HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

Bucharest and the Major race are about to culminate so we meet to talk it through: Spirit's failure to make the playoffs, Vitality showing up with jL, NAVI resurging, G2 falling flat, and more. In the beginning, FlyQuest GOMEZ shares an exclusive insight on the state of Oceania CS and VRS.

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0:00 - Intro

Oceania regional catchup
2:15 - GOMEZ
3:25 - FlyQuest VRS strategy
10:21 - AliStair as an IGL
12:36 - Region swap issue
17:02 - Events gaming the rules
24:43 - Does ASIA need an RMR?
32:14 - Australian CS problem
36:21 - DFRAG
40:51 - Skinionaire

PGL Groups fallout
51:36 - Jee chickenpox
53:50 - 9z: paiN of 2025?
58:06 - Legacy bench n1ssim
1:05:39 - G2 eliminated by DENDELE
1:13:57 - Spirit: foolish not to change?
1:28:38 - FUT vs. Nemiga
1:33:20 - Vitality win without apEX
1:36:13 - NAVI resurge
1:39:30 - MOUZ: top 5 gatekeepers

Recent news
1:44:03 - Top Comment
1:47:20 - ENCE go bankrupt
1:52:08 - HLTV streaming integration
1:54:52 - New attributes stats
2:02:10 - The Major race

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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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https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

FURIA lift TWC 2026 trophy with FalleN, Falcons don't look good (and especially kyousuke), m0NESY contract extension & KRL's bait, jL might get stickers and FUT even miss the Major due to VRS rules, BB show up, ESIC bans, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
1:43 - Lukas in USA, Prof at PGL, Striker in the pool
7:00 - Top Comment

Recent news
17:00 - KRL m0NESY bait
22:32 - m0NESY 4-year extension
30:11 - ESIC bans
41:33 - Hong Kong teams announced
43:34 - FPG 4 announced

TWC
56:20 - FalleN lifting a trophy
1:03:35 - BetBoom back on the radar
1:10:50 - Falcons: a bad look
1:23:23 - kyousuke problem

Stake Pule 3
1:37:47 - Skinionaire
1:45:24 - Stake Pulse event quality
1:49:21 - VRS projections argument

PGL Bucharest
1:57:28 - jL getting stickers?!
2:02:18 - FUT/Astralis Major roster clash
2:07:37 - WATO: FUT don’t miss the Major?
2:15:05 - HLTV Attributes updates

👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop
📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter
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📲 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

This time, coming to you NOT LIVE (Chad says he was particularly dead) talking about all things interesting: Sashi & BCG region swap scandal, Astralis benching HooXi and jabbi due to allegedly failed negotiations, BLAST is having troubles securing teams, TWC preview, and HLTV Brain chatbot is introduced.

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0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Not live: THAT’S A LIE!

House keeping
6:30 - Top Comment
12:12 - MVP debate vs. Maui
19:43 - HLTV Brain introduced

Recent news
30:42 - Sashi-BCG situation
40:15 - Is VRS bad for Asia anyway?
46:18 - BCG exception
56:12 - PGL beats BLAST Bounty
1:03:23 - Why is BLAST losing?
1:09:45 - Astralis -HooXi -jabbi +cmtry

EPL wrap up
1:21:38 - Skinionaire
1:34:02 - Vitality back at their best
1:40:05 - MOUZ: the positives
1:49:23 - Spirit: are they anti-strated?

VRS race heats up:
1:56:00 - Asia VRS: BCG & more
1:59:28 - Americas VRS: paiN & more
2:02:38 - Europe VRS: NAVI & more
2:11:12 - Decisive events

TWC
1:13:35 - TWC overview
1:16:23 - WATO: Falcons win TWC

👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop
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📲 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

Snappi joins us right after getting announced as the new coach of HEROIC: making a decision to retire, choosing coaching, career reflections, the state of the scene & the game impressions, takes on FUT SunPayus & struggling NAVI, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

Snappi: new HEROIC coach
2:50 - Snappi retires as a player
10:43 - Opportunity to play with NiKo
13:24 - Reflecting on career
15:28 - Choosing coaching
19:36 - Joining HEROIC
21:51 - "In a way, this isn't fair" - Snappi
24:47 - Making a move mid-season
29:43 - How good is xKacpersky?
31:30 - Tier 2 VRS gameplay
34:21 - LANs impressions
38:32 - Is schedule packed?
45:02 - State of CS2
50:18 - CS2 vs. CS:GO
57:35 - WATO: Snappi at the Major?

Recent news
1:09:02 - SunPayus joins FUT
1:16:19 - Skinionaire
1:26:46 - Game update
1:28:43 - LANs recap
1:31:28 - Envy return, Complexity done
1:32:29 - LOUD & Brazil adpocalypse EPL
1:34:12 - Who are the frontrunners?
1:39:23 - NAVI, Aurora, Vitality
1:44:33 - Katowice lore & Masala House
1:47:00 - NAVI Major pressure
1:57:07 - Snappi is taking the floor
1:58:19 - Top Comment
2:06:40 - Striker defends MVP
2:11:45 - MongolZ n9ne
2:12:50 - Cologne 2027
2:18:23 - Rating 3.0 update

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

Vitality back to winning ways at StarLadder, Aurora show up for the first time, NAVI crumble into non-Major territory, BCG ditch electronic in favor of Asian core, SunPayus to join FUT, HObbit's return in place of slaxejezz, and more in this ep of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
4:13 - Top Comment

Recent news
8:54 - Valve Sept VRS chaos
12:23 - Skinionaire (news edition)
13:03 - Shanghai Major in 2027
15:50 - n0te replaced by adamb
19:23 - paiN’s demise
22:40 - EWC 2027-2028
24:33 - HObbit replaces slaxejezz
28:59 - ruggah retires
31:22 - TWC teams
35:50 - BCG -electronic +asap
49:29 - FlyQuest unlucko
53:32 - TheMongolZ meltdown
56:47 - SunPieus (pie=foot in Spanish)

FPG 3
1:05:32 - A Chinese Legacy
1:07:43 - GL’s misfortune streak
1:09:02 - G2, Astralis, FaZe
1:12:21 - FURIA struggle

StarLadder Fall 2026
1:21:31 - Vitality locking back in
1:29:44 - Ad readouts
1:33:43 - Aurora: 30 players better than XANTARES?
1:41:51 - WATO: MOUZ grand final
1:49:38 - NAVI crisis: no options?

👕 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