HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

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?

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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

Vitality's apEX joins us to talk about the team's recent results, jL's stand-in stint, the long-term plans, other teams' impressions, and more! In the second half of the show, we go in-depth on BLAST Porto results, and namely Falcons, MOUZ, FURIA, G2, and donk's records.

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0:00 - Intro

Check-in with apEX
2:01 - apEX joins!
3:57 - Porto impressions
7:44 - "We got a bit too complacent" - apEX
11:00 - Playing with jL
13:50 - Down period & problems
20:38 - Plans for events
22:00 - "VRS is so f-ed up" - apEX
24:53 - Tournament break erosion
29:12 - Re-signing & long-term future
35:10 - Health impact
40:32 - "We're not main favorites" - apEX
44:39 - Falcons
54:02 - MOUZ impressions
59:30 - WATO: Vitality

BLAST Open Porto
1:11:35 - Skinionaire
1:18:08 - MVP decision
1:21:41 - donk surpasses NiKo in MVPs
1:25:15 - FURIA loses to Vitality
1:32:20 - G2: tier 1 or tier 2?1:35:01 - Falcons: high ceiling, low floor
1:41:52 - Stop disrespecting MOUZ!
1:59:20 - ruggah retires from coaching
2:02:46 - FISSURE Playground
2:10:12 - Top Comment

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📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs...
📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

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

lauNX joins Confirmed to talk about playing for FUT and his future; we also talk about Snappi departing NIP and his coaching prospects, cobrazera replacing Techno on TheMongolZ and the chances of the Mongolian joining BCG, and BLAST Porto results, with NAVI showing signs of crisis most notably.

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0:00 - Intro

lauNx
2:31 - lauNx joins
5:34 - Health problems & getting benched on FUT
11:44 - FUT playstyle
17:00 - Most fitting team?
21:02 - Future of lauNx
24:45 - BCG and other teams
29:16 - FUT comms
37:43 - The state of the scene
42:02 - xfl0ud replacement

Quick news whip around
49:35 - Top Comment
56:00 - Skinionaire
1:11:25 - Snappi down from NIP: done?
1:13:45 - Snappi coach options?
1:18:20 - NIP Krimbo
1:20:15 - MongolZ get cobrazera
1:21:36 - Techno to BCG?!BLAST Porto
1:23:35 - NAVI in crisis?
1:41:27 - WATO: donk aces
1:47:36 - G21:50:31 - Aurora1:54:02 - Vitality
1:57:10 - Falcons

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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

Spirit lift trophy at the EWC after Vitality and Falcons failed to even reach the semis: what's coming for the title race of the season and at BLAST? This and more in this eposide of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Rant and France impressions

EWC
7:02 - EWC experiences
13:43 - EWC LCQ scale
19:18 - Setting expectations
22:20 - Who's in the title race?
25:15 - Skinionaire
32:44 - EWC club championship
36:21 - The lurppis tale
40:11 - Falcons
53:39 - Spirit
1:07:20 - FURIA
1:10:57 - G2
1:16:21 - FURIA & BR shuffle?
1:26:03 - 9z the new MongolZ?
1:27:50 - FaZe

Recent news
1:32:55 - Vitality contract extensions
1:43:02 - Player union?
1:50:50 - Top Comment
1:59:37 - ENC postponed
2:03:12 - EWC on-stage debacle
2:06:44 - Spirit interviews issue
2:16:52 - FURIA fe to VALO
2:22:50 - EF minus br0, LG minus Bymas

BLAST Open Porto
2:29:13 - Who needs to step up?
2:39:50 - Predicting the groups
2:42:48 - WATO: Vitality to miss playoffs?

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📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675
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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

MOUZ win their first trophy in a new roster with PR, Spinx stars in the grand final against Spirit while donk is having a slow game, BCG won their first LAN while beating some literal children, crucial VRS invite date hits, jL rumors, and massive EWC are the key topics for this episode of Confirmed!

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0:00 - Intro

BLAST Bounty debrief
5:25 - MOUZ win on debut
7:08 - Skinionaire
12:30 - Spinx MVP & new MOUZ
25:32 - Spirit final upset
30:40 - FaZe are back?
32:02 - jL rumors
33:42 - FaZe, MongolZ
38:00 - Astralis
39:06 - Top Comment

Recent news
47:05 - FPG 5 becomes 3
50:05 - BCG win Elisa
54:09 - TDK transfer to 1win
55:50 - Argentina Major tickets on sale
1:01:50 - VRS invites: who goes where?

EWC
1:19:02 - EWC crazy open qual
1:32:04 - Qual group overview
1:40:13 - WATO: qual results?
1:50:12 - Who do we want to go through?
1:55:18 - Main event expectations
1:56:01 - jL to join 100T?
1:59:39 - A boost fix

👕 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