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