smooya's run to RMR, ridiculous BLAST Groups, G2 questions | HLTV Confirmed S6E27

smooya joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his mix reaching the RMRs, EPL predictions, and BLAST takeaways: G2's roster looking controversial, Vitality's solid start, s1mple 2-map gig for NAVI, Liquid with YEKINDAR looking great, and BLAST Groups' ridiculous format.
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0:00 - Podcast intro
3:30 - Introducing smooya
Hot seat with smooya
5:21 - N1 Moment: smooya celebration
6:30 - Open quals run of Benched Heroes
13:51 - smooya’s plan for RMR
18:11 - RMR teams overview
23:07 - 32 teams - is it even possible?
27:04 - Asia RMR: still only 4 teams?
35:31 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins
Overanalyzing BLAST
42:53 - s1mple qualifying after 2 maps
46:39 - BLAST format issue
1:05:35 - G2: device instead of m0NESY!?
1:13:42 - Liquid: ready for top 5?
1:20:20 - G2: HooXi is the problem?
1:42:00 - Astralis & Heroic: Danish fans sweating
EPL
1:46:04 - Fantasy: Prof vs. SPUNJ
1:51:00 - Group A predicted
Recent news
2:01:03 - hades joins Finest
2:06:46 - MOUZ promote xertioN
2:14:44 - Open quals & Major format
Playtime
2:20:25 - smooya looking for a manager
2:25:13 - Closing statements
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 s1mple, device, ropz, Twistzz, karrigan, shox, TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, HenryG, JW, smooya, YNk, Maniac, Pimp, seang@res, CarlosR, 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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[@dthepiratesking501]

Thanks Spunj, for always highlighted the topic of Asia rmr spot in hltv podcast. Truly a Chad

[@marcobarbozamurguia7869]

how much people do you say that play csgo in china o japan ?

[@brendenlim2158]

@@marcobarbozamurguia7869 loads in china. Japan and Korea seems to be taking valorant in more

[@hocalo]

One piece

[@naebalvas]

Asia is IRRELEVANT in CS. WAISTED SPOT. Stick to LoL please.

[@hocalo]

@@naebalvas okay!

[@Lekeing]

Smooya coming on the show to do what he does best. Make noobs mad

[@Nemanjaftn]

I dont like him but I can appreciate him speaking his mind without a filter on, he gives us often insight in some topics in a single podcast episode that other pros wouldnt ever give in their lifetime, for example s1mple and the usual "Hmmm,idk,we made mistakes" the most boring person to ask anything in an interview.

[@TyreseWigglebottom]

Smooya is somebody who I want to find success he deserves it. He’s not as toxic anymore he’s actually really funny and is good at the game still

[@MrHooligans]

His mind not him mind.

[@Nemanjaftn]

@@TyreseWigglebottom I agree

[@sigmundfreud2443]

@@TyreseWigglebottom He might not be toxic but even at the end you can see that he is likely to lose temper and say stupid shit. Especially with skilled quite introverts that might be still a nail in the coffin.

[@krisreece7729]

@@TyreseWigglebottom Although, we actually don't know how toxic he is in a team, and if he creates a bad environment. I think it's unlikely we see him in another tier 1 team.

[@igorjanjic5427]

I think that Hooxi was under a lot of pressure. The bad sprays and whiffs from behind which he had can only be due to pressure and nerves. He didnt frag that badly in CPHF and those whiffs are faceit-lvl 5-like. What I like about him is that even when he is 2/21 or 18/21 he hypes up the team, screams and generally doesnt look under the weather which is something that they lost with benching Jackz.

[@christianbetz7357]

Watching them talk about OG after the lost to wings up a few days later

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

lmaooo the ending :) Smooya a legend, his sponsors and future sponsors will surely love this

[@hugo_luca_1772]

Damn Fessor got done dirty lmao

[@Chonko_O]

Lmao benched from benched heroes

[@dev_s0mple]

@@Chonko_O 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brendenlim2158]

One of the most egregious things about blast, is that a team can go 2-3 and still qualify. And a team can go 3-2 and not qualify.

[@VikashSingh]

Well Smooya was right about Fanatic for day 1 at least.

[@steveyv89]

Spunj, legend as always... Well played sir.

[@Lusira1111]

those last 5 minutes were wild

[@singular9]

Smooya is too good to be stuck in no man's land, and I also don't see the "attitude" argument...dudes hilarious. People need to grow up and take the truth to the face and be glad someone like him actually says it straight.

[@sunshine8338]

it seems like he may get under people's skins too often... that kinda of attitude kills the spirit of the team.

[@PrivateJoker0119]

Yeah that "hilarious" attitude doesn't work when playing critical situations

[@jonajon91]

1:03:47 is peak Spunj rant, shout it from the rooftops buddy, I love that.

[@LL-xh3qr]

"b1t's hiding downstairs" lmfao

[@malice3080]

smooya for caster

[@daytona4794]

best episode ever

[@bmxbuddah]

Lucas kills me man

[@vibes24osrs]

Smooya is the man

[@sean8375]

striker thinks he knows more than literally everyone xD

[@sadasda477]

Both, prof and striker. They are so dumb man. What faceit level they are at? They like to make fun of player

[@pelloo3627]

What? Example?

[@nathanfc5386]

@@pelloo3627 always had that impression too

[@sadasda477]

@@pelloo3627 look at his twitter and profs twitter. Also, he literally says here dev1ce will be shit and it will be bad. Bruh, dev1ce is the reason astralis is goated.

[@boom.headshot]

Maybe people can do what Broky does but he’s literally been the 2nd best awper this year.

[@rugolabkk]

Simple is the best, theres no question, but if i wanna be honest, this year so far i think broky might just be better. His clutches have always been crazy but this year hes on a whole other lvl, and simple feels like hes not that much ahead, if ahead at all That is of course for this year only, in a relatively short time period

[@boom.headshot]

@@rugolabkk I honestly think Simple has been better because he’s constantly keeping Navi at the top with us. But Broky has been the 2nd best awper all year. He’s been consistent and has made so many huge plays.

[@dev_s0mple]

@@rugolabkk everytime I watch s1mple against bigger opponents it feels like s1mple doesn't use AWP that much 😢 he will only do it for a few rounds nd get good impact but that's it otherwise he just fragging with rifles . faze Vs Navi esl cologne was a great example of that, very less awping in the first couple of maps

[@dev_s0mple]

By many he meant the other awpers in top 8 btw* xD

[@ManagerStrife]

@@dev_s0mple Tbh I think s1mple AWPs only if he feels like it. If he thinks he can bhop everyone with it, then he goes for it.

[@AM2K2]

smooooooooooooooooooooooya

[@christor2907]

When did Chad get new teeth?

[@Martin-zn5hk]

Can one of you please tell ESL that 1080p streams are not ok anymore? Get out of the stoneage and stream in at least 1440p if not 4k please. Switching from watching blast to esl makes me think I need to go to the eye doctor.

[@dev_s0mple]

😢

[@SahucMcOffer]

m0nesy is honestly probably the 2nd most consistent player haha, can't replace this young GOD

[@jonajon91]

He consistently whiffs 10% of his shots.

[@naebalvas]

@@jonajon91 50% at least.

[@tesseract_uk]

Smoo is the human embodiment of twitch chat lol love that guy

[@rishovaditya7452]

The blast format is horseshit tbh. I don't understand what is the point of making such a complicated format.

[@larry2281]

Liquid deserves top 3 more than Astralis lol

[@PrivateJoker0119]

Liquid is like all the way down to top 12 lol, maybe think of getting top 10 first

[@larry2281]

@@PrivateJoker0119 zzz

[@rosaparks6479]

@@PrivateJoker0119 Name 11 teams better than liquid rn

[@PrivateJoker0119]

@@rosaparks6479 just search for team rankings, they are literally at 12 right now.. it might change in a few days tho, they might've bumped up a few slots, no way movistar riders still at top10

[@rosaparks6479]

@@PrivateJoker0119 Are you high They're number 4 on the rankings rn

[@ankurdwivedi5023]

Chad logic that g2 won once and same with vitality is so flawed, i dont care about g2 but found this illogical. Let say navi vs liquid happens in 1 round of upper bracket, navi loses and meets liquid again in quarter final after winning the lower bracket. Now in quarter, navi wins, isnt navi gonna advance to semi? So the importance of the match counts too. Also i dont like blast format that much, one thing in the last chance they can mix up the teams so atleast we dont have to see g2 vs vitality for the idk how many times

[@ineedc3477]

BLAST format is even more dogshit than it ever was XD.. yeah "amazing tournament production" but tournament format wise is always been dogshit.. blast >>>>>> blast system too even though eleague is no longer around and as old as they were. If eleague is still around, blast could never.

[@versev0]

I remember moses or some partner cast of him that "this is what close smooya to professional cs" in fanwall off watch party" Search it up it's sadokist at epl

[@zac0837]

So SpunJ wants some RMR (Or Qualifier for Major/Minor League) changes so his region will be impacted? I have been thinking for days now, and I have an idea for it. Is it bad? Yes, I am insane. Will this be implemented one day? No, because this idea works in theory, but not in practice. You get 64 teams, 24 from EU, 8 from NA, 8 from SA, 8 from South East Asia, 4 from Oceanic, 4 from China, 4 from Africa, and 4 from Middle East. You put 4 groups of 16 teams into an RMR/Qualifier for Major. 32 teams will move onto 3 different stages. They will be placed either in the Contenders Stage, Challengers Stage, and Legends Stage, based on performance in the Qualifier for the Major. Top 2 in each group (3-0) go to Legends Stage. 3rd and 4th place go to Challengers stage. 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th places go to Contenders Stage. The formatting for Major goes as follows: 16 teams in contenders, best 8 move onto Challengers. The next stage goes on. Best 8 from challengers move onto Legends etc. You get the point. Upsides from this: This allows competition from across the world without giving out set spots. It also allows for teams in the Asia-Pacific region to not go through closed qualifiers just for 1 spot in their own respective region. Slots would be increased giving almost all regions a fighting chance. Downsides from this: No set spots, there could be a region where no teams are not in the Contenders Stage, Challengers Stage, or Legends stage. In the long term it could make EU a very difficult region to qualify for the qualifiers for the major.

[@esoteridactyl]

i hate that they are called RMRs now just call them qualifiers again

[@rapakko]

Yeah why not just call them minors or smth

[@esoteridactyl]

@@rapakko lol exactly ;)

[@ineedc3477]

It used to call Minor, a while back then they change the term lmao

[@rapakko]

@@ineedc3477 no shit, thats the point

[@ineedc3477]

​@@rapakko What do you mean "no shit"? It's a fact. It used to minor before it's called "RMR" thing. Also, I get what you mean. They should keep it called Minor lol

[@PunchMantra]

Glad to see there's something worse than Smooya's game play and that's Smooya's opinions

[@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232]

Smooya is good

[@youssifdarwish135]

😂😂😂

[@turkeyman631]

Made the RMR, why you gonna go and get bitter over some opinions?? lol

[@chewyn6696]

The only bad opinion he has is that device is a good replacement for m0NESY

[@VikashSingh]

@@chewyn6696 exactly

[@sheerkid447]

L take about monesy ( i'm just Ilya's biggest fan :D ) other than that it was a cool conversation

[@Reiker305]

With speed and reaction time monesy is much better than dev1ce but with experience deve is better in direct fight monesy is better.

[@ineedc3477]

BLAST have have amazing production but dogshit format. Change my mind that they don't really fit to host major because of their practices. Damn man, I wish ELEAGUE could make a come back. ELEAGUE was much more open structured and have better tournament system. When they host a major, the hype is on another level. Not to mentioned their hiring-talent desk, production and TV deal they made are what define their quality over BLAST any day, any time! People can come at me but I must say BLAST have great side content and such but their format will never be anyway better as ELEAGUE and ESL imo

[@nicilyas]

Shes a 10, but she thinks Smooya isnt the #1 player in the world.

[@marmikemp3767]

She's an 11

[@singular9]

Also, device should not come back to CSGO. Dude showed how childish and disrespectful he is when he signed a million dollar contract and just left. Imagine doing that in a real job.

[@PrivateJoker0119]

If you ask me, its NIP's fault for not including clauses in his contract to prevent him from doing that

[@ManagerStrife]

He didn't sign a contract just because he hated Astralis or something. It's true that Astralis has been losing that time but that was just one of his reasons. His other reason was he had a GF living in Sweden, which he broke up with now. It's basically like dev1ce fucked his career up by falling in for a slutty girl just like Boombl4.

[@Onedeag-qw3yc]

Pro league is the most boring event by far. Blast is always fun

[@ineedc3477]

BLAST have dog shit format

[@maozedong7838]

I fixed Astralis! -Gla1ve +Kjaerbye

[@jlee6566]

Smooya should have visit school a little bit longer, he is completely delusional.

[@turkeyman631]

Love a guest like Smooya, he's got that Trump vibe where people in the comments just cant handle hearing someone be brash.

[@TwistyTea]

Smooya = L

[@Ilovepie985]

Smooya takes are ridiculous, I'm done

[@blitzsieg]

bro monesy not as consistant as device but who cares he is only 18 he is gonna be much better than device in couple of years he is faster smarter and better rifler than device also you dont have to worry about him scamming u

[@F1stzz]

Except he's 17, if not 16, lol

[@blitzsieg]

@@F1stzz well thats even better

[@Moe90rules]

Puh, much better than device. Device has won everything. He’s amongst the most consistent players ever. You rank simple over device. Other than that, there’s no one. Pure skill wise zywoo and Niko, but they both lack the achievements by a mile.

[@melbifk]

Monesy can only guarantee using new bugs every tournament

[@Scott-zi7xv]

Well sure, that's true. M0nesy is a talent. But you do have to realize that Niko is in his prime now, this team was supposed to be a win now type of deal.

[@fatimalopes7041]

I am best awper then hades, never see so worst awper , another guy bait intire team , and he is so bot

[@rickshermantal5002]

The problem wuth g2 is so evident, they should have signed boombl4 as the igl or at least Loba

[@m4a1snerfed]

m4a1s is still overpowered and csgo devs don't care about balance therefore it's a waste of time to play csgo

[@20puskinas1992]

Maybe before Rio Major Valve can balance it Keep going bro💪

[@CZPC]

You're ability to cry astounds us all.

[@calyrex436]

Dude you been doing this for like a year and Valve hasn’t done shit. I just don’t understand why you keep going on with this. Yea I agree the M4a1s is op but why keep doing this if valve dosn’t listen. It’s useless and your wasting your time. Sorry for the paragraph lmao

[@w90213kjfdjn]

m4a1s is overpowered and csgo devs don't care about balance therefore it's a waste of time to play csgo.

[@fatimalopes7041]

G2 never win a tournment while niko think he is a star player , his prime and time Cross a long time ago , maybe if he go first instead baiting , thinking he is gonna delivery , wake up niko your time cross a long time ago , u have to give opurtunity to youngs , dont bait , go 1

[@marmikemp3767]

?

[@benhefel3095]

in the second half of last year, he was in literal god mode. I think you are hating way too hard.

[@fatimalopes7041]

@@benhefel3095 god mod just bcs he make one or two good plays ? His time and prime over bro , even hunter has playing to much better than him.. time to not bait and go firsr or g2 not gonna win nothing to early

[@benhefel3095]

@@fatimalopes7041 god mode because his second half of the year got him in the top 3 players last year. You need to cheer up and chill tf out.

[@fatimalopes7041]

@@benhefel3095 bro u need to understand his time cross a long time his getting older , maybe time to not bait , bcs he only had this stats bcs of bait and information of the other players , ok i see you are a fan and i understand , but is time to monesy and other kids show up , maybe he focus more in igl and open space for team , u need to chill and just acept his prime and time is over

[@travisb1o0m19]

please get rid of prof or striker having one vanilla eastern european is enough, no need for two

[@turkeyman631]

it's their channel bruh what are you even on about

[@sanjencs]

Eastern Europe>all

[@youngsomalia1511]

???? Life isn't some sort of quota race. If a bunch of guys get together to organize something together, then that's the roster. If you don't like the roster, get your friends together and do your thing, cameras on or cameras off. Why do you have a title to being perfectly and uniquely serviced by people you don't pay or employ? Very weird energy, man.

[@lolwhatever7307]

thats just straight up racist lmao

[@ManagerStrife]

Imagine saying that when they both are two of the best personalities I have seen alongside spunj on HLTV Confirmed 🤣🤣🤣

[@unuboldgantulga4798]

Spunj knows asians have very small chance to accomplish smth cuz of given chance from valve thats why he always mentions this