how his style has changed over time? 15:10 - What’s the outlook for kassad for 2020? 16:15 - What makes a good coach? 18:30 - How much does confidence matter? 19:30 - Were there any instances of potential rosters on the table? Recent news 23:25 - MAD Lions bench HUNDEN 25:17 - “Something doesn’t add up” - kassad on HUNDEN’s situation 31:30 - AcilioN replacing HUNDEN. Is it good or bad? 36:07 - ALEX steps down from Vitality 43:50 - “I’m afraid that he made the wrong decision” - kassad 47:51 - AGO sign seventh player Minors 51:00 - Overviewing the Minors 52:41 - Talking Europe Minor 54:18 - Surprises in the European Minor lineup 1:03:33 - Changes in the teams that didn't qualify? EPL S11: Groups A and B 1:07:00 - EPL format and team list 1:09:45 - Group A: will Astralis prevail? 1:12:57 - Group B: will Na’Vi keep their pace? 1:17:40 - Talking EPL’s continuous LAN format 1:20:00 - Predicting the teams to top groups A & B FLASHPOINT 1:24:40 - Team lineup still not finalized (but known?) 1:26:26 - Talking FLASHPOINT’s format and lineup 1:31:28 - The buy-in aspect Playtime 1:39:25 - kassad on his fellow Serbian nexa playing in G2 1:41:26 - Can any player eventually become an IGL? 1:44:34 - Is it a problem for star player like NiKo to explain his view as an IGL? 1:46:10 - Economy, krieg, schedule, booths, Valve - good or bad? 1:52:07 - The final words from kassad

11 Mars 20201h 55min