"Cursed" Falcons, Cologne preview & season recap | HLTV Confirmed S7E68

About this episode

The episode previews the upcoming Cologne Major while reflecting on the season and discussing various team performances and issues.

Cologne Major is around the corner! Looking back at the season and previewing Cologne Major Stage 1, as well as Falcons grand final curse implications, Stickers revenue change, flash in spectator mode, and more. ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://x.com/hltvconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://kick.com/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Sloodge and milk 5:29 - Top Comment Recent news 9:15 - IEM Beijing replacing Chengdu 10:33 - Stickers money change 26:10 - CSTV flash fixed? 33:05 - XSE building up Season 1 recap 35:41 - Year so far: updates 39:35 - Maps stats 47:05 - Mid-Season moves ranking 53:01 - Team results 56:23 - MVPs 1:00:20 - Top players (top 20 so far) 1:06:52 - Perma bans overview 1:10:21 - Pop quiz & live Confirmed 1:12:00 - Cologne content IEM Cologne preview 1:17:10 - SPUNJ's pyramid 1:19:14 - Case for MOUZ 1:23:06 - Gauging PARIVISION 1:26:22 - Aurora, FUT, Legacy 1:28:52 - "Bad" teams: GL, B8, Astralis etc 1:37:06 - The bottom category 1:41:42 - Predicting Stage 1 openers 1:48:02 - FlyQuest issue 1:49:17 - SPUNJ horse race bets 1:52:36…

Topics covered

• Cologne Major preview
• season recap
• Falcons curse
• stickers revenue
• spectator mode
• team performance

Keywords

• Cologne Major
• Falcons
• IEM Beijing
• stickers revenue
• CSTV
• team stats
• MOUZ
• Vitality
• FlyQuest

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Falcons, IEM Beijing, CSTV, MOUZ, Vitality, FlyQuest

Places: Aussies

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