[VOD] Talking about player burnout, roster changes, BLAST Showdown and more on HLTV Confirmed with smooya

Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield will join the HLTV Confirmed show live on Twitch today at 21:00 to talk about his personal plans, recent roster changes, and the hot topic of player burnout.

The AWPer from the UK has had a turbulent couple of months, as shortly after finding his footing in North America, where he averaged a 1.32 rating while playing for Chaos, he was released due to issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

smooya noted that moving back to the United States was his goal, but reports in May linked him to the Mongolian squad TIGER, but the plan seem to have since fallen through.

smooya will join the live podcast on Twitch

smooya's current situation will be discussed on the show, alongside other topics such as player burnout, roster moves, and more.

Topic list:

smooya in the hot seat (20 min)
-Playing with steel in Chaos
-Offers during coronavirus?
-Current situation with TIGER
Recent news (15 min)
-ImAPet joins 100 Thieves, not SPUNJ?
-Xyp9x takes leave, Astralis bring in Snappi
-Maikelele's ugly breakup with GODSENT
-HECTOz completes Copenhagen Flames
MR 12 playtest (15 min)
-Thoughts on the Gamers Without Borders matches
-Is there competitive viability to MR12?
Player burnout (30 min)
-How many players are "out" because of it?
-Changes to the circuit to combat burnout
DH & BLAST (20 min)
-Spirit, FURIA on the rise
-BLAST Showdown: who will make it through?
Playtime (20 min)
-Viewer questions and leftover topics

smooya will be joined by the usual HLTV Confirmed panelists Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda, and Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin.

Follow the show on Twitch and Twitter to be up to date, or check out previous episodes on YouTube or podcast apps:

HLTV.org on Twitch
HLTV Confirmed on Twitter
HLTV Confirmed on Youtube
HLTV Confirmed Audio

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Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
158
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
Czech Republic Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.30
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.90
DPR:
0.64
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
548
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.64
Noob
2020-06-02 16:36
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Cambodia retard2k
wtf RESPECT TIGER LEGEND SMOOYA
2020-06-02 16:38
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1 reply
#12
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Europe daisakusen
+1
2020-06-02 16:41
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Overrated player imo, very toxic, solo player it looks like :3
2020-06-02 16:37
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6 replies
not expected from queen elisabeth son
2020-06-02 16:38
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True but he is the best player we got
2020-06-02 17:50
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4 replies
You guys have mantuu tho
2020-06-02 23:51
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3 replies
Best polish player rn
2020-06-03 05:39
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2 replies
I kinda disagree, since he said that he cant call in Polish and hes barely speaking Polish because he live in UK since 5 years old i dont really consider him Polish, more like he has a nationality of Poland but overall most likely he is UK player.but if we consider him as a Pole in a term that i mention then yeah he is the best
2020-06-05 00:01
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1 reply
Ez bait lul but im kinda right also there:D
2020-06-06 03:35
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Wow
2020-06-02 16:37
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#5
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland Astoner55
cool B)
2020-06-02 16:37
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#6
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United Kingdom replicanoob
smoooooooooooooo
2020-06-02 16:37
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PEEK ME
2020-06-02 16:37
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smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooyaaaaaaaaaa
2020-06-02 16:45
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#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World mukas17
plz fire spunj he is arrogant and annoying that would make the show somewhat bearable
2020-06-02 16:51
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3 replies
Reported for toxicity
2020-06-03 13:05
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1 reply
#68
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World mukas17
wut it was constructive input
2020-06-03 13:30
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#67
s1mple | 
Vanuatu s1mg
hahahahahaah
2020-06-03 13:26
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why is maikelele's breakup with Godsent ugly?
2020-06-02 17:02
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1 reply
#39
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Italy NotNew
zehn and lele threw shade at eachother
2020-06-02 17:55
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oh hell yeah
2020-06-02 17:05
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Some decent team should pick Smooya up asap!
2020-06-02 17:09
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#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe t.o.p
COME PEEK ME I DARE YOU
2020-06-02 17:17
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smooooooooooooooooya
2020-06-02 17:22
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only danes burn out because weak betas lmao
2020-06-02 17:33
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1 reply
#37
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United States DEEBO
+1 This actually made me lol
2020-06-02 17:41
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#36
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North America ClassyOne
ez for smooya, give him a home
2020-06-02 17:40
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#40
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Poland kvvach
spunj jerking on mr12 how good it is. disgusting
2020-06-02 17:57
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7 replies
you've made it to the show, gratz
2020-06-02 22:43
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1 reply
#59
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Poland kvvach
it was so fking amazing xD
2020-06-02 22:51
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+1
2020-06-03 03:04
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congratz on getting laughed at
2020-06-03 14:33
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3 replies
#70
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Poland kvvach
like i would care
2020-06-03 14:42
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2 replies
but you do care, you got embarrassed when they laughed.
2020-06-03 14:44
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1 reply
#72
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Poland kvvach
i laughed too. didnt expect my coment will trigger spunj
2020-06-03 14:46
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What happened with godsent n maikelelelle?
2020-06-02 18:48
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1 reply
#57
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Norway simen
Dumb twitter drama, I think these are the sources: Maikelele: twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr8fr2 Response from Godsent/zehn: twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr8pna
2020-06-02 22:32
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‪Smooooooooooooya! 📢‬ ‪Smooooooooooooya! 📢‬ ‪Smooooooooooooya! 📢‬
2020-06-02 20:59
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1 reply
wtfmens)))
2020-06-03 12:02
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smooya wont join Tiger ? He could destroy asian cs pro scene
2020-06-02 21:07
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#63
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Mongolia Sezymgl
Nice one
2020-06-03 07:45
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This was nice
2020-06-03 18:40
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