How good can ropz's mouz be? IEM Cologne playoff predictions (FaZe, G2, NAVI) | HLTV Confirmed S5E47

The HLTV Confirmed panel is joined by ropz to discuss being the star of the squad, mousesports replacing karrigan and woxic, and the roles different coaches had on the team. IEM Cologne 2021 is also a large part of the episode: FaZe and Astralis made surprising playoffs entrances, G2, NAVI, and Gambit line up for the title. Besides that, ropz shares his thoughts on how to combine school and pro play, critiques Vertigo, talks about FPL and his warmup routine.
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0:00 - Podcast intro
Hotseat with ropz
5:10 - Introducing ropz
7:36 - Looking back at 2020
11:42 - Reforming the team with acoR & dexter
17:25 - Role of coaches
21:50 - Playing with dexter - how is it?
24:20 - Bymas & combining school with pro play
28:55 - mouz maps & roles
34:43 - Sudden Flashpoint 3 win
38:57 - Cologne from mouz perspective
51:46 - Tournament break & EPL plans
54:40 - FPL & warmup routine
55:39 - Goals for 2021 & top-20
Recent news
59:40 - fnatic bench Golden
1:07:40 - Academy league & mouz NXT
1:14:55 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? By BitSkins
IEM Cologne 2021
1:22:00 - LAN in the pandemic - ropz’s experience
1:27:00 - Few surprises in Play-In
1:35:41 - Heroic fail to make playoffs
1:37:00 - FaZe go through - can they beat Gambit?
Playtime
1:45:00 - Parimatch matchmaker
1:52:45 - karrigan & dexter style difference
1:53:43 - “Vertigo sucks!” - ropz on maps & positions
1:55:53 - Native resolution & sitting close to the monitor
1:57:50 - Best riflers in the world?
1:59:51 - What is it like to be the most desired player in the world?
2:01:40 - Saying bye to ropz
IEM Cologne 2021 continued
2:02:55 - Breaking down FaZe’s chances
2:07:41 - Are Gambit up to win another one?
2:14:43 - Astralis overperformed? Chances vs. VP
2:28:40 - Time for G2 to shine?
2:36:06 - Will s1mple lift the trophy?
2:40:21 - 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, 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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[@OriginalRaveParty]

Ropz is a legend. A young, driven, intelligent guy with a positive mindset that's overcome adversity and risen to the top of his field at 21. What a story.

[@jaswanthgannamaneni8461]

These interviews are very underrated

[@atahannd.9937]

I really don't like it when chad doesn't swear. Can Chad swear more?

[@dratlan5047]

It feels like the government replaced chad with a family friendly version

[@Masheen]

Ikr he's Australian, not swearing feels unnatural...

[@Oscar-os7fj]

Try to get s1mple on. Would be a really interesting episode

[@Hans-tr6dx]

You can bet thats what they were doint all along ^^

[@KanaalMTS]

B1ad3 said in his HLTV confirmed appearance that S1mple is interview shy, and their best chance to get him on the show would be to catch him at an event :)

[@Oscar-os7fj]

@@KanaalMTS Then now is the perfect time

[@npeswaggyrotmg8926]

I think I'd rather have bombl4 on

[@minebin]

Ropz is very mature. Epic gamer

[@nikolajkjaerbye2184]

i think part of that is certainly from his up bringing and the loss of his farther. He seems like a really good kid i'm so happy to see him flourishing

[@pn1386]

I think Olofmeister or broky would be a cool guest to have after cologne. just anyone from FaZe rly xd but Ive seen lot of karrigan interviews maybe someone else

[@Jmvars]

karrigan seems to be the only talkative guy in FaZe though.

[@Superokiko]

rain plz. He has been in the team since the Kinguin days, it would be great to hear his thoughts on the team

[@XxCodGoblinXx]

Broky won't talk 🤣

[@BowlingOGs69]

Twistzz could be a potential guest there

[@shakilmax]

Finally.... ropzicle is here :D :D :D

[@Professeur_CS]

Probably second or third

[@myonlylovesakura]

last

[@noahrandall6947]

Haha unlucky mate. FAZE UP BABY

[@tannypartner]

Watching this after Faze defeated Gambit

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

feelstrongman

[@fenlir3332]

+1

[@elling1337]

I love him

[@lolzmcfree6996]

POG! Ropz!

[@zagonialpar9208]

Roll the bumper Lucas !🔥

[@goldbachconj623]

0:12 striker pulled a nice one there 😂😂

[@Qayin]

Man how real was Ropz in this! Clearly he’s out the door once his contract is up and I’m super curious as to where he’s going? He clearly idolizes s1mple but really misses Karrygun so my guess is either faze or Navi. Shit is gonna be wild!

[@HypeWrecks]

S1mple, ropz, electronic, b1t. Bruh.

[@Qayin]

@@HypeWrecks since where throwing out hypotheticals imagine adding zonic to that... a new era would most certainly be born.

[@HypeWrecks]

@@Qayin I completely forgot about the rumors he was leaving. That would be insane but I doubt that NaVi would want to get rid of B1ad3. NaVi tends to show a bit of homer-ism toward long-time NaVi players and staff, so I don’t think it would happen, unfortunately. (Though Zonic would certainly be an upgrade over him.)

[@lameduck3105]

@@HypeWrecks Considering zonic has previously talked about how he misses spending time with family when on the road there's no chance in hell he'll move to Ukraine to coach NaVi.

[@HypeWrecks]

@@lameduck3105 Never heard about that but that too I guess.

[@4amv]

You definitely gotta get Twistzz up on here

[@Onedeag-qw3yc]

Sehr Kool

[@TXLzetage]

NaVi won. Yall were on point there, S1mple is a god and the young B1t played on a really high level. It was crazy!!

[@rikeyfrog]

yeah striker definitely 16-6 16-4 gambit really are the best lan team

[@albertocasamayor4897]

Proff,im coming from your future,GO FAZE

[@sno_au]

Chad, getting with the kids, Burchill

[@amir581498]

"How are you so mature?"

[@ruthsi9268]

Hii everyone.. love you all

[@dunkinsomedonuts1604]

This was a very kool episode Ok, I'm sorry.

[@Professeur_CS]

don't apologize

[@Nelex5000]

@@Professeur_CS !

[@yashwinkishore897]

Bhai tu aaj kal cs nahi khelta kya?

[@dunkinsomedonuts1604]

@@yashwinkishore897 bhai thoda kam krdiya hai

[@andi4340]

1:01:00 save it for later

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

haha, faze up baby!

[@fenlir3332]

Spunj is on Antarctica?!

[@rsjq227]

Imma stop watching real soon once chad decides to be nice... Cmon we need some swearing from the real chad SPUNJ

[@a.bukhari1759]

I'm right up there with you. When I was tuning in today, I was actually looking forward to him going ballistic. Swears make everything sound so genuine.

[@Nelex5000]

sheesh

[@iinamaehoshiina]

this is what i didnt understand from NIP. Its not like device is gonna completely elevate the current lineup with the players they had to a consistent top 3 team, why didnt they go all in and break the banks to sign maybe brollan and krimz to replace ztr and plopski. I get that those 2 have huge buyouts, but since you're getting device already why stop there?

[@Lucid34]

I doubt investors would want that much money being spent especially considering brollon just resigned his contract with fnatic

[@navox933]

krimz buyout probably isnt huge, but he has been middling lately. Also you could argue he is above his zenith, so banking on the young ones might be worth it

[@bbydykdyl7779]

I think there are probably 2 reasons it could be: 1) They are planning to do that, but are waiting for contract situation to be better/weighing options. They outright said their 5th slot is not a permanent signing. 2) They're hoping more that Device can help bring up some rookie players, which would make the signing worth it in the long wrong.

[@julianhermanez1694]

Please get BOOMIC4 on he's hilarious and speaks good english

[@mohitjain1819]

Ropz to faze but don't know who to replace maybe 6 man roster

[@holdenellis1395]

Olof and then just hope roles work somehow lmao only role for role replacement would be twistzz but that's doesn't really make sense money wise.

[@mohitjain1819]

@@holdenellis1395 don't know man Faze play good with olof + he's doing well in his roles

[@XxCodGoblinXx]

Olof won't be here forever ropz will be the next guy faze buy imo

[@mohitjain1819]

@@XxCodGoblinXx hope it happens

[@Helperstricks]

2:29:00 g2 didn't beat mouz and nip they defeated complexity and big to get the win against gambit

[@oldman713]

"I dont know" xD

[@dmitriy338]

Is chad actually in Antarctica?

[@erawdawdad6547]

I think he is in germany. Maybe its a joke cause he cant swear anymore and now his temper has "cooled" off? Idk tho :p rip spunj rants

[@kapilsharmaWorld_uncensored]

Astra and Faza final and Astra winning.

[@Shivc9000]

This guy has literally cool(kool) in his name wtf

[@gregorneier2592]

Means school in Estonian so maybe not so "kool"

[@pol44r]

Don't try pulling pranks on me IM TOO AWARE I saw the notification prof

[@Professeur_CS]

someone is leaking

[@Etency]

OMG! I've been heard, I was one of the people who voiced their dislike for swearing in one of the recent videos. I am really really glad I've been heard, Respect for Chad for tuning it down (even though ropz, as the guest, did over-use "F---ing" in the Q.A section, that's forgivable). I am also fine when it's used to signify severe frustration or something epic, but when it's used as a filler or for mundane situations or things, it does sting the ears.

[@rizajamal1125]

1:43:30 famous last words

[@abhishekkrishna1647]

1:43:32 PepeLaugh El no Sabe

[@csgogod3218]

Would be nice if you could get stewie2k on

[@sakesushi9347]

Mfs Show respect to VP.

[@user-fv6be1uo6z]

#8

[@louisl.9097]

SPUNJ camera KappaPride

[@scoutpack1518]

Swear more now. :D

[@karannagwekar7048]

100% ropz going to FaZe and olof leaving in like... 6 months.

[@a.bukhari1759]

Probably not happening now because Olof is performing so well. Faze doesn't need more firepower, they need Rain to show up. He's still got it, I feel he doesn't bring the consistency expected of a player of his caliber.

[@jhucheng3210]

@@a.bukhari1759 tbh, ropz is not just firepower, he is consistency, Lau said he can lurk and hold 1 position on his own and u must triple push him.

[@BeastBoy69631]

@@a.bukhari1759 yes Olof performing has improved the whole team . Removing him could cause synergy issues

[@lolzmcfree6996]

@@a.bukhari1759 I agree, but on lan he has been looking better which is good(Rain)

[@godaimer999]

@@a.bukhari1759 rain is good when he had his moment, but his strats doesnt look good because he always do the dirty work for faze

[@lol-mw6vj]

whats that under his right eye and why is he puttin' that?

[@amir581498]

I think it's a birthmark

[@XxCodGoblinXx]

He got burned under his eye and I'm pretty sure thats skin from somewhere on his body they needed to cover the burn.. something like that anyway

[@kurniadi9675]

Fnatic allu

[@gamerjeffery]

LANdemic

[@notgoodenough1669]

swear more men

[@1neminutebonk3rs3]

Do u guys remember that Mouz lineup ? Karrigan (IGL) Frozen Ropz Woxic Chris J If it wasn't for Woxic's toxicity that team would've been no.1 by now

[@thelorenz2014]

Nope. ChrisJ is nice guy, but he could have never been on a tier 1 team in long term.

[@1neminutebonk3rs3]

@@thelorenz2014 Pronax was on a no.1 team

[@thelorenz2014]

@@1neminutebonk3rs3 it was 2014 -2016, this were the years, where igl could be bottomfragging and nobody wondered. ChrisJ wasn't igl, and it was 2020, where csgo developed a lot since fnatic era.

[@HUN7ER7]

Professeur has the worst takes Faze Up baby

[@lolzmcfree6996]

here after faze beat gambit! faze up

[@bennyandersson7770]

Finally a professional players saying it. Vertigo SUCKS. It's a damn deathmatch map.

[@sadmansakib9479]

16-5 , 16-6 against Gambit huh ???? prof

[@tech4172]

Navi & G2 are not going to be consistent like they were in these 2 matches just watch same old same old and Faze will prob beat Navi

[@tech4172]

@@H8M0ndays lmao what a line hahaha steal anything else? :)

[@tech4172]

@@H8M0ndays I bet it does ;)

[@trocoplaytv1254]

@@tech4172 dude just take the L

[@tech4172]

@@trocoplaytv1254 a lil late response lol u alrdy watched the game nt tho

[@trocoplaytv1254]

@@tech4172 no fucking duh. That's the idea. "Take the L you ended up being wrong atleast for now as that's what the recent results show" "dude you watched the game already" did you not eat your cheerios this morning or are you always this slow?

[@1Haley]

First

[@wgcdrelliot8989]

Another mouse/sensitivity/right click/flicks abuser.... Can you get an actual g.o.a.t in cs like Solek? Mmmmmm?

[@infera666]

Who?

[@malaychoudhary6811]

This guy is delusional as hell XD

[@vishensivparsad]

Stop doing drugs, get some help

[@xdsenpaiii]

0/8

[@wgcdrelliot8989]

Ppl do you even know what sarcasm is?