Austin Major: Stage 1 Pick'Ems and hot takes! | HLTV Confirmed S7E28

I love the intel and BTS info shared in this podcast! Spunj is a GigaChad

What is the talent drama about?

new sponsor stake! Just like Chad has a stake in ESL! hahaha jk jk

dempz looks like he swallowed a switch

Yanko and Dinko got snubbed, DDK and Mahone didnt deserve to be left off and i think Richard or Techgirl would have been a better shout for desk host and Banks as interviewer/hype man but Blast bias

L STAKE SPONSOR

Guys I'll split the prize with everyone who upvotes me to the top 🎉

Only watched 3 mins, then dempz said "god save the king" and I jumped out my window

Screw vitality. I wanna see an NA team win another NA major.

Glad spunj likes Grand Rapids! I hope he got to see Lake Michigan

dempz voice pmo so much

bruh its a hard line to draw, but sports betting sure wahtever, but isnt stake the infamous proper online casino? the one that funded kick, the platform that inherently paltform literaly everyone including nazis and pedo?

thats a step too far in my book

Dempz is just so unlikable and irritating

Down with Vitality!!!!!

About the 9yo's:
If we dont gatekeep esports, people might see cs2 and similar esports the same as real sports. Comparable as putting your 9yo on footbal and playong at a footbal club. Is that weird? Personally i don't think so.

L stake

SpunJ is my favorite person to listen to talk about counterstrike

Did they split up Moses-Dinko as a commentary duo? I thought they brought Moses in as an analyst instead of a commentator.

Love dempz on this episode

I love the new format of the majors

AMEN, to that opening line

Bro did a Thorin time to blacklist him

My brain is just stuck at the fact, that the 0-3 scenario is not possible. Of course either team is a 0-3 candidate, but its impossible that both these teams are going 0-3 at the same time.
How is this never addressed or what am I missing?

I think Molodoy will humble everyone at this major

damn streaming on kick times must be rough

Professeur is a professional complainer

Tyloo to win the major

Don't usually comment, disappointed with stake of all gambling sponsors you can take one of the worst.

can we get an elo check on dempz? maybe I'm biased but metizport have been really good lol, losing meaningless matches after qualifying to the major is kind of whatever. Also, alliance have been really strong this year. Sounds a bit like his analysis is just skimming hltv match history.

Stake seems like a very sketchy sponsor and not something I'd expect of the prestigious HLTV Confirmed

Disappointed with the stake sponsor

Sad to see the Stake sponsor and forced Kick streaming, but HLTV deserves the bag tbh

team gloves would completely shatter the economy of the market. that's why they won't do it.

How long do we think NA teams last in this event? Will anyone make the playoffs?

Queston for prof. You said major is like EU. Just wondering are you against eu or not?

Also what valve said about BO5 finals doesn't make sense. You can't make the final be competitive, it just is or it isn't.

I also very much agree with prof that something like a two different 16 team swiss stages at the same time would be great. So we have the 2x 16 teams going to 1x 16 team going into playoffs.

heroic's a dead roster, ya tools

the reason the casual fan cares about Kato moving is that "Katowice" (and "Cologne") has become synonymous with the best non-Major trophies. Those names aren't even really about the cities anymore. It means something to say you won Kato. Now you're combining prior prestigious Kato wins with future Krakow wins? Its just weird.

Tyloo 3-0... man I should do that job.

And immediatly after the Pick'ems I'd go onto the local news to present the weather report 😅

PS: I love you all and you're always welcome for a drink. Bring Moses ❤

MR15 BO3 finals could work, but cmon.... MR12 BO3 final.... Shits going to last like 2 hours

Hello hltv, why is bleh not in talent team in this major ?
Any reason ?

So like yall want the major to be like every other tier 1 tournament....
Yes please one round of Swiss into a bracket
Make it the same as cct or blast
The major is bloated... isnt that the whole point. To be a celebration
To give the most amount of teams the opportunity to win? Sure they probably won't but Gamerlegion wasn't supposed to make a final.
Im so unbelievably bored of 12 team tournaments with the same faces and format
Yeah I love spirit and navi
Idgaf when they play anymore. It isn't special

streaming on kick with stake as sponsor, cmon guys...

I would say i kind of agree with the last sentiment that it feels a bit weird to have to wait so much to see the best teams play. I would personally have the same format as the europe rmrs with 2 swiss groups, top 8 goes to either to a big playoff bracket, or if they love swiss so much, have that be the stage 2 with the best 16 teams. At least this way u get to see the best teams play from the start and every game matters

s1mple on a helicokter he said xD