HLTV Confirmed live from Cologne ft. YNk, Machine, Harry, Hugo

31-7-2025 14:17

Tune into the show from 20:00 .

The podcast returns to Xperion Cologne

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda, and Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin are joined by talent friends for a live special episode of HLTV Confirmed ahead of the playoffs of IEM Cologne.

A sold-out crowd of a 100 attendees will help steer the discussions about the IEM group stage, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's new team, the latest CS update, and more. As guests, Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson, Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell, and Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron will be making appearances.

The topic list is as follows:

YNk

Tierliest of player debuts
Grouped: Falcons, FaZe, Liquid
Fix your s(h)it: German CS
s1mple joins BC.Game

Machine

Cologne quiz
Rating 3.0 preview

Harry & Hugo

CS and map updates
Skinionaire
Playoffs bracket and predictions

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

Machine wow

2025-07-31 14:18

havent tuned into HLTV Confirmed in a long while. Might break that streak today but i got too much office load to go through!

2025-07-31 14:21

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office load, your favorite

2025-07-31 18:28

man they changed starting time... a few minutes ago it said it starts at 16:00 now I cant watch :(

2025-07-31 14:32

yeah same for me it is at 1am now.

2025-07-31 14:35

Harry & Hugo, instant watch

"Rating 3.0 preview." LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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nero finally found the right formula: (if playername = m0nesy --> rating = old rating + 1.0)

2025-07-31 14:37

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m0NESY will drop by a litttle (-0.01) or remain the same. zywoo will go up sh1ro will be equal or go up (+0.01or 0.02).

2025-07-31 14:40

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with the normal 3.0 one yes but that would have been already released. Nero still had to search for the solution to boost m0nesy and continue to give him undeserved EVPs and high top 20 placements

2025-07-31 14:43

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we already discussed this once before, and came to the conclusion that his EPL or Lisbon EVP might be undeserved (i don't think that) but other than that, he has done well.

2025-07-31 14:47

Like why bother at this point? With kyousuke in the team, Monesy won't win MVP again. And Monesy won't be the POTM anymore. No ratting adjustment will reduce the gap and Ner0 just needs to come up with some new metrics (arena rating, POTM, and now what).

2025-07-31 15:02