{"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":"NiKo wins the Major with Falcons! First roster rumors | HLTV Confirmed S7E70","slug":"niko-wins-the-major-with-falcons-first-roster-rumors-hltv-confirmed-s7e70","published_at":"2026-06-23T17:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/niko-wins-the-major-with-falcons-first-roster-rumors-hltv-confirmed-s7e70","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hltv/episodes/NiKo-wins-the-Major-with-Falcons--First-roster-rumors--HLTV-Confirmed-S7E70-e3l6ceo","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8bb1860/podcast/play/121892760/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F426693916-44100-2-413b6968c34f1.mp3","summary":"NiKo finally wins the Major! Each Falcons' player story line that lead to that moment including karrigan's redemption arch and m0NESY's first Major MVP as well Major impressions and first roster talk in this episode of HLTV Confirmed. ➡️ 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 👻 Skins, P2P, no fees: https://skins.com 0:00 - Intro Falcons Major win 4:12 - Falcons win: hardest win? 10:45 - FURIA: did they play scared? 14:48 - NiKo's Major - finally! 17:27 - "NiKo has done everything" - Prof 18:52 - m0NESY MVP! 24:06 - TeSeS: the ultimate soldier 26:24 - kyousuke: consistency back on? 33:22 - karrigan redemption 37:39 - zonic hints at retirement? Major bracket in retrospect 45:50 - Epic bracket 49:02 - The crowd & fans 53:06 - XANTARES playoffs problem? 1:02:40 - Stage runners 1:11:45 - The best majorless player? 1:15:02 - Did CS win when Vitality lost? 1:16:16 - Most prestigious Major win? 1:18:01 - Perfect Major? 1:23:23 - Top Comment 1:28:48 - Skinionaire What comes next 1:35:45 - Cache replaces Overpass 1:37:28 - KRIMZ to EYEBALLERS 1:38:57 - Liquid: JT joins? 1:40:50 - Luminosity with Monte core 1:43:34 - Martinez to FaZe? 1:46:02 - WATO: 3 top 10 teams change? 1:51:54 - Aurora: who's staying? 2:03:01 - XSE coming up 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop 📩 HLTV Newsletter: https://www.hltv.org/newsletter 🎤 HLTV Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zICrYA53O2fJwtdYfg0Ve 📲 HLTV iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hltv-cs2-matches-coverage/id1078945675 📲 HLTV Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hltv.android&pcampaignid=web_share H…","meta_description":"NiKo finally wins the Major! Each Falcons' player story line that lead to that moment including karrigan's redemption arch and m0NESY's first Major MVP as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7584,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/episodes/niko-wins-the-major-with-falcons-first-roster-rumors-hltv-confirmed-s7e70/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/niko-wins-the-major-with-falcons-first-roster-rumors-hltv-confirmed-s7e70.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}