HLTV Confirmed live with audience from Espot Paris with shox, sdy, CYPHER

17-5-2023 19:48

Join the stream at 20:00 to witness our best audience show yet.

VOD is uploaded on YouTube within 24 hours of airing, Twitch VOD is available for subs only

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin, and Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda rendezvous in France for the second live show of the year, this one hosted in the sold-out Espot Arena in Paris.

The regulars will be joined by different guests including Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson, and Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev, but stay tuned for some surprises too.

shox is one of the guests in the live show

During the show, we will be touching on all things regarding the BLAST.tv Paris Major, including the big disappointments from teams such as ENCE, FURIA, Natus Vincere, and G2, the surprising runs of Monte and Into the Breach, and which team we think will lift the title. Will it be favorites: Vitality, HEROIC, FaZe, or will the surprises continue?

The show will be broadcast from Espot Paris, a venue that will also host viewing parties of the Major, and has PC gaming area for those looking to play some Counter-Strike while visiting the city for the Major.

Venue for the show - Espot paris

Find the whole topic list below:

Major disappointments
- ENCE bow out with a whimper
- FURIA fail to make an impact
- NAVI and s1mple underwhelm
- G2 and NiKo without a CS:GO Major
Guest: sdy
- Discussing Monte's run to the playoffs
- Online grind
- BOROS' breakout
Guest: CYPHER
- Get to know ITB's star
- UKCS find success
Guest: shox
- French CS, ZywOo, Vitality
- Skinionaire
- Bracket prediction
Playtime
- Viewer questions

Live broadcast on Twitch
Updates and clips on Twitter
Past HLTV Confirmed episodes
Audio versions of the show

Shox

2023-05-17 15:29

11 replies

Why not Rpk tho

2023-05-17 15:30

10 replies

le tank probably working on some personal stuff like his garage

2023-05-17 15:32

2 replies

He's coming to the major wdym

2023-05-17 15:40

1 reply

WOOO YEAH BBY

2023-05-18 00:00

Can’t speak English.

2023-05-17 15:39

Heard this too

2023-05-17 18:54

Who cars about him outside of france

2023-05-18 05:11

4 replies

me.

2023-05-18 08:58

Me, Greatest source player ever, also pretty great to watch in cs go, cuz no one was making that much out of shitty positons as he did.

2023-05-18 10:44

A lot of people you disrespectful twat

2023-05-18 12:09

Newcomer I recon

2023-05-19 06:59

Sdy guest discussing "- NAVI and s1mple underwhelm" Oh mama.... time to go pop some popcorn for this show

2023-05-17 15:31

shoxie <3

shoxieJESUS

Yes!

cypher and sdy will be the final, I dont think they will show up for this

Can you guys tell us how many of you got more than 4 correct pickems in legend stage? 🤪

2023-05-17 15:35

stop.

2023-05-17 16:57

Haha bracket prediction with shox. I wonder what he will pick on Apeks v Liquid.

its a 50/50 match tho

2023-05-17 15:54

Lmaooo Just remembered he ditched apeks because they failed to qualify Now they making it to paris playoffs oooof

2023-05-17 16:47

shox leaves = team gets better

2023-05-17 17:43

He was kicked

2023-05-17 19:30

Yeeyyy Shoxie.. Men only for this guy I would have went to the major

Much respect

2023-05-18 00:17

what happened to HLTV Confirmed live from Saint Julian's InterContinental Malta aka SpunJ's basement

2023-05-17 15:52

Aaaah should have invited both shox and NBK would be fun

2023-05-17 16:11

See you there boys

2023-05-17 16:35

The man who make me start playing cs, shoxie <3

2023-05-17 16:48

Im sad Shox and kennyS didn't make the classic dreamteam for one last dance, i hope they try in CS2.

2023-05-17 16:58

Better to look at washing machines in online stores. Falcons was a big joke. Don't need another one.

2023-05-17 18:57

feel bad for bodyy honestly, my man deserved better

2023-05-18 05:25

my lad COIPHA at hltv confirmed innit

2023-05-17 17:06

damn that means monte will lose to GL now "/

2023-05-17 18:41

They should talk about how crappy bo1s are in a major, and how weak it is to have only one event to qualify for the major. Too many fluke teams that casuals don’t want to see in the playoffs. Reply with your hate but I’m right

2023-05-17 19:09

13 replies

lmao flair choko 14 kills in 29 rounds on final map, thaťs not fluke that is choko edition throw, I am so glad he left Faze, Faze would never win Major with him

2023-05-17 21:56

Cool story. Doesn’t change the fact of what I said. Stupid hltv logic

2023-05-18 02:28

3 replies

Even Niko admited he didn't play good enough to qualify and that he didn't deserve to win major, guy has some sanity compare to you.

2023-05-18 04:16

Niko admitted they didn't play well. It doesn't mean that he likes the format and believes it is the best one to determine the best team. What's wrong with complaining about bo1s ? My favorites (faze and liquid) are at the playoff. Still, I hate those 2 bo1.

2023-05-18 05:32

those liquid bo1 got me O_o

2023-05-18 18:44

well i'd say the same about na'vi with s1mple, but they won their fluke major, so this overrated depressed kid is still playing

2023-05-18 09:00

6 replies

As much as I hate s1mple he is definitely not choker or at least he wasn’t until early 2022. His arrogance and sheer disrespect towards other teams and players made him actually even better under pressure and he also delivered basically everytime in final which is uncomparable to Niko. That was most likely difference why s1mple got one major victory, but don’t be mistaken. I also think his toxicity and arrogance which definitely takes tool on team chemistry is also one of the reasons “goat” (not in my eyes) won only one Major out of 13 he attended which is pretty bad statistic for a player who many consider the best. If he was more like m0nesy, dev1ce, fallen, broky etc personality wise he would most likely won multiple majors.

2023-05-18 11:24

5 replies

well you're right, but can you remember any other player (except zywoo in french vitality), who had so much space given by his teammates? i mean you should be thankful to your teammates who sacrifice their stats to give you a chance to play instead of bullying them, no?

2023-05-18 20:53

lmao ofc I agree with what you said about him trash talking and abusing his team mates, that is true, being toxic instead of gratefull everyone is playing around him, BUT it still doesn't make s1mple choker, which is why I disagreed with you in the first place

2023-05-18 20:57

Yeah maybe before, but now he doesn't perform well even though the whole team is wtill playing for him Anyway, the team built around such an arrogant person can not and should not gain any success

2023-05-18 21:05

Yeah he choked few games last year for example Cologne22 5th map of Nuke vs Faze, but every pro player does here and there, still uncomparable to Choko. I would call s1mple starting to get washed, but not choking.

2023-05-18 21:08

We'll see soon imo he got some problems with alco/drugs due to the war

2023-05-18 22:31

you're right

WTF more crowd then the Rio major

2023-05-17 19:50

They were watching fom outside in rio

2023-05-17 21:25

What the fuck is this cheap ass venue? A few rows of audience benches? The final major and this is the venue? Really?

2023-05-17 20:56

That’s France arenas for ya

2023-05-17 21:27

No they are in the Espot venue and the major is in Accor arena.

it is for watch party

2023-05-18 00:28

I open the stream. People giving applause to sdy. "We'll go to ad break".

2023-05-17 21:24

@hltv KQLY coming back for cs 2?

2023-05-17 21:28

VAC bans don't clear i hope

2023-05-17 21:26

They don’t

2023-05-17 21:53

I accidentally commented on the wrong post and now idk what to say. I had 2 tabs open.

2023-05-17 22:02

Just want to give huge props for HLTV for their job and what they are doing for the scene since timing seems good - last csgo major bla-bla and I'm enjoying "HLTV Confirmed" episode rn. I've been part of our community since 2013 and saw every major with you (both hltv's stuff and users I mean) so, yeah, both the game and HLTV have developed really far, a lot of improvents were done: from rating 2.0, fantasy, forum improvments etc to first CS' awards show. And constant hard work to cover the events and stay relevant, also keeping kinda "free" forum and clean look of the site are the big things nowadays. Yes, CS became very popular and today we have a lot of "god bettors", mad "fans" and baiters (compared to early csgo days) but it's natural part of popularity. HLTV still remains a good place to have a good or funny conversations, I personally had a great time here even got some good advices when I was visiting some places and had problems with my PC. We love the game and that's what important. You can see it in Spunj and others as well - they truly love the game and that is what makes HLTV special. I'm following some other esports' scenes and I never experienced anything close to HLTV, so much stuff in one place for pros, talents and regular users, all clean and easy. We take it for granted sometimes but today I'm sentimental enough to just say: thank you and keep it up! ... I remember a guardian flick (yeah legendary memes also were born/popularised here xD) And last but not the least, thanks to Spunj, Prof, Striker and others for hosting "HLTV confirmed" and your job overall. <3 -TLDR- ...I'm being sentimental right now, thanks HLTV for what they're doing for the scene and, of course, Spunj, Prof, Striker and rest of the stuff for hosting "HLTV confirmed" and your job overall... HLTV <3

2023-05-17 22:09