[VOD] BLAST results, EPL preview, and first-hand RMR qualifier insight with smooya on HLTV Confirmed

Hear what going through the grueling qualifiers is like straight from one of the Benched Heroes at 20:00 .

Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda, Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin, and Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill will be joined by returning guest Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield on HLTV Confirmed on Tuesday, August 30, at 20:00 . The show will feature insight about the Regional Major Ranking qualifiers and upcoming event, a deep dive into BLAST results, and more.

smooya and co. will play NAVI in their first game

The next tournament on the calendar is ESL Pro League, which kicks off with group A featuring Natus Vincere, Vitality, and Ninjas in Pyjamas. Will these three teams advance to the playoffs or will Spirit, fnatic, or Endpoint spoil their plans? Find out what the experts think on the show tonight.

Hot seat
- N1 moment
- Benched Heroes going to Malta
RMR
- EU and Asia team list finalized
- What is next for teams that missed out
- Skinionaire
Overanalyzing BLAST
- s1mple qualifying after 2 maps
- How good are Liquid and OG?
- What did G2 and Vitality show?
- Danish fans sweating for Astralis & Heroic
EPL
- Fantasy check-in
- Who is joining NAVI in playoffs?
Recent News
- hades replaces anarkez in Finest
- MOUZ promote xertioN
Playtime
- Viewer questions

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Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
33
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
160
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
Croatia Zvonimir 'Professeur' Burazin
Zvonimir 'Professeur' Burazin
Age:
31
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Czech Republic Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Age:
29
Rating 1.0:
1.30
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.90
DPR:
0.64
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.17
Maps played:
896
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.62
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#1
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Ukraine SLGay
Ez for Ukrainians
2022-08-30 12:34
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5 replies
#26
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Poland Ba5ter
Nt
2022-08-30 13:11
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1 reply
#57
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Ukraine I_say_Ok
smooya i arent watch that
2022-08-30 19:58
0
Who?
2022-08-30 13:44
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2 replies
#37
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Ukraine SLGay
Blast: Ez for NaVi RMR Qual: Ez for B8, Monte and Topa
2022-08-30 13:52
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1 reply
#45
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Ukraine GluckFM
Your forgetting about Fear in Benched Heroes.
2022-08-30 14:58
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#2
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manne | 
Finland iamjoe
GOD smooys
2022-08-30 12:34
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1 reply
Navi: Russian-Ukrainian team Blast: Most likely, FaZe won't try at all Qual? ez4BenchedHeroes
2022-08-30 14:42
0
heroes
2022-08-30 12:34
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Smooooya
2022-08-30 12:34
0
banger episode
2022-08-30 12:35
0
#7
Faceit level 9  | 
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Finland Kosmetologi
smoooooooyyyyyyaaa
2022-08-30 12:35
0
Imagine benched heroes go to the major
2022-08-30 12:37
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3 replies
Just want to see them go further than any of the teams that benched them
2022-08-30 13:12
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2 replies
Imagine aunkere and fear go with smooya further than NAVI LMAOOO
2022-08-30 17:46
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#67
Faceit level 10  | 
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Kosovo Mykolkaa
Movistar benched smooya. There you go
2022-08-31 09:23
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Pog
2022-08-30 12:37
0
#11
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
Aleksib | 
Poland m9xddxd
I would love to hear what going
2022-08-30 12:39
0
record breaking stream with smooya <3 #BenchedHeroes
2022-08-30 12:43
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SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
2022-08-30 12:43
0
smoya
2022-08-30 12:53
0
#18
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Russia Smershh
SMOOOOYAAAA
2022-08-30 12:55
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SMOOOYYAAAA VS S1MPLE
2022-08-30 13:03
0
smoya
2022-08-30 13:03
0
Benched Heroes in Movistar Riders Out. Probably a feel good factor there...
2022-08-30 13:06
0
#23
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Owen gonna teach Pimple soon how to actually snipe in the game
2022-08-30 13:07
0
#25
Faceit level 10  | 
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Latvia BARON1231
Smooooooooooyaaaaaa
2022-08-30 13:09
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thats not f0rest
2022-08-30 13:12
0
SMOOOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAA
2022-08-30 13:14
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@spunj @prof ask striker why the rankings are so biased
2022-08-30 13:23
0
#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United Kingdom philoromaios
I watched a bit of his stream vs a team they easily beat 16-6 on mirage. He started to rant at Aunkere because apparently he didn't like his tone although no one else from his team or viewers thought it was the case. I really don't see any future for this lad in competitive CS if he won't dial down on the toxicity.
2022-08-30 13:40
0
4 replies
+1 His team will fire him before the major starts.
2022-08-30 13:44
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#40
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England Triturn
well aunkere and fear are good friends with him so clearly they tolerate it or you are making it out to be worse than it is. They played with him for antwerp qualifiers and chose to do it again for Rio
2022-08-30 14:28
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2 replies
#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United Kingdom philoromaios
No, bro, it wasn't me. His whole chat started to ask why he was so toxic towards Aunkere.
2022-08-30 20:52
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1 reply
#64
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Lithuania Scanixon
Time stamp or didn't happen
2022-08-30 22:39
0
smoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooYA
2022-08-30 13:56
0
Pog. Last week it was GTR and now Smooooyaa. I hope we get another s1mple interview after the major as well
2022-08-30 14:31
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SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
2022-08-30 14:36
0
#46
Faceit level 10  | 
United Kingdom kennyvenom
Watched a bit of his stream, Smooya is lightning quick on the awp but his teammates must be tired of his voice. If he could tone it down a bit he could be special.
2022-08-30 15:06
0
Smoooooooooooooooya
2022-08-30 15:17
0
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
2022-08-30 15:43
0
smoya....
2022-08-30 16:30
0
I tried to catch some of Smooya's streams and he seems very commanding on the map, dictating a lot of plays. Are the roles set now for the RMR then with you/Smooya doing most calls? Which RMR matches does Smooya look forward to? BIG? Navi? Would he have liked Fnatic in the group? And can anyone explain why everyone seems to love doing the Smoooooya chant? Great name for it? God I want to hear this with a live audience. P.S.: Which person in CSGO should I stan to get my hand on (commemorative) Maltese 2 euro coins? I may be willing to stop stanning SPUNJ for this
2022-08-30 18:32
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I hope SpunJ will talk about the ridiculous format of Blast. That every team that lost their semi-final can just go through the showdown what is just stupid. These chances are undeserved and I hate Blast for it.
2022-08-30 18:39
0
nais :)
2022-08-30 20:07
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better than s0mple
2022-08-30 20:32
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smooya... over and over again no thanks
2022-08-30 20:53
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Will you have Get_Right as coach
2022-08-30 22:23
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Very good ending
2022-08-30 22:37
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#65
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Afghanistan Pewpo
Smooya thinks broky is shit and not a top 3 awper, can easily be replaced, I've lost all respect for this twat.
2022-08-31 03:32
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1 reply
#66
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe JuliusCaesar
He didn't say that broky is sh!t but he was right about broky beeing replaceable. Look at god-tier awpers and broky. You can't compare broky to s1mple, zywoo, sh1ro, degster. Broky isn't a star in this meta. In this meta agressive awpers with opening kills shine brighter than broky. What he meant was in most things awper is most important and they do alot of stats based for awper. In Faze broky isn't the guy who risk to open round and based on his stats with awp, at least 10 awpers could do what broky does for FaZe. He is a top player but he's not top awper and for example its hard to replace degster, zywoo, sh1ro, s1mple but its ez to replace broky. edit: even hades has slightly better stats in awpers meta than broky. The thing is, Faze has very different style than most teams and broky works for them but there is not a single awper from top10 who couldn't replace him
2022-08-31 08:30
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#68
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Afghanistan Pewpo
I think your wrong but let's just leave it at that, you make it sound like simple or zywoo never miss, I see them miss sitters every time they play, it's embarrassing rofl, honestly they are both the most overrated players in CSGO it's sad.
2022-08-31 13:54
0
Wrong thread
2022-09-01 13:25
0
#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
2022-09-08 14:23
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