Who will dominate in 2022? Roster changes analyzed | HLTV Confirmed S6E1 - CS:GO Podcast

As the 2021-2022 roster CS:GO shuffle comes to an end, HLTV Confirmed podcast goes live for the first time in a year to talk through the changes: G2 getting m0NESY, Aleksib & XQTZZ, ropz finally joins FaZe, Liquid with shox & oSee, MOUZ bring in torzsi & NBK-, BIG getting a fresh roster, EG with a Major-winning core, Apeks assembling, FURIA getting AWPer, coldzera to 00Nation, and the Brazilian Last Dance.
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0:00 - Podcast intro
Recent news
6:14 - Vitality unveil Danish trio
22:24 - XQTZZZ to coach G2 rumor
30:21 - Aleksib leading G2 - will it work?
37:29 - 1000 EUR bet status
38:50 - G2 with m0NESY - too many problems?
49:17 - kennyS to team up with AmaNek?
49:47 - OG to add nexa
54:05 - FaZe finally get ropz
57:07 - shox to be paid more in Liquid?
59:10 - What’s left for olofmeister?
1:00:25 - FaZe - now or never?
1:05:26 - MOUZ get torzsi, NBK-, Sycrone
1:14:35 - Who wants to be a Skinionaire? By BitSkins
1:21:56 - BIG faveN back to top 10?
1:30:33 - Will Apeks be good?
1:35:50 - djL to NIP coaching stuff
1:36:42 - ENCE make change
1:41:11 - FURA get an AWPer
1:44:31 - Liquid with oSee, nitr0, shox
1:53:47 - EG to get Major-winning core
2:04:38 - Complexity eye Ex-tra Salt
2:13:04 - coldzera to 00Nation, more rumors
2:18:19 - The Brazilian Last Dance
Playtime
2:31:27 - Parimatch Matchmaker: team changes
2:40:10 - NAVI wanted to sell m0NESY to Liquid?
2:45:48 - Could academy teams work in NA?
2:48:51 - Renegades could be Liquid’s EU team?
2:51:28 - oskar to GORILLAZ?
2:53:40 - MICHU to MAD Lions
2:54:31 - FACEIT map veto & the god of Ancient
2:56:29 - 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 s1mple, 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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[@pouyash5785]

I love how Chad brings up jks in every chance that he gets. In his eyes he's a good addition to basically every team

[@ambientocclusion]

JKS is Chad's son

[@santosacosta4553]

He's a good addition for 90% of teams. Great dragger, anchor, lurker, top20 twice, young but experienced

[@MiDNiGHTsEFFECT]

Aussies supporting aussies bruh

[@embruu1]

based and true jks best player

[@maxibeyer7989]

ropz is going to faze although he is getting paid less than in mousesports. He must have great faith in the faze roster and must be hungry for titles... I think this will be the most exciting CS year ever. 55:35

[@Miiiiiiighty]

Where does that " getting paid less than in Mouz " come from ? From what I've heard ropz was one of the players for whom money was at least an as big factor than the project ( heard it from legit sources aka neL )

[@dinkin_flicka14]

That's a lot of trust in a dead team. Hopefully it works out for him and the team

[@brady28k]

Is it a significant amount difference? I think it's a no brainer to leave mouz unless they were offering like 1.5x+ the amount of FaZe.

[@boom.headshot]

@@dinkin_flicka14 lol def worked out for him and Faze

[@Jordidwaard]

@@dinkin_flicka14 This did not age well XD

[@hammerfallandnoelse]

I didn't invent the turtleneck, Chad. But I was the first to see its potential as a tactical garment. The Tactical Turtleneck, Chad. The... Tactleneck!

[@-slater-8479]

Understood that reference

[@GIGAGRILLE]

Cant see if its black or slightly darker black tho

[@groove33333]

Professeur implying he got a gf, what a Chad!!

[@Tommy-mo7wh]

@@GIGAGRILLE WOODHOUSE!

[@doogleisfat]

Great to have the boys back! Banger episode

[@daveclement9932]

I hope that faze and vitality will rise to the top, and also hope they have a rivalry between each other. That would be insanely fun to see!

[@kurt9034]

Awwww shit here we go!! New year of CS!!

[@dudewholikespie5871]

new season pog

[@LukeGeaney]

Love these! :D P.S. In case anyone from the tech team is reading these comments, the audio compression is somewhat brutal, when people start talking the volume is really high for a split second before it kicks in then it drops very low. E.g. 2:30:26 when Chad says "MAYbe" ... 2:30:42 P_CS says "PLAYtime" (it actually distorts on this one). Sounds like it's set up for a drum kit rather than lovely humans ;)

[@MrVybson]

Sure G2 can mold jackz into a support player, but like.. why even bother when amanek, a top tier support player, is right there? Like..??? Someone explain this to me. Is the plan supposed to be to have 5 entry fraggers? Cause if 5 entry fraggers get an entry, they win the round? Bruh. Obviously I can't judge a team properly without seeing them play, but this just feels odd.

[@existentialpenguin7756]

- Jackz, - Nexa, + Aleksi + Monesy. Amanek is the support player, Aleksi can be the aggressive/entry igl he likes to be. - Amanek, + Monesy, keep Nexa. Jackz entrys, Nexa fills the support rolls. Either of these make sense but they did some kind of weird mix, idk they’ve created so many potential issues for themselves.

[@sieevansetiawan4792]

I agree. I think AmaNEk is more beneficial to the team.

[@baxigamer4206]

I feel like jackz is entry and aleksi play support

[@JoshuaHill182]

Its much much easier to mold a support player than it is to moul a decent no shits given entry.

[@filipcermak7207]

it was explained with hunter in his hltv interview. He said that the energy behind PCs Jackz brings is much more important. He is like the guy who makes better atmosphere in the team

[@androsp9105]

40:04 Striker repeats himself for 40 seconds

[@randyraymond2001]

this FaZe i hope will reach the same peak as Liquid when they won the Grand Slam. No simple no zywoo no problem. Just pure good team CS with crisp aim

[@santosacosta4553]

When liquid won it there were 3 or 4 teams competing at the same time now it's 6 or 7. I hope faze reaches 3rd spot and competes against vitality and Navi has the most balanced roster of them all I feel like

[@downnnnnn]

;o

[@danskeLP]

Chad did say something wrong. He said hit the ground running like b1t (g2 with m0nesy) but b1t didn't hit the ground running. It took him half s year or something like that to become a beast

[@uchihasasuke7436]

Half a year is pretty 'hit the ground running'

[@danskeLP]

@@uchihasasuke7436 considering how most lineups only last 4-6 months without change maybe not even that during the online period. I won't call it "hit the ground running"

[@skade245]

@@danskeLP That’s how long it often takes for people to get truly integrated in the team

[@danskeLP]

@@skade245 and that's fair. But my point is. To hit the ground running, isn't to be like most people. It's to do it from the start and show good form within 1-3 months and to figure out how and what to do pretty quickly. B1T actually looked pretty out of depth when he joined as a 6th and was transitioning to a permanent 5th he had to learn to crawl then stand on his own 2 feet and now he is popping heads like it's nobody's business

[@ok-nz7mt]

it took him 3-4 months since he was signed fulltime

[@pol44r]

Neo is totally in love with zywoo, hes phis best signing he ever made tbf

[@paulinhomendes468]

I have a strong feeling that in addition to believing Drop has a huge potential, Furia wants to play Dust2. Yuri, Art and Kscerato love Dust2 and hate Overpass. Vini was the one who hated Dust2. Maybe they will change their ban to ovp and they might’ve been one of the reasons. Obviously I think the main reason is Drop’s potential, but I’m excited to see if they change their map pool

[@Lo33y_]

Couldn't it just also be that vini wanted to be off the team. These things do work both ways.

[@paulinhomendes468]

@@Lo33y_ It could be, but I doubt it

[@tyronepullan6624]

fun listening to this with beer

[@daanishgupta]

The only questions about this EG roster are whether Stewie will be able to implement his strats better in EG and, whether Rush can play in the form he showed in C9 and early Col.

[@allplaythisgame]

He was never a good igl just a great mid round caller , he needs someone as the main igl

[@gel87Kjetil]

If rain continue his form which he ended 2021 with, then faze gonna be nr1 contender. Imagine that the enemy peeking you is either rain, robz, twist or broky, thats pretty scary. Or immagine if the guys u gonna break true is the same, then it will be frightfull. Karigan kan be a beast as well :)

[@paulinhomendes468]

I understand why you would think this is the last dance because they are older etc etc. The whole thing is: the fans believe that if Fnx and Boltz fully dedicate themselves for a year they can get to top level again. It’s like: “Let’s sacrifice a lot and not do anything other than play CS for a year and after that we can chill”. Because a lot of people actually believe they will have a shot at a major it would make sense to be “The Last Dance”. I personally don’t believe they will be able to play Tier1 level, but few players know the game as well as these guys, I’m excited to watch. For Vini I think it will be great. He will be absorbing knowledge from some legends for a year and can help him get out of that plateau that you guys mentioned

[@lameduck3105]

Why does the Mission Impossible theme play in my head when I see Prof in his black turtleneck shirt?

[@illusi0n1g]

lets go BIG

[@cxmx4984]

Good to have Steve Jobs Back again

[@zagonialpar9208]

Roll the bumpeR Lukas ! 🔥

[@wulkan3]

Karrigan is grandfather in CS go with skins and throw plans from hltv with him

[@4tCa4mzUPqRZZo]

I don't get it. Feel like this vitality roster will be top 5 from the start, not saying they'll just keep getting better, but don't see how people can be so down when they have a player like zywoo. And for the first time zywoo has other players that could put up big numbers. Misutta and apex speaks fine English, and as Apex said, doesn't really matter for zywoo.

[@sk8rissk8in]

its different cultures, different regions could also have different names for callouts, plus both sides have to get used to comming in english. these little things can easily be overcame but it could also break the team believe it or not.

[@4tCa4mzUPqRZZo]

@@sk8rissk8in idk, maybe it's because I came from watching R6S, where their Astralis like group, with a team of 5 Europeans from 4 different countries. But I feel like this won't be as big of a deal with just french and danish players.

[@Aubry26]

+ they planned this very well with a lot of team building like they just did on the french mountains. A lot of bootcamps and the Danish staff went to Vitality as well

[@Aubry26]

+ Zywoo hasn't peaked yet, his skill ceiling is way too high

[@Lewbcon]

Imagine astralis got device and valde for xyp and lucky

[@billykhoabillykhoa7844]

That would be the Danish super team

[@enz0pg182]

ayo spunj, looks great with the beard look😃😃

[@brettwisniewski5473]

Ropz a legend

[@goldnutter412]

karrigan plus a rock solid player who can play forward defense well (rain) and 3 potential superstars in the right configuration ? could be.. very very interesting moves !! we are now in the information age, took its fat arse time 20+yrs lol ML can be used in a lot of novel ways

[@SoyFelipeCTM]

prof with a turtleneck is not the hero we need, but the one we deserve

[@4amv]

He wants to be a Harry Potter antagonist so baaaaad

[@masoncroley2956]

So hyped for these NA teams. Worried about the shox move but could be nice in spots. EG got me hot tho with auti and stew

[@soez6910]

That team aint working without tarik

[@masoncroley2956]

@@soez6910 what? The only weak link on that team is rush but every team has a weak link at the moment so it shouldnt be a problem. Dont think youve been following the scene or tariks performance before he left or youd know how silly you sound

[@pawling]

@@masoncroley2956 How is the support player the weak link? Support is a vital part of the team.

[@billykhoabillykhoa7844]

I’m just excited Autimatic got a second chance.

[@alexanderskachkov2839]

@@soez6910 tarik have retired. He wants to be streamer not professional player. Cerq said that in one interview.

[@jf011]

Spunj so mad at Mouz not signing jks 😢

[@FoulDwimmerlaik]

i mean mouz have done much dumber roster moves in the past year or so.. makes sense they'd sign a has-been instead of jks

[@wallamsohphoh8881]

I don't feel like replacing nexa with aleksib is any advantage. Nexa is already good for the team

[@oliverbach3011]

Spunj I dont know if you know this, but Sprout could very well still be German. Now i dont know if they made a statement that they will be english speaking, but all countries you mentioned... They speak German. Luxemburgers, Polish (often), Danes (often) and well... Germans. So Its actually a somewhat flexible position to be in.

[@lhwf_]

what about GuardiaN and Singularity?

[@vostro6527]

Bye amazing Olof !👏👏👏

[@OriginalRaveParty]

That Ancient game streak at the end is just ludicrous. #NotMyMap

[@gerrie5510]

Finallyyyy

[@nicoth4787]

13:40 they probably give them two years because Zywoo is signed until 2024

[@nekonovi5038]

Does anybody recognize the cables that are connecting their headset to PC? I am really looking for new one since the original one that came with my headset is bad.

[@elijahoropeza7903]

nadeshot said nitr0 was leaving to go back to csgo sorry if I spelled nadeshots name wrong lol

[@anshugajraj]

Let's go

[@NevilleFarkinBartos]

hey prof 1987 called they want their sweater back

[@pol44r]

I don't know who concluded that ropz was all about money , thats just out of spite of both ropz and vitality

[@aydrow1x]

I really like sillyseason in csgo

[@s-zz]

2022 will be the year of Yekindar

[@vibhore753]

Yeah definitely 😂😂

[@diogofernandes6769]

THE LAST DANCE

[@W1SHUPONASTAR]

We dont think the last dance is going to Win the major se Just want to see they play together

[@redman1788]

Jacks over amanek makes ZERO sense with the other two roster changes. If they had kept nexa over aleksi then maybe, but amanek even has higher stats (0.99 vs 0.93 in 2021 against top 20 teams). Feel like they’ve handicapped this potentially brilliant roster…

[@abeg9959]

The reason behind it was because of the energy Jackz brings to the team and he will be the main entry of the team. Heard in an interview with Hunter that his energy and positivity was much more important to the team than what Amanek brought. I feel like Aleksi is going to bring a really good structure and change to the team. Something Nexa didn't really do well.

[@johnclark8455]

Out rain in a mentoring role and bring in Obo. Then win championships....

[@kevinma3747]

Monesy has the most to prove, as he was so eager to move to tier 1 at such a young age. Wish him the best of luck, but lets hope bad communication doesn't have the most impact on his performance. He is a good player in academy teams, but moving to tier1 where most players are more experienced, and ofc played vs simple and other great awpers, feels like he is going to have a very tough time when facing top teams. Can already see Shiro just destroying him in a map, or zywoo doing insane flicks. Lets not forget simple, and how he is just going to have his time with monesy.

[@jaskatin]

He doesnt really need to stick with zywoo or s1mple, because they are in a league of their own. Especially in his rookie year. Why would anyone put the pressure of having to beat s1mple or zywoo on a rookie. I think the best case scenario he beats Shiro in 2022 top 20.

[@kevinma3747]

@@jaskatin highly doubt he will beat Shiro. Shiro pretty much outclassed simple and zywoo at maps, but mostly when online.

[@jaskatin]

@@kevinma3747 I dont think he will beat him, but thats why I said best case scenario.

[@odrysiann]

People who think like this are the issue, not what monesy can and can't do. What monesy has to do is just hit his shots with the awp. G2 have more than enough star players in the face of NiKo and maybe hUnter to take that spotlight away from him. He just needs to be better on the awp than amanek and G2 won't have issues. But if people expect him to start knifing and 360 no-scoping top-tier players, need a reality check. This won't happen.

[@michkalainen7784]

OLOFMEISTER ❤️❤️❤️

[@johnclark8455]

Obo for rain please

[@samueltye8917]

people say kato 14 holos are the best investmenrt in csgo. However, in reality ropz was the best investment in csgo. Mouz made St0nks

[@Midnight7Marauder]

The only problem I see with m0nesy would be if he pulls an obo. I saw in an interview that during his last lan he said he missed his family. Now he's on a team in a different country.

[@Ozymandatory]

that's literally the most basic shit he could say bruh tf you on abt

[@Midnight7Marauder]

@@Ozymandatory if you don't think a 16 year old out of his own country won't have any issues with being away from friends and family or even people who speak his native tongue then alright

[@the-vault-ofheaven44]

I still think monsey to G2 is bad blade said he gets nervous in academy matches imagine playing tier 1 dropping kills on faceit is different ad dropping kills on lan is different

[@samuelbelko6469]

Well I believe he Can overcome it with right help,G2 Has resources to help him.

[@f4himahmed499]

not even a single astralis news 😔

[@MrRaccoonSloth]

spunj not triggered by a north american doing literally anything challenge (impossible)

[@tech4172]

Naf should've went to EG with stew. He doesn't get along with Eliege why stay on a team where the problem still is unless its just for the $

[@probablynot879]

Nobody has ever said those two don’t get on. He wouldn’t have committed to a huge contract if he didn’t like his teammate.

[@trollface9903]

Faze should've replaced rain with stew tbh. I've really wanted to see a real (in form) igl try and use stew's talents. Unfortunately, Fallen wasn't really able to do that.

[@daanishgupta]

He did stay for the money. EG fucked it up. Apparently, they were not willing to committ long term to NAF and he wanted stability. He hinted at that himself.

[@Flynnly]

SAVE JKS MAN

[@leandrolazzarottorathke4580]

Put highlights of top 20 players on KZbin Channel pls

[@jonathaniwasczyszyn2876]

They do when it’s over

[@leandrolazzarottorathke4580]

@@jonathaniwasczyszyn2876 ok thanks

[@jackhuminski3390]

Liquid should have gotten JKS instead of shox

[@sadmansakib9479]

try to bring ropz .......

[@aleksiantila3038]

Financial side of the "pandemic" has been solved since spring 2021 so that excuse isn't very good but in 2020 some teams suffered from it and couldn't make changes they wanted

[@muratsarsenov2008]

Everything about new mouz roster except for Torzi is so un-sexy to be honest

[@arthdaware8421]

Vitality will win the major

[@arctiic7980]

Navi would like a word with you

[@GuniKalkuni]

Maaan.. Acillion hasnt really proven himself as an IGL, not even as a player..

[@abhi8441999]

Uncle spunj

[@udm1736]

You have more hormones than emotions at 16. Spunj, truer words have never been said.

[@leonnestestog2562]

I 1tapped SPUNJ

[@user-ch3bt5rf4m]

I don't believe they will swap nexa for aleksib. It doesn't make sense, nexa speaks the same language as do your 2 best players. If they've already signed monesy, I think they'll go for yekindar.

[@kyojin336]

Events are starting in 2 weeks so yekindar joining looks unlikely. As for the aleksi-nexa swap, im sure its confirmed at this point.

[@ramzibouderrah7425]

The deal is already done

[@chibifirestorm]

it's already done, aleksib is already bootcamping with them

[@jorza6125]

aleksib is such a good decision in my eyes. they already got 3 insane riflers and an awp star, all they need now is structure and aleksib is the best player to get them all on the same page. People forget how good of an igl aleksib is, he literally transformed OG, a team with no fire power at all, into a real danger just by using insane defaults and crazy strats. He's like the crazy mind behind an insane beast.

[@chibifirestorm]

This new coL squad will be better than EG

[@notjako315]

Earlyy

[@goldnutter412]

wen csgo games

[@user-yk1zr1mi1w]

stop overhyping monesy, he ain't even touching god b1t's foot let alone zywoo, i'll be impressed if he makes top 20 even

[@MyYTwatcher]

That beard doesnt suit Spunj. He looks partially like homeless.

[@prussia9255]

20:20 If you're going to say stuff like this what reason is there for me to listen to the rest of podcast? You're essentially saying your opinions are irrelevant.

[@chenalii1389]

If you think their opinions are irrelevant after he said that then just close the podcast

[@mandarin7393]

if dev1ce back to astralis... astralis top 1

[@ColdToiletSeats]

I still can't believe Liquid signed Shox ... he's fucking terrible and was only good when he cheated. I don't get it!

[@chenalii1389]

idk what you are on, but you have no idea what you are talking about

[@baxigamer4206]

Shut up bot

[@ColdToiletSeats]

@@chenalii1389 Shox has been awful for years now. Stop living in the past. EG's roster > Liquid now.

[@seropstephanian6031]

@@ColdToiletSeats lol never

[@namctmusic1601]

@ColdToiletSeats Source indicates Shox cheating please.

[@cm386464]

Extra Salt let's go bajs PunchTrees

[@prod.by33]

🤡

[@aimcsgo6]

dont pronounce borup like that please @ SPUNJ

[@yakm5385]

Who cars mens

[@aimcsgo6]

@@yakm5385 me i care as i am a PERSONAL friend of borip

[@_pigeon]

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