HLTV Confirmed: 'What's going on in G2?' special

SPUNJ, Striker and NER0 will attempt to make sense of the malbsMd and Snax additions, role clashes and what else is going on with the new G2.

Can the new G2 solve their difficult role puzzle?

A special episode of HLTV Confirmed will go live today at 16:00 on HLTV's Twitch channel featuring Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda and guest Harry "NER0" Richards.

The trio will break down the new G2, who have just replaced Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen with Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa and Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski, and try to answer the following questions and more.

Would they have been better off with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač as the IGL? What other options were there? How could G2 solve the difficult role puzzle now? Is Snax's history with Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas a good or a bad thing?

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Denmark Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.85
Maps played:
1075
KPR:
0.57
DPR:
0.69
Poland Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Age:
38
Team:
Guatemala Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
911
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.71
Serbia Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1525
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.64
Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
167
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
Czech Republic Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Age:
31
Rating 1.0:
1.30
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.90
DPR:
0.64
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Poland Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
2500
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
1918
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.66
hooxi next to win major after being kicked by niko
2024-07-04 10:08
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sadly no, navi wins next major
2024-07-04 10:10
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2 replies
navi win 2-1 over g2 in grand final BOOK IT
2024-07-04 10:11
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1 reply
vs g2? sounds reasonable
2024-07-04 10:12
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#18
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Singapore floofy1
hahahah that'd be fucking hilarious
2024-07-04 10:55
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i hope they talk about the change in G2 map pool and finally moving away from vertigo and back towards mirage and nuke which eliminates alot of 'clashes'.
2024-07-04 10:17
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Can they really move away? What if opponents pick Vertigo first?
2024-07-04 12:43
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1 reply
Its permaban map now
2024-07-04 13:04
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We're taking this meme org back. It's going to be +hades when m0nesy gets tired of carrying this clown show.
2024-07-04 10:19
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even snax knows hades isn't that good.
2024-07-04 10:28
2
5 replies
You're missing the point. They are obviously turning roster polish as it once was and in true polish way they use connections over competency therefore +hades friend of Snax
2024-07-04 10:35
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4 replies
Now you're just making meme out of nowhere. They don't want to make squad "Polish" like always, in fact Pasha one of G5 literally made statement that Polish Scene should be thrown into trash
2024-07-04 10:37
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3 replies
- monesy + pasha
2024-07-04 11:49
5
2 replies
#31
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Slovakia GloryMole
Also they should add byali I heard he's pretty good
2024-07-04 16:03
0
1 reply
Yeah but i have heard about neo he performed really good in a team called esc gaming si maybe add thag guy too and i think taz is a better figure to igl and keep these players in check.
2024-07-04 23:01
0
#7
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manne | 
Finland iamjoe
”special” we all know striker yearns to talk about his bosnian brothers
2024-07-04 10:22
3
1 reply
#29
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Turkey Tagan35
lol
2024-07-04 15:38
0
Snax in 2024 LOL
2024-07-04 10:22
0
they should rename the podcast G2 confirmed
2024-07-04 10:24
2
This current G2 is what Falcons were supposed to be, just -hunter +Magisk.
2024-07-04 10:40
0
2 replies
Falcons snacks wtf
2024-07-04 10:39
0
1 reply
maybe with snappi but core of niko,m0nesy,mals and magisk would be solid .
2024-07-04 10:41
0
HLTV questioning so much G2 changes = G2 winning events inc
2024-07-04 10:31
0
1 reply
Like with nexa. They won all the important events
2024-07-04 14:02
0
#19
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Israel VerioN
I don't understand why people are hating on these roster changes. These changes are a breath of fresh air. Snax has proven worthy of being an IGL that is capable both at leading and at fragging (which G2 needed someone who can carry his own weight as an IGL). You have a 2nd shot caller in Niko and then comes TaZ into the mix to reinforce the reigns as Coach reuniting with Snax. Also, a much needed player in Malbs to come in and prove his worth as an insane fragger and clutcher. I'd give this roster a chance.
2024-07-04 11:11
4
6 replies
You do realise that at GL Snax was taking all the prime spots, right?
2024-07-04 11:28
0
1 reply
#27
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Spain Silber_
He was anchor after GL rebuild with aNdu
2024-07-04 14:32
1
#21
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Scotland rbbe
Yes certainly proved he can have the worst t sides in all of top30
2024-07-04 11:35
1
2 replies
#28
Faceit level 10  | 
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Israel VerioN
Only thing I'll say about all these comments above: As his team suggested back in January to August 2023, "Let Him Cook".
2024-07-04 15:14
1
#32
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United States DarkFX
I am not worried about Snax IGL''ing as they have other players who can help with calls on Tside. The Malbs pickup is where this gets strange. It would have made sense if Niko was moving to IGL but we see now thats not the case. I want to predict Snax and Malbs will both be posting similar stats to Hooxi & Nexxa after enough samples.
2024-07-04 17:45
0
"Snax has proven worthy of being an IGL that is capable both at leading and at fragging" he absolutely hasnt, thats exactly why the move makes no sense at all. ofc it "could" work, just like signing a random level 10 "could" work
2024-07-04 15:46
0
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