Snappi talks ending player career & joining HEROIC | HLTV Confirmed S7E79
HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike PodcastShow Notes
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!
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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
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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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