mouz's failure, iBUYPOWER issues, Major format & more: HLTV Confirmed Episode 3 VOD

HLTV Confirmed returned with the third episode of the third season, in which the panel took on all the hot topics of the previous week.

Update: You can watch the show back on VOD here:

The panelists, James Banks, Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, returned tonight with the third episode of the show's third season.

Lots has happened over the last week, including several surprises at the Europe and CIS Minors, such as MOUZ bombing out of the group stage at the hands of Valiance, while Gambit also disappointed by not making it through to the Major from their region.

mousesports' early exit at the Europe Minor will be among the main topics of the upcoming show

In the meantime, at iBUYPOWER Masters, which was far from a perfect event as it was plagued by organizational and technical issues from the start, the new Liquid grabbed their first-ever series win over Astralis in the grand final of the event, while the Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev-infused FaZe were eliminated in the groups by Ghost.

In recent news, ESL revealed the new Major format, which addresses the main criticisms of the previous systems, such as the lack of best-of-three series in the Swiss stages of the event and seeding.

That, alongside a preview of what's to come at the Americas and Asia Minors, which are set to kick off tomorrow, was among the main topics of the upcoming episode.

The full list of the main topics looks as follows:

- Breaking news: ESL reveals Major format
- EU & CIS Minors, MOUZ' and Gambit's failure & more
- Striker vs. Professeur, the GG.BET duel
- iBUYPOWER Masters issues, Liquid's triumph and FaZe's early exit
- Asia and Americas Minors preview
- Viewer questions

The first two episodes of the new season can be found here (#1) and here (#2).

Kazakhstan Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1244
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.69
ty
2019-01-21 17:59
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K
2019-01-21 18:00
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ok
2019-01-21 18:00
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#6
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Sweden La1rea
Alrighty then.
2019-01-21 18:00
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#7
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United States YankeeM
I would say mousesports are not bad and it's not downrange for them. They will be top 4 this year too. Valiance is just better #ValianceTop1 #FearValiance #Tier1Factory
2019-01-21 18:02
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#88
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Indonesia Astranesia
Lol Keep dreaming
2019-01-22 06:21
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karma happened. They lost to Vitality lmao
2019-01-23 06:21
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sadstralis
2019-01-21 18:00
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#10
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Iran VenoxeR
:D
2019-01-21 18:01
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neato. thank you hltv for good content and admins that work like 25h a day
2019-01-21 18:01
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#14
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Reunion HLTV_Confirmator
its fucking funny if TOP5 has to go through fucking minor qualifier
2019-01-21 18:01
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5 replies
Of course they do, they went out 0-3 in the last major which means they have to qualify through the minor system. I'm not sure why you are surprised since teams which do badly have to qualify for tournaments.
2019-01-21 18:02
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3 replies
#48
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Reunion HLTV_Confirmator
no, its funny because hltv ranking is just for fankids because have no real value for tournaments managers sorry maybe it does have, but not for Valve tourneys. Thats what i mean
2019-01-21 18:21
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#56
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Czech Republic PaYaB
Yea lost to #3,#4 and #8 in freaking bo1's, thats so bad. Meanwhile fnatic got 5 mediacore opponents and coudn't qualify.
2019-01-21 18:59
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#58
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Czech Republic PaYaB
*navi was the only decent team they played
2019-01-21 19:00
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if they would play like top 5 they would qualify
2019-01-21 18:18
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#17
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United States revokefps
Haha i'm excited for the IBP Masters portion
2019-01-21 18:02
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#23
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Uzbekistan MUK
confirmed
2019-01-21 18:04
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maybe I should give it another go, it seems interesting this time
2019-01-21 18:11
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21:00 on which time-zone? CET?
2019-01-21 18:11
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5 replies
The time at the end adjusts accoring to your custom timezone.
2019-01-21 18:15
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4 replies
Thank you, have a great night.
2019-01-21 18:37
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That is very intelligent.
2019-01-21 19:00
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2 replies
#84
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Morocco urachicho
I think its very basic code wise
2019-01-22 05:39
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1 reply
Well I am a nothing but a simple plebeian.
2019-01-22 05:52
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is it possible that mouz won't play any matches until 30th of March at the starseries s6 tournament? If so that would make me think almost irrationally that mouz lost the minor on purpose to get some more VACation o.O
2019-01-21 18:19
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#59
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Czech Republic PaYaB
I asked the org on facebook. They read my message and did not answer. Maybe you can be right. monkaS
2019-01-21 19:05
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1 reply
I wouldn't blame them for taking some time off even if it were true that they didn't qualify on purpose. I mean all those hours behind a monitor can get pretty overwhelming and definitely it's not a healthy lifestyle, even though some pros compensate the sitting with gym or exercises.. It was just a thought that came up on my mind. Hopefully, we'll see mouz back on track soon!
2019-01-21 19:50
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M OMEGALUL U Z
2019-01-21 18:20
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#54
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United States Bochanka
Still not as bad as the PGL last year
2019-01-21 18:44
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How long is one cast usually?
2019-01-21 19:43
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1 reply
About 2 hours, a bit more
2019-01-22 01:18
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#71
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Norway NoeNOR
Woooow
2019-01-21 20:52
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#77
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India Mr_Lonely
hmmm tldl ..
2019-01-22 00:13
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#90
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Finland Jardeet
I know u have spunj now but I liked it when you had a random guest from a team more Having spunj + a guest would be great as I believe he could ask the most interesting questions instead of 2 HLTV dudes and banks. Maybe a revised panel could be Banks Spunj Striker/prof Guest from a team Or Striker Prof Spunj Guest from team I like spunj
2019-01-22 08:48
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