G2 inside view, NertZ' rise & more in HLTV Confirmed Special from XPERION Cologne

Another live-with-audience HLTV Confirmed show from Cologne features ENCE's star rifler NertZ, and Swani & Peca, G2's coach & manager. Success path of ENCE, honest talk about G2 keeping the roster, Valve's decision to ban partner leagues, and the IEM Cologne 2023 Playoffs. ⚠ Beware of a loud sound at 1:09:44. ❤ This show is possible thanks to XPERION Cologne: https://linktr.ee/xperion_germany ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by SteelSeries, 22BET, and TradeIt.gg. 🎧 SteelSeries: https://steelseri.es/s12 📕 22 Bet: https://ad.22betpartners.com/redirect... 🔪 TradeIt.gg: https://tradeit.gg/?aff=HLTV 👕 HLTV Merch: https://shop.eslgaming.com/collection... 0:00 - Podcast intro 2:19 - Introducing the audience! Recent news 6:46 - Single-elimination Gamers8 8:58 - TSM falling apart? 11:36 - NEOFRAG out of ITB 14:00 - Cologne vs. Major? Vox Pop by 22BET 17:58 - Valve bans partner leagues NertZ 32:46 - Success of NertZ & ENCE 37:05 - NertZ “vs” Spinx & flameZ 40:05 - “I want to feel it” - NertZ on Cologne arena 41:55 - Endpoint background & MiGHTYMAX 44:50 - Playing from Israel 48:08 - ENCE at Cologne 50:05 - “dycha wants to feel like the best PL player” - NertZ 53:17 - Snappi & sAw system 56:37 - NertZ predicts Cologne playoffs 59:00 - Nerves of steel by SteelSeries 1:00:15 - What does NertZ tell barber to do? 1:01:14 - Impressions from clutches vs. Heroic 1:03:40 - IEM Dallas win first impressions 1:05:09 - Nervousness on the stage? 1:05:53 - Israeli superteam? 1:07:28 - Why ENCE is not top 1 team? 1:09:40 - WARNING: loud sound 1:10:13 - ENCE fans fight for the headset! Swani & Peca (G2 coach & manager) 1:16:40 - Chilling out, waiting Prof’s return 1:20:54 - Introducing Swani & Peca (slowly) 1:23:45 - Svani’s path to coaching 1:27:32 - Peca’s managerial duties 1:32:11 - Content vs. practice 1:35:04 - Swani on becoming harsher 1:37:51 - “m0NESY is mature” 1:39:46 - Why G2 are often “moody b**ches”? 1:43:26 - Did G2 consider roster changes? 1:49:32 - Swani & Peca predict playoffs 1:50:51 - Swani & Peca take Skinionaire by tradeit.gg 1:59:18 - XPERION NXT team learns from Swani Cologne Playoffs prediction & Playtime 2:09:37 - Introducing Heccu & getting comfortable 2:11:00 - FaZe to change? 2:16:11 - Heroic vs. Astralis 2:22:06 - Vitality vs. Cloud9 2:28:58 - G2 semi-final 2:33:04 - ENCE semi-final 2:36:03 - Giving away a ticket 2:39:38 - Final (emotional) 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, CarlosR, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/NertzCS https://twitter.com/G2Swani https://twitter.com/pecagg https://twitter.com/Hency_Heccu https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_CS https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo