[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'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.

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