{"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":"Vitality glaze! ropz \"stolen\" MVP, NAVI top 2 & why NiKo NEEDS to IGL | HLTV Confirmed S7E62","slug":"vitality-glaze-ropz-stolen-mvp-navi-top-2-why-niko-needs-to-igl-hltv-confirmed-s7e62","published_at":"2026-03-30T18:36:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/vitality-glaze-ropz-stolen-mvp-navi-top-2-why-niko-needs-to-igl-hltv-confirmed-s7e62","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hltv/episodes/Vitality-glaze--ropz-stolen-MVP--NAVI-top-2--why-NiKo-NEEDS-to-IGL--HLTV-Confirmed-S7E62-e3h6asv","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8bb1860/podcast/play/117696863/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-30%2F421062907-44100-2-2cae16029ba9.mp3","summary":"NOW AS VIDEO ON SPOTIFY! Vitality: what's left to do for them (and for us) with so much won? Talking through that, NAVI's return to being a top contender, controversial ropz MVP, PARIVSION's strength, possible Falcons solution in NiKo, upcoming PGL and small LANs shaping up the Major invite list. ➡️ 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 0:00 - Intro Recent news 2:00 - ROG event & MOUZ slander 5:21 - Top Comment 11:29 - Passion UA woes 13:43 - BLAST events get announced 16:31 - Thomas retires & MiGHTYMAX assistant 18:30 - ESL 8-team playoffs 25:44 - Arena integrity issue 27:47 - “The breakfast drama” BLAST concludes & VITALITY GLAZE 30:13 - BLAST naming question 31:03 - Rotterdam arena impressions 36:50 - Close final vs. NAVI 40:25 - Round breakdown by SPUNJ 56:52 - ropz MVP explained 1:00:15 - Not just a "Grand Final MVP" 1:04:45 - Vitality vs. everyone streak 1:10:20 - What’s next to achieve? 1:21:50 - Weak scene? 1:26:23 - Mismanaged teams? 1:30:30 - Are NAVI securely second fiddle? 1:35:43 - NiKo IGL Falcons - RIGHT NOW 1:41:12 - Aurora fight back vs. TheMongolZ 1:45:40 - PARIVISION: never roll over? 1:49:43 - Skinionaire PGL Bucharest & small LANs 1:55:55 - Tier 1.5 event? 2:00:23 - BCGame: hopeful or outsiders? 2:03:35 - WATO: PV/MongolZ in GF? 2:10:43 - Major odds: BIG, FaZe, Alliance, M80… 👕 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, d…","meta_description":"NOW AS VIDEO ON SPOTIFY! Vitality: what's left to do for them (and for us) with so much won? Talking through that, NAVI's return to being a top contender,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8497,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/episodes/vitality-glaze-ropz-stolen-mvp-navi-top-2-why-niko-needs-to-igl-hltv-confirmed-s7e62/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/vitality-glaze-ropz-stolen-mvp-navi-top-2-why-niko-needs-to-igl-hltv-confirmed-s7e62.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}