HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

Surprising BLAST victory by PARIVISION, ahother Falcons top 2 finish, NiKo MVP explained, Vitality & Spirit losses analyzed, new Anubis takes, IEM Krakow preview with teams ranked, and more in this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Gaps & cats
5:39 - Top Comment

Recent news
9:30 - FlyQuest win in China
11:24 - BIG climbing, MIBR grinding
22:20 - Anubis changes analyzed!
38:50 - WATO: Anubis play count in Krakow
42:55 - Update overall: good?

BLAST Bounty
44:45 - PARIVISION triumph
47:24 - LanDaLan over BLAST?!
53:24 - Falcons vs. PARIVISION
1:01:32 - Dust 2 round analysis
1:06:20 - Are PARIVISION title contenders?
1:08:12 - Why NiKo is MVP?
1:12:52 - Falcons fly and fumble
1:17:20 - Was BLAST a big event?..
1:19:47 - Vitality & FURIA
1:25:15 - donk cares about #1?
1:27:05 - Spirit first impressions
1:32:50 - Skinionaire: Kato history

IEM Krakow preview
1:47:28 - Teams overview
1:51:15 - Vitality: the top dog?
1:55:20 - Challengers?
1:57:12 - Any given Sunday?
1:59:10 - Good & VRS hungry
2:02:50 - Hakuna Matata (inshallah)
2:07:00 - Breakout potential
2:10:28 - Stage 1 preview: competitive!
2:18:12 - BCGame: 0 time together?

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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

ash joins to discuss FiRE Major in Argentina announcement, Anubis late reintroduction, BLAST Bounty impressions (boring!), and event attendance strategy for the season.

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0:00 - Intro

Recent news
1:55 - ash to leave GL (breaking!)
6:30 - Anubis (late) reintroduction
11:25 - Dream CS2 update
16:01 - FiRE Major in Argentina
20:54 - Valve’s idea for Argentina Major?
29:58 - ash takes Skinionaire
38:31 - EWC mad format

Season strategy
40:30 - Team rank event importance
52:41 - BLAST Bounty issue & solution
58:24 - Event attendance strategy w/ ash
1:15:57 - Top Comment

BLAST Bounty
1:20:40 - First impressions: boring!
1:24:42 - “I’m worried for Aurora” - ash
1:26:50 - ash’s take on PR
1:30:39 - New Spirit
1:32:30 - FaZe & NAVI
1:34:31 - Falcons kyousuke: visa explained
1:37:04 - Playoffs draw
1:43:12 - WATO: Vitality at BLAST
1:50:32 - blameF to BIG - why?
1:54:01 - Desired lineup change

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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/ashhhcs
https://x.com/Professeur_CS
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

2025 wrap-up, Top 20 explained, and expectations for 2026: this and more in this episode of HLTV Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
3:00 - Top Comment
9:29 - EYEBALLERS win over FaZe

HLTV Awards & 2025
11:24 - Awards impressions
18:02 - Top 20 list
20:10 - donk vs. ZywOo
24:01 - Critique of Top 20
38:15 - Skinionaire: 2025 wrap
54:46 - VRS in 2025
1:01:22 - “2025 is a roaring success” - Striker
1:05:28 - State of the game

2026: Season ahead
1:09:22 - Off-season changes
1:10:50 - ECSTATIC, 9INE, paiN
1:12:25 - ash, NIP, Astralis -Magisk
1:16:00 - GL bench ztr, add Snax
1:18:52 - BC.Game, M80
1:22:01 - Spirit change
1:29:09 - magixx as IGL
1:31:17 - Falcons no changes
1:34:30 - Aurora -jottAAA +soulfly
1:36:02 - BC.Game SAW coer
1:42:02 - PARIVISION
1:44:11 - cobrazera joins MongolZ
1:45:20 - Mail09, Astrlais international
1:48:37 - TaZ BC.game, 100T
1:51:02 - messioso 300IQ
1:54:02 - Fluxo, blameF to BIG
1:57:21 - WATO: Vitality don’t win BLAST Bonty
2:03:25 - WATO: top 10 team to change?
2:11:41 - WATO: 2025 is NiKo last top 20

Time Capsule
2:20:20 - Team of the season?
2:22:35 - Major MVP?
2:23:19 - Best change?
2:24:54 - Team to change?
2:26:40 - Breakout of the season?
2:29:24 - Disaster of the season?
2:30:49 - Retirement of the season?

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

HLTV Confirmed went live from Belgrade the morning after HLTV Awards featuring Vitality's apEX and flameZ to talk about their successful 2025 that ended with the team receiving a plethora of awards, and plans for 2026.

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0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Awards party
5:10 - Vitality best year?
9:12 - Pressure & expectations
12:34 - "We take most time off" - Vitality
18:42 - Most important wins
22:16 - No more changes?
24:22 - apEX on Spinx about to leave
27:27 - Are MOUZ a threat?
31:20 - 2026 Vitality events
46:51 - Anubis is back
52:30 - "Let's give our best all the time" - apEX
53:42 - Top Comment

👕 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/Vitality_apEX
https://x.com/flamezcsgo
https://x.com/luismmira
https://x.com/SPUNJ
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

Vitality win Budapest Major: first impressions straight after the final, including the era talk, FaZe story hijack, the arena impressions, NAVI and MOUZ rumored changes, and some insight on donk vs. ZywOo race.

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📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg
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0:00 - Intro
3:41 - FaZe-Vitality final
9:52 - FaZe no changes
12:30 - donk's post
13:08 - Vitality era?
18:15 - Map change
19:29 - FaZe underdog story
20:47 - Aura & no aura teams
23:05 - FaZe standing
24:19 - jcobb step up
27:52 - "FaZe run" Major
29:00 - Team of the Year
33:24 - FaZe: changes or not?
36:57 - NAVI: exam passed or failed?
39:25 - Aleksib's last NAVI game?
45:32 - MOUZ "need a change"
47:19 - Jimmi out?
49:02 - Snax to GamerLegion
52:11 - Top Comment
54:45 - NiKo: will he win a Major?
58:08 - Skinionaire
1:07:17 - Arena impressions
1:12:02 - Biggest arena ever?
1:13:19 - Security issues
1:15:09 - The merch sale problem
1:17:02 - "StarLadder beat expectations"
1:22:34 - Vitality vs. Astralis era
1:26:42 - ZywOo vs. donk for #1

👕 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/SPUNJ
https://x.com/Professeur_CS
https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg
https://x.com/LukasWiinholt