IEM Katowice preview: FaZe, Astralis, NIP chances analyzed | HLTV Confirmed S6E5

SPUNJ & co discuss IEM Katowice 2022 in detail: return to LAN, jks standing in for ropz, COVID factor, favorites & underdogs, every single match of Play-in broken down, chances for the Main stage.  ➡️ 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 Xtrfy, Parimatch, and Bitskins. 🖱️ Xtrfy: https://xtrfy.com/ 📗 Parimatch: https://b.link/hltv 🔫 BitSkins: https://bitskins.com/?hltvconfirmed=1 0:00 - Podcast intro Recent news 7:44 - valens coach bug evidence  15:02 - RMR dates and qualifiers  30:00 - Who wants to be a skinionaire? By BitSkins Katowice 37:00 - Return to LAN and Spodek 40:25 - ropz missing out due to COVID 51:51 - jks standing in for FaZe 57:30 - Play-in favorites: NIP, FaZe, Astralis 1:02:41 - Play-in: MOUZ debut 1:05:34 - Play-in: Entropiq, fnatic, ENCE with something to prove 1:07:37 - NIP vs. Wisla Krakow 1:11:27 - CPH Flames vs. fnatic 1:16:34 - MOUZ vs. GODSENT 1:19:05 - FaZe vs. Sprout 1:25:06 - ENCE vs. Entropiq 1:27:58 - BIG vs. Complexity 1:30:30 - Astralis vs. MIBR 1:36:00 - Upper & Lower bracket speedrun 1:42:20 - Main event teams overview 1:50:30 - IEM Katowice Fantasy Parimatch Matchmaker: when X happens? 1:53:45 - s1mple & ZywOo not top 2? 1:56:01 - NiKo’s wins Major? 1:57:03 - NIP stable lineup? 1:58:50 - ESIC report pt. 2? 2:00:27 - Striker wins the bet? 2:03:15 - No COVID issues? 2:04:25 - No Major clashes? 2:04:41 - Lukas jumps in; chit-chat 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/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_cs https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo