Bounty upsets, stickers issue & questions for the season | HLTV Confirmed S7E73
HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike PodcastShow Notes
Online upsets at BLAST Bounty, Major stickers money issue, and asking the questions for the fall season: Vitality era, Falcons contender status, #1 conversation, next Major winner, and more in this episode of Confirmed!
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0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Dental & horror stories 8:20 - How to get into casting? 13:52 - Bomb blast update 20:35 - Top Comment
Recent news 22:10 - Bounty format & prize update 39:02 - EWC arena upgrade 47:00 - More Major stickers 53:01 - "Stickers are bad business model" - SPUNJ 59:22 - Buyouts & salaries: inflated? 1:04:09 - Big money is no more!
Catfished or caught out 1:12:15 - First-ever catfished or caught out! 1:14:00 - Falcons lose to 100T 1:17:47 - Aurora lose to FOKUS 1:18:40 - Vitality lose to Vitality 1:21:03 - FURIA lose to DENDELE 1:24:05 - G2 lose to Liquid 1:26:50 - More upsets 1:29:38 - Bounty LAN playoffs 1:32:13 - WATO: Spirit win Bounty? 1:38:07 - Skinionaire
The Season ahead 1:42:40 - Questions for the Season 1:44:33 - Is the Vitality era over? 1:47:04 - Falcons a one time thing? 1:52:08 - What happens to FaZe? 1:53:00 - Can #1 conversation reopen? 1:55:12 - Next blockbuster signing? 1:58:26 - Will FalleN actually retire? 2:00:02 - Who's most likely to change? 2:02:37 - Who'll miss the Major? 2:05:17 - Who'll win the Major? 2:09:02 - Who'll get the Major MVP? 2:13:26 - PARIVISION get FL1T 2:18:52 - "Never forget your head armor"
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