Brazilian CS on the rise again, PGL Major teams overview (feat. TACO) | HLTV Confirmed S5E58

HLTV Confirmed is joined by TACO to discuss the making and current status of GODSENT, gla1ve replacing Bubzkji in Astralis for Major, rosters that made it to PGL Stockholm, fnatic & Eternal Fire dropping their players, and TACO's most past famous teammates.
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0:00 - Podcast intro
Recent news
6:38 - Introducing TACO
8:30 - Playing Europe vs. NA
13:42 - AWPing in GODSENT
19:08 - Teaming up with latto, b4rtin, dumau
32:45 - GODSENT’s path to success?
38:11 - “We’re shy” - TACO on emotions
45:07 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? By BitSkins
Recent news
52:25 - gla1ve returns for the Major, Bubzkji out
1:03:32 - 6-man rosters - TACO’s take
1:08:23 - 14-yo leading GODSENT academy team
1:11:00 - fnatic bench Jackinho
1:20:36 - Eternal FIre remove ISSAA
PGL Major
1:23:19 - 5 Brazilian teams at the Major
1:28:39 - NA Major spots - does it make sense?
1:42:00 - Reviewing qualified teams
1:45:25 - Who’s missing out?
1:49:30 - CPH Flames’ surprising triumph
1:51:20 - No luck for Complexity with coldzera
1:59:41 - Most exciting stories of the Major
2:02:40 - GODSENT’s goals
2:04:16 - What is GODSENT’s play based around?
BLAST Showdown
2:09:00 - Lynn Vision & CS of Russian East
2:13:00 - Predicting the bracket
Parimatch Matchmaker & playtime
2:31:55 - FalleN
2:33:50 - coldzera
2:40:10 - fer
2:41:55 - fnx
2:45:50 - zews
2:49:29 - Stickers status
2:51:47 - Could SPUNJ be a pro player now?
2:52:20 - Final words
HLTV Confirmed is a CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, with guest appearances from community members such as device, ropz, Twistzz, karrigan, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike.
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[@AlkibiadesKleiniou]

TACO's smile is so genuine what a nice guy

[@Cuestar]

it's easy to tell striker and prof apart. prof is the hot one, and striker is the hot one.

[@fireaxe9931]

CUESTAR MY MAN CULTURED

[@Professeur_CS]

Hello 😊

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

Taco, legend of the game. I clicked right away because I wanted to hear his thoughts on everything. Not a Brazilian but I love that CSGO is truly a global game and even when NA might be down, CIS is massive, Brazil is booming with young talent.

[@saadanjum8859]

Yes but it's kinda sad that they had to move to eu to get better and face actual good teams

[@viniciusmartucci7599]

@@saadanjum8859 agree. NA needs to make a comeback in the game. Americans are choosing hype. But look at nitro dude was on the path to become the greatest csgo player from NA. And changed to a game where i dont even saw him on the majors events.

[@mymicisasian1410]

​@@viniciusmartucci7599 NA probably won't make a comeback for a while because top tier orgs aren't willing to invest in CSGO that much, meaning that there won't be good salaries, or even any salaries for NA players to play. In other regions like CIS and Brazil, the upcoming players are usually fine with having no salary or very low salary at the start of their career and they grind all the way up but in NA, the upcoming players can go to valorant and might have a more stable future there financially.​ I agree though, it would be better if NA were to comeback

[@viniciusmartucci7599]

@@mymicisasian1410 let's wait and see. A compendium will be done eventually and with a major worth 40mil+ let's see if people won't invest in CS

[@Felipesz03]

@@viniciusmartucci7599 Brazil 🤝 USA

[@IanSocolaiandres]

Taco is one of the only csgo players that has this natural charisma

[@BezmenovWasRight]

Taco is awesome, I wish him the best on this Godsent roster.

[@stipe1615]

Great episode and Taco was a great guest

[@alanw1775]

What i love about VACO is he has this special unique playstyle thats very fun to watch, and his personality oozes into the server

[@Nabasflow]

TACO o LAMPIAO da GODSENT, parabéns pelos resultados obtidos recentemente...

[@andzera2567]

VACOOOO, let's make Brasil as great again❤️🇧🇷

[@kyle085]

Thanks for getting TACO. Loved it!

[@kapilsharmaWorld_uncensored]

Taco explained the 6 man roaster so well that if any team listen and implement this, there would be huge improvement.

[@singh9418]

If benchski stays in astralis, he’ll get experience but he’ll be nothing more than benchski. He’s been there for so long, esetag realized much sooner what benchski doesn’t seem to be computing. He’ll just waste more years in astralis because he’s good today, who knows if his form will remain.

[@diegoandy2031]

he's just waiting, i doubt Xyp or Magisk will continue for long in Astralis.

[@hshshhk5432]

😂Omg, first of all, what u fail to compute is that, esetag got offered a hell lot and it was a viable team for him to go, but for bubz, he hasn't found such a life changing offer or a viable team. Secondly, he's likely gonna come into the sqaud along with konfig after xyp dupreeh and magisk leave, altough we dont know, its highly likely they've told thier future plans to bubz anyway

[@samuelbelko6469]

I mean its worthy for bubzki if he has guaranteed spot in squad next year,but if he doesnt,come next year he should leave.

[@markusommundsen8566]

@@hshshhk5432 how do you know what offers hes got? wasting a year of what is probably his prime is still really sad for such a good player

[@hshshhk5432]

@@markusommundsen8566 well, do u know any teams hes gonna fit in? Isnt a team with a multiple major winning IGL better than any tier 2 team with probably less salary and matches to offer in the T1 scene, Yes, this might be his prime but he's still young, they're willing to take the risk of developing him into a major role when some players leave astralis, so yeah

[@lirdedkj]

That was a nice one

[@Phantox1101]

Hoped for a lot more NiP related stuff in this podcast after their win

[@quizz1998]

Im with you. Wins iem, gets best ranked eu team and becomes legends in the major. And nothing…

[@diegoandy2031]

dont worry, they are under the radar right now. Currently,, NIP is the only team thats among the likes of Navi and Gambit

[@Professeur_CS]

Fair comment, but we''ll have a few more opportunities to talk about NIP before the Major, we wanted to focus on teams TACO could give insight about, even though we did stray away from that a bit

[@danoli1920]

it wouldnt fit into their whole "ztr vs lnz" angle which seems to be the only thing they can talk about when adressing NiP

[@rajivrathod132]

In the matchmaker game, Taco gave some awesome insights into his team mates.

[@BillEngwall]

God forgives, TACO doesn't

[@JoeKreis]

Yes boys keep making these episodes this long!

[@ViniciusMartins-nm4hj]

You have to bring Fallen!!

[@andzera2567]

2:42:12 FNx, NTC forget, o pai ganhou até troféu no de férias com ex skjsks denifivamente um pop star

[@diegofarahferrero]

Tacomedo lenda demais. Sdds sk

[@pol44r]

So much SPIIIICEEEE

[@Professeur_CS]

TACO dropping chilli pepers for 3 hours

[@daveauburn1561]

@@Professeur_CS hey striker love your work

[@flowerDance2112]

With 3 unsigned contract, I do believe hardest part for bubzkji in astralis is over. Its not like any good teams will sign Bubzkji before major anyways and a roster shuffle after the major is surely bound to happen. Astralis did their best to field the best possible roster opting for experience over anything else. With lucky, they only have 1 inexperienced player instead of 2 in bubzkji and lucky. And with 3 unsigned contract(magisk, dupreeh and xyp9x), bubzkji probably will be integrated in the roster after the major (if astralis dont get konfig that is).

[@alarik95]

Rest in Peace Steel, Rest in Peace Chaos Esports Club

[@zagonialpar9208]

Roll the bumper Lucas !!!

[@paulodaniel5305]

Taquinho 🤩

[@U4eUh]

Taco off the gas pack I love him even more now

[@theairflare]

nobody: every Brazilian: the tean

[@TheSmashingBonesBR]

😅 our n and m at the end of words sound the same, and we dont have words that end with n's

[@harambe9461]

@@TheSmashingBonesBR tean > team EZ

[@TheSmashingBonesBR]

@@harambe9461 rip Lagend ✊🏼

[@Bot-jc7or]

TACO is in Mexico rn? Do the Godsent boys speak Spanish too?

[@dbolgangster1111]

I don't think so, but we have a good understanding of Spanish because it is pretty similar to Portuguese, i mean, we can understand them but they can't really understand what we are saying.

[@leowar]

Tacooo king of caldicana

[@angads.5093]

wait why is striker named professeur and vice versa

[@samuelbelko6469]

They were prolly trolling.They put some funky stuff on top of their names every time.

[@himanshumenon9127]

Let's be honest Bubzjki hasn't performed really well......he hasn't been able to really cope up with his new role

[@sakariasmalmen5400]

kennys stand in for fnatic ?

[@arthurbarnwell9220]

smooya already is and they didnt qualify for the major

[@harambe9461]

Kenny isn’t coming back just stop with the cope guys

[@nobodynowhere3170]

🤣🤣🤣

[@roshanmagarpulami]

Taco is problem *Someone Said*

[@chewyn6696]

Are you mad? Cause I’m not

[@nameonelast598]

I hope Astralis flops at the Major and has to do a complete rebuild

[@diegoandy2031]

you think?

[@abc-gb1yd]

They wont

[@hshshhk5432]

Either way, Even if they win they're gonna rebuild so yeah 😂

[@samuelbelko6469]

I bet they Can get to quarters atleast if they dont get hard group.

[@focusin8635]

este es el burro que separa a latam xddddddddddd

[@davimp4143]

You have fallen? Fnx? 2 two majorrs?

[@uJavaEdit_]

¿Eres estúpido? Juego dos grandes y puedo 0. latam omegalu El mayor es el cs más débil que ha tenido.

[@Suns3tz1975]

@@davimp4143 fallen meh , quem é fnx atualmente? mas os dois majors é inegável

[@harambe9461]

5 iq comment

[@fachinzada]

fnx 2 majors in cs go, 1 major in cs 1.6, latam ???????