About this episode

The episode discusses the Cologne Major playoffs, featuring insights from Monte's coach kakafu.

Cologne Major reached playoffs: talking through the biggest stories so far (and to come!) with Monte's coach kakafu in live-with-audience special from SK Gaming headquarters in Cologne, 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 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 👻 Skins.com: https://skins.com 0:00 - Intro Hot seat with kakafu 1:50 - kakafu on Gizmy 4:52 - Role in Monte 10:02 - Monte: young breakouts 14:31 - Stressful moments & warnings Group Stage recap 19:41 - donk's show? 21:42 - NAVI's elimination 23:41 - BIG 0-12 comeback 28:10 - Legacy coach barred 28:49 - Skits! 29:31 - 9z cinderella run 30:53 - Vitality are mortal 32:08 - Aussies f-ed your Pick'Ems 32:48 - Jab Jabich 33:45 - No NA in top 16! Roster changes! 36:40 - lauNx's looking into options 39:02 - FL1T to PARIVISION? 42:02 - Liquid: 100% changes 43:23 - Aurora: ash confirmed?! 46:28 - BCG: we don't care! 47:33 - FaZe: Jimmi? 49:03 - frozen to NAVI… with Twistzz!? 51:25 - Who will NAVI replace? 52:34 - MOUZ: xertioN IGL!? 56:42 - Astralis remove ruggah…

People in this episode

Host: HLTV

Guest: kakafu

Topics covered

• Cologne Major
• playoffs preview
• roster rumors
• Counter-Strike
• eSports
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Cologne Major
• playoffs
• roster changes
• Counter-Strike
• eSports
• kakafu
• team performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monte, SK Gaming, NAVI, BIG, Vitality, Liquid, Aurora, FaZe, MOUZ, Astralis

Places: Cologne, Germany

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