Sashi-BCG VRS scandal, Astralis losing players & BLAST losing teams | HLTV Confirmed S7E80
HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike PodcastShow Notes
This time, coming to you NOT LIVE (Chad says he was particularly dead) talking about all things interesting: Sashi & BCG region swap scandal, Astralis benching HooXi and jabbi due to allegedly failed negotiations, BLAST is having troubles securing teams, TWC preview, and HLTV Brain chatbot is introduced.
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0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Not live: THAT’S A LIE!
House keeping 6:30 - Top Comment 12:12 - MVP debate vs. Maui 19:43 - HLTV Brain introduced
Recent news 30:42 - Sashi-BCG situation 40:15 - Is VRS bad for Asia anyway? 46:18 - BCG exception 56:12 - PGL beats BLAST Bounty 1:03:23 - Why is BLAST losing? 1:09:45 - Astralis -HooXi -jabbi +cmtry
EPL wrap up 1:21:38 - Skinionaire 1:34:02 - Vitality back at their best 1:40:05 - MOUZ: the positives 1:49:23 - Spirit: are they anti-strated?
VRS race heats up: 1:56:00 - Asia VRS: BCG & more 1:59:28 - Americas VRS: paiN & more 2:02:38 - Europe VRS: NAVI & more 2:11:12 - Decisive events
TWC 1:13:35 - TWC overview 1:16:23 - WATO: Falcons win TWC
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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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