Budapest Major: tech issues, horrible FaZe, and "humiliation ritiual" | HLTV Confirmed S7E48
HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike PodcastShow Notes
Budapest Major has begun, and in this episode, we're talking all the big topics: tech issues, elimination humiliation ritual, "dogs**t" CS quality, FaZe and GL horrible form, and Stage 2 preview. Last but not least, gla1ve retires.
0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Why so early?
Recent news 6:01 - gla1ve retires 14:38 - gla1ve’s coach ambition 22:01 - HEROIC rumors 25:36 - Top comment 28:48 - EWIC working with betting?!
Major impressions 35:14 - Tech issues: “it’s a joke” 46:10 - Risky scheduling 54:48 - There are good things! 56:01 - Elimination humiliation ritual 1:05:00 - HUD impressions
Major results so far 1:08:36 - “Dogshit CS” - SPUNJ 1:15:10 - FaZe’s loss to… daps 1:17:31 - Why FaZe are so bad 1:27:12 - “FaZe need to change” - Prof 1:31:11 - FlyQuest: some proper CS 1:34:02 - Skinionaire 1:45:00 - General team takeaways 1:48:43 - GL: why so bad? 1:51:55 - 2-2 matches prediction
Major Stage 2 1:56:50 - Invited vs. qualified 1:58:40 - WATO: NAVI, Astralis, Aurora odds 2:02:50 - Refrag: Striker mode launched 2:06:12 - More Stage 2 takes
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