HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

Cologne Major reached playoffs: talking through the biggest stories so far (and to come!) with Monte's coach kakafu in live-with-audience special from SK Gaming headquarters in Cologne, Germany.

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0:00 - Intro

Hot seat with kakafu
1:50 - kakafu on Gizmy
4:52 - Role in Monte
10:02 - Monte: young breakouts
14:31 - Stressful moments & warnings

Group Stage recap
19:41 - donk's show?
21:42 - NAVI's elimination
23:41 - BIG 0-12 comeback
28:10 - Legacy coach barred
28:49 - Skits!
29:31 - 9z cinderella run
30:53 - Vitality are mortal
32:08 - Aussies f-ed your Pick'Ems
32:48 - Jab Jabich
33:45 - No NA in top 16!

Roster changes!
36:40 - lauNx's looking into options
39:02 - FL1T to PARIVISION?
42:02 - Liquid: 100% changes
43:23 - Aurora: ash confirmed?!
46:28 - BCG: we don't care!
47:33 - FaZe: Jimmi?
49:03 - frozen to NAVI… with Twistzz!?
51:25 - Who will NAVI replace?
52:34 - MOUZ: xertioN IGL!?
56:42 - Astralis remove ruggah
1:03:40 - Top Comment
1:06:31 - Skinionaire

Playoffs preview
1:15:28 - Bracket is f-ed!
1:21:00 - Who's the favorite?
1:25:52 - Best storyline?
1:31:32 - Predicting quarters
1:51:39 - Predicting semis & final
1:57:24 - WATO: Vitality win the Major

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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.

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Cologne Major is around the corner! Looking back at the season and previewing Cologne Major Stage 1, as well as Falcons grand final curse implications, Stickers revenue change, flash in spectator mode, and more.
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0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Sloodge and milk
5:29 - Top Comment

Recent news
9:15 - IEM Beijing replacing Chengdu
10:33 - Stickers money change
26:10 - CSTV flash fixed?
33:05 - XSE building up

Season 1 recap
35:41 - Year so far: updates
39:35 - Maps stats
47:05 - Mid-Season moves ranking
53:01 - Team results
56:23 - MVPs
1:00:20 - Top players (top 20 so far)
1:06:52 - Perma bans overview
1:10:21 - Pop quiz & live Confirmed
1:12:00 - Cologne content

IEM Cologne preview
1:17:10 - SPUNJ's pyramid
1:19:14 - Case for MOUZ
1:23:06 - Gauging PARIVISION
1:26:22 - Aurora, FUT, Legacy
1:28:52 - "Bad" teams: GL, B8, Astralis etc
1:37:06 - The bottom category
1:41:42 - Predicting Stage 1 openers
1:48:02 - FlyQuest issue
1:49:17 - SPUNJ horse race bets
1:52:36 - Striker bets: "Falcons cursed"
1:57:15 - Prof bets: heavy on Vitality
2:00:24 - SPUNJ bets: even heavier on Vitality
2:03:19 - WATO: Aussies win a game
2:09:42 - Stage 1 Pick'Ems

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📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs...
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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/professeur_cs
https://x.com/SPUNJ
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

Atlanta and Astana finish: Vitality fumble, Spirit win a title (thanks to S0tf1k?), Falcons karrigan debut, EWC moves to Paris, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Traveling & shoutout to docs!

Recent news
5:01 - FlyQuest fumble a LAN
6:13 - oskar retirement
8:06 - Top Comment
10:34 - Triple boost removal & fixes
19:01 - EWC moving to Paris
24:55 - PGL Lodz 2027
33:00 - PassionUA rebuild

Atlanta and Astana
39:00 - Simultaneous events
47:32 - XSE event in June
50:40 - Astana impressions
54:32 - Crowd cheating
1:00:57 - NAVI Atlanta win
1:07:47 - Cologne live show!

Temp check
1:09:48 - Spirit's trophy
1:13:00 - S0tf1K as a coach
1:21:53 - Falcons karrigan debut
1:31:32 - kyxsan’s comment: unfair kick?
1:35:18 - Liquid: soulless?
1:36:55 - TheMongolZ: lazy?
1:37:56 - Vitality: no need to overreact!
1:41:00 - NAVI: mental boost
1:42:16 - Aurora: same issues
1:42:43 - MOUZ debut with jL and xelex
1:49:24 - FURIA
1:51:08 - PARIVISION
1:53:24 - FUT, GL, Astralis, Legacy, G2
1:57:34 - MongolZ playoffs at CAC

👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop
📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter
🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve

📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675
📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share

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/professeur_cs
https://x.com/SPUNJ
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

BLAST Rivals Fort Worth end with another Vitality win, FaZe show up to entertain, alarming FURIA, Cache in competitive, Saudi EPL & EWC questions, and Astana/Atlanta preview in this episode of Confirmed.

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0:00 - Intro
2:12 - Limbo period?
4:12 - Top Comment
11:08 - Skinionaire

Recent news
19:02 - Cache added to competitive
23:02 - What map will be removed?
27:48 - ESIC activity overview
34:47 - EPL to Saudi: who will go?
44:43 - EWC 2026 dubious future
55:32 - BIG female team on pause

BLAST Rivals
59:27 - Vitality don't give up!
1:03:10 - Another Vitality win streak
1:07:32 - 0-11 comeback on Nuke
1:17:02 - FaZe entertain!
1:25:24 - Alarming FURIA
1:28:52 - molodoy issue?
1:36:43 - Should FURIA change… now?!
1:38:55 - Arena & attendance
1:41:36 - Format & broadcast
1:50:23 - SPUNJ caster rant

Astana vs. Atlanta
1:53:01 - Astana: the best of the rest
1:57:32 - Who's the favorite?
1:58:28 - Falcons with karrigan
2:05:12 - Atlanta: top 2 & murky waters
2:09:04 - Vitality "free win"?
2:14:03 - NAVI: the 2nd best

👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop

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/professeur_cs
https://x.com/SPUNJ
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

stavn joins us to talk about the break and the comeback as well as his perspective on the Astralis-Heroic-cadiaN scandal; Cache returns, Animgraph2, BCGame Senzu, ash's potential move to Aurora, Vitality second Grand Slam and their case for GOAT, and Spirit's S0tf1k buff - this and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg
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0:00 - Intro

stavn!
1:43 - stavn joins!
3:04 - Last months with Astralis
6:12 - stavn candid on "stabbi" saga
11:47 - IGLing or AWPing options
13:32 - "We f-ed up all HEROIC" - stavn
17:43 - Taking a break
21:05 - Coming back
24:32 - Becoming an AWPer
30:28 - Playing with Snappi
33:26 - Reuniting with exes & Danish NIP
37:58 - stavn's AWP style
39:53 - Debut with NiP
50:36 - Cache takes
55:45 - Plans for the future
57:52 - Takes on international Astralis
1:02:35 - Reuniting with sjuush

Recent news
1:07:11 - Running Confirmed is intricate!
1:10:10 - Skinionaire: Cache
1:17:08 - Cache soon: impressions
1:22:02 - The new meta
1:30:34 - Animgraph2: "5% difference?"
1:36:51 - ash departs GL… for Aurora?!
1:40:21 - Senzu to BCGame: just marketing?
1:45:43 - Stake circuit announcement
1:49:28 - Top Comment

Leftovers
1:53:45 - Are Vitality the goats?
2:06:51 - Spirit uptick of form: closed GF?
2:12:02 - S0tF1K buff or hally problem?!

BLAST Rivals
2:20:15 - Brief overview
2:22:22 - WATO
2:28:41 - Little wins for each team

👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop

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/stavnCS
https://x.com/professeur_cs
https://x.com/SPUNJ
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt