HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

HLTV.org's live talk show hosted by Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill dedicated to hot topics surrounding the professional Counter-Strike scene.Catch us live here:https://twitch.tv/hltvorg

HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast is a leisure podcast hosted by HLTV, with 311 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

HLTV hosts HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast, a leisure show with 311 episodes published.

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  Episode #79

  Snappi talks ending player career & joining HEROIC | HLTV Confirmed S7E79

  Oct 2, 20262h 24mS7

  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! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 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 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/SnappiCSGO https://x.com/professeur_cs https://x.com/SPUNJ https://x.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://x.com/LukasWiinholt

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  Episode #61

  BCG bench elec, Vitality back to winning, NAVI Major trouble? | HLTV Confirmed S7E78

  Sep 23, 20262h 2mS7

  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! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 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

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  Episode #77

  apEX talks Vitality's down period, re-signing, opponents, and future | HLTV Confirmed S7E77

  Sep 8, 20262h 18mS7

  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.➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv0:00 - IntroCheck-in with apEX2:01 - apEX joins!3:57 - Porto impressions7:44 - "We got a bit too complacent" - apEX11:00 - Playing with jL13:50 - Down period & problems20:38 - Plans for events22:00 - "VRS is so f-ed up" - apEX24:53 - Tournament break erosion29:12 - Re-signing & long-term future35:10 - Health impact40:32 - "We're not main favorites" - apEX44:39 - Falcons54:02 - MOUZ impressions59:30 - WATO: VitalityBLAST Open Porto1:11:35 - Skinionaire1:18:08 - MVP decision1:21:41 - donk surpasses NiKo in MVPs1:25:15 - FURIA loses to Vitality1:32:20 - G2: tier 1 or tier 2?1:35:01 - Falcons: high ceiling, low floor1:41:52 - Stop disrespecting MOUZ!1:59:20 - ruggah retires from coaching2:02:46 - FISSURE Playground2:10:12 - Top Comment 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_shareHLTV 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_apEXhttps://x.com/professeur_cshttps://x.com/SPUNJhttps://x.com/StrikerHLTVorghttps://x.com/LukasWiinholt

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  Episode #75

  Spirit win EWC, Falcons & Vitality fall flat, BLAST & season takes | HLTV Confirmed S7E75

  Aug 25, 20262h 57mS7

  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! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about Skins with 0% fees: https://skins.com/r/hltv 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? 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

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  Episode #74

  MOUZ win BLAST over Spirit, crazy EWC qual & season invites | HLTV Confirmed S7E74

  Aug 4, 20262h 4mS7

  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! ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about Skins, P2P, no fees: https://skins.com 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

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