Understanding NIP changes, device signing & how to play Ancient (ft. hampus) | HLTV Confirmed S5E43

HLTV Confirmed's hosts SPUNJ & Professeur talk to hampus about NIP: device's effect on the roster, bringing ztr in and out, IGLing, and the recent results. Besides that, the participants discuss the ways to improve Ancient, FURIA & EG roster changes, IEM Summer results & predictions, and CIS vs. Akuma drama.  ➡️ Connect with us: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Join the discussion and watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🎧 Listen to audio podcast (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv HLTV Confirmed is presented by Xtrfy and Parimatch. 🖱️ Xtrfy: https://xtrfy.com/ 📗 Parimatch: https://b.link/hltv 0:00 - Podcast intro  Hot seat with hampus 4:02 - Introducing hampus 5:10 - How did hampus become an IGL? 9:02 - NIP’s year as a top-10 gatekeeper 10:57 - Signing device - player’s POV 19:13 - IGL responsibilities and ztr 23:11 - Flashpoint 3 result 27:31 - Why NIP are playing Mirage 30:20 - Top-8 at IEM Summer 38:27 - device lacking star flair? 42:36 - flusha doesn’t understand NIP’s roles - hampus response 44:04 - Building a hypothetical Swedish roster with flusha & nawwk Recent news 48:15 - FURIA part ways with Junior, add assistant coach 55:09 - zews exits Evil Geniuses (and they improve?) 1:02:00 - CIS teams call on Valve to investigate Akuma 1:05:50 - Cheats market on the rise 1:13:20 - “The world’s not falling down, it just sucks that players could be cheating” - SPUNJ 1:16:00 - mertz to Astralis?! Options for the team 1:20:30 - “Having a consistent rifler is better than a consistent AWPer” - hampus IEM Summer & BLAST Spring 1:22:00 - Ancient: what to improve? 1:33:20 - Is G2 going to win their 1st big trophy in 4 years? 1:40:37 - Are Vitality back? 1:47:20 - OG on a hot streak 1:51:10 - Playoffs preview 2:02:15 - $425k on the line in BLAST - who’ll take it? 2:11:41 - Striker vs. SPUNJ bet revisited Playtime 2:15:10 - Parimatch matchmaker 2:20:07 - New NIP logo opinions 2:21:52 - What's it like playing with device? 2:24:00 - What’s up with twist? 2:25:45 - NIP’s daily schedule and practice 2:28:44 - 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 TaZ, GeT_RiGhT, device, karrigan, Maniac, Pimp, HenryG, YNk, JW, smooya, seang@res, and more. The show is based around interviews, breakdowns, analysis, and discussions about the esports and casual side of Counter-Strike. https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/professeur_cs https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/hampuscsgo #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo