League warfare (ESL vs. B-site vs. BLAST), Major changes & 2020 schedule issues | HLTV Confirmed E4E7 (ft. FaZe YNk)
Follow the show on Twitter and give us feedback twitter.com/hltvconfirmed 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?