{"podcast":{"title":"HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast","slug":"hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905","podcast_index_feed_id":180905,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8bb1860/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://hltv.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1364792/1364792-1727163283373-d3ffc97e7f4ee.jpg","author":"HLTV","episode_count":303,"summary":"HLTV.org's live talk show hosted by Chad \"SPUNJ\" Burchill dedicated to hot topics surrounding the professional Counter-Strike scene. Catch us live here: https://twitch.tv/hltvorg","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T08:17:04.003588+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905"},"episode":{"title":"Budapest Major: tech issues, horrible FaZe, and \"humiliation ritiual\" | HLTV Confirmed S7E48","slug":"budapest-major-tech-issues-horrible-faze-and-humiliation-ritiual-hltv-confirmed-s7e48","published_at":"2025-11-27T22:53:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/budapest-major-tech-issues-horrible-faze-and-humiliation-ritiual-hltv-confirmed-s7e48","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hltv/episodes/Budapest-Major-tech-issues--horrible-FaZe--and-humiliation-ritiual--HLTV-Confirmed-S7E48-e3biue4","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8bb1860/podcast/play/111818628/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-27%2F6d560266-e84e-fa98-7c01-4909da17bf0d.mp3","summary":"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,…","meta_description":"Budapest Major has begun, and in this episode, we're talking all the big topics: tech issues, elimination humiliation ritual, \"dogs**t\" CS quali…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7881,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/episodes/budapest-major-tech-issues-horrible-faze-and-humiliation-ritiual-hltv-confirmed-s7e48/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/budapest-major-tech-issues-horrible-faze-and-humiliation-ritiual-hltv-confirmed-s7e48.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}