# Budapest Major: tech issues, horrible FaZe, and "humiliation ritiual" | HLTV Confirmed S7E48

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Podcast: [HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905)
Published: 2025-11-27T22:53:28+00:00
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Duration seconds: 7881

## Resource

Budapest Major has begun, and in this episode, we're talking all the big topics: tech issues, elimination humiliation ritual, "dogs**t" CS quality, FaZe and GL horrible form, and Stage 2 preview. Last but not least, gla1ve retires. 0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Why so early? Recent news 6:01 - gla1ve retires 14:38 - gla1ve’s coach ambition 22:01 - HEROIC rumors 25:36 - Top comment 28:48 - EWIC working with betting?! Major impressions 35:14 - Tech issues: “it’s a joke” 46:10 - Risky scheduling 54:48 - There are good things! 56:01 - Elimination humiliation ritual 1:05:00 - HUD impressions Major results so far 1:08:36 - “Dogshit CS” - SPUNJ 1:15:10 - FaZe’s loss to… daps 1:17:31 - Why FaZe are so bad 1:27:12 - “FaZe need to change” - Prof 1:31:11 - FlyQuest: some proper CS 1:34:02 - Skinionaire 1:45:00 - General team takeaways 1:48:43 - GL: why so bad? 1:51:55 - 2-2 matches prediction Major Stage 2 1:56:50 - Invited vs. qualified 1:58:40 - WATO: NAVI, Astralis, Aurora odds 2:02:50 - Refrag: Striker mode launched 2:06:12 - More Stage 2 takes ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 🔺 Play smarter with Refrag: https://in.refrag.gg/FUCZNJ 🔫 Support Esports with 10% bonus from Skin.Club: https://l.skin.club/HLTVCONFIRMED 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 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,…

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