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League warfare (ESL vs. B-site vs. BLAST), Major changes & 2020 schedule issues | HLTV Confirmed E4E7 (ft. FaZe YNk)

League warfare (ESL vs. B-site vs. BLAST), Major changes & 2020 schedule issues | HLTV Confirmed E4E7 (ft. FaZe YNk)

FromHLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast


League warfare (ESL vs. B-site vs. BLAST), Major changes & 2020 schedule issues | HLTV Confirmed E4E7 (ft. FaZe YNk)

FromHLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast

ratings:
Length:
124 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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Timestamps

Hotseat with YNk
1:26 — Welcoming YNk
2:09 — Plans for 2020
3:32 — The effect of victory at BLAST Pro Series 2019 and reflection on other results of the last year
5:14 — YNk on the consistency issues of FaZe
7:42 — What should we expect from broky?
9:32 — How the team change changed coldzera’s role and play style
11:57 — How CS:GO has changed in the last few years 
14:38 — CS:GO at the moment: what is the number one issue?
16:23 — Sponsors’ hesitance about entering the CS:GO events sponsorship market 

Recent News
18:20 — NiP ‘13 reunion confirmed under Dignitas
20:19 — SPUNJ desperately trying to get insight from YNk on the new Dignitas roster performance
21:28 — Pointing out the negatives of the new Dignitas roster
26:52 — nawwk to NiP as second AWP
28:52 — YNk talks about nawwk as a player and NiP’s decision to get him 
31:03 — MSL returns to North
34:20 — Complexity in EU Minor after all
36:50 — Na’Vi can’t get anyone

League warfare
39:57 — The clash of ESL, Plan B, and BLAST
40:50 — How did BLAST get away without clashes?
45:45 — SPUNJ: "BLAST's message is always 'Let's make this work' "
47:55 — YNk: "mouz is not one of the teams that has an insane following if they don't have results, unlike MIBR, Cloud9, even FaZe"
51:10 — Which teams are in B-site?
53:40 — SPUNJ on ELEAGUE and B-site similarities
57:00 — YNk: "There is not enough information on either of the leagues"
58:42 — Professeur: "The top 30-40 teams have no idea what to play for in 2020"
59:40 — ESL Pro League change from 40 to 24 teams
1:01:00 — ENCE pulling out of MDL to be invited to Pro League
1:02:10 — Is ESL winning the League War?
1:07:40 — Is CS:GO going to be better in 2020?
1:12:16 — YNk vs. the Twitch chat

The Major changes
1:19:25 — The changes in the Major qualifier system
1:19:30 — Striker explains the changes in essence
1:21:01 — No more guaranteed spots at the next Major for Top-8. Is it positive?
1:22:12 — Tight event schedule for the next season
1:27:05 — YNk: “You spend the year with three weeks off total. This is insane!”
1:29:42 — The questions to the new Major qualifying events. 
1:38:29 — The reasons behind Valve’s decision making on the Major changes 

Fantasy
1:46:46 — Fantasy: what is on the line at DH Leipzig?
1:55:50 — Fantasy updates

The last questions
1:57:24 — Dealing with big players in MIBR and FaZe as coach
1:59:20 — Revelations of YNk from switching to coaching after being an analyst
2:01:42 — Would YNk consider going back to the desk if things don’t work out at coaching?
Released:
Jan 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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