"Cursed" Falcons, Cologne preview & season recap | HLTV Confirmed S7E68
HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike PodcastShow Notes
Cologne Major is around the corner! Looking back at the season and previewing Cologne Major Stage 1, as well as Falcons grand final curse implications, Stickers revenue change, flash in spectator mode, and more. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://x.com/hltvconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://kick.com/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about
0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Sloodge and milk 5:29 - Top Comment
Recent news 9:15 - IEM Beijing replacing Chengdu 10:33 - Stickers money change 26:10 - CSTV flash fixed? 33:05 - XSE building up
Season 1 recap 35:41 - Year so far: updates 39:35 - Maps stats 47:05 - Mid-Season moves ranking 53:01 - Team results 56:23 - MVPs 1:00:20 - Top players (top 20 so far) 1:06:52 - Perma bans overview 1:10:21 - Pop quiz & live Confirmed 1:12:00 - Cologne content
IEM Cologne preview 1:17:10 - SPUNJ's pyramid 1:19:14 - Case for MOUZ 1:23:06 - Gauging PARIVISION 1:26:22 - Aurora, FUT, Legacy 1:28:52 - "Bad" teams: GL, B8, Astralis etc 1:37:06 - The bottom category 1:41:42 - Predicting Stage 1 openers 1:48:02 - FlyQuest issue 1:49:17 - SPUNJ horse race bets 1:52:36 - Striker bets: "Falcons cursed" 1:57:15 - Prof bets: heavy on Vitality 2:00:24 - SPUNJ bets: even heavier on Vitality 2:03:19 - WATO: Aussies win a game 2:09:42 - Stage 1 Pick'Ems
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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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