G2 Carlos on m0NESY & ambition to win Majors; new FaZe & Vitality show promise | HLTV Confirmed S6E3 - CS:GO Podcast

G2's CEO Carlos joins HLTV Confirmed to talk about his ambition to win Majors, the transition from Frenchmen to NiKo, recent additions of m0NESY & Aleksib, consideration of ropz & device, team's good start at BLAST, G2 as a brand and a business. Also, the panel discussed the BLAST Groups in detail: good starts of Vitality, OG, and  FaZe and a loud fail of NAVI. In the end, the crew talked about the potential improvements of CS:GO. ➡️ 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 3:30 - Introducing Carlos Hotseat with Carlos 5:23 - Looking back at previous rosters 7:17 - 2020: 1-week era and signing NiKo 11:56 - “I want to win Majors. And I want s1mple to beg to join G2” - Carlos 15:36 - Getting m0NESY: “paying so much is a nice bet” 21:51 - CS:GO compared to other esports 23:30 - “G2 is profitable” - Carlos 27:56 - ESL-FACEIT merger 33:52 - Replacing maLeK with XTQZZZ 41:07 - Getting Aleksib instead of nexa  43:55 - International team - is it a disadvantage? 48:47 - ropz to G2: “He didn’t fit into the system” 51:01 - device to G2 - why it couldn’t work 55:32 - “G2 is a global brand” - Carlos 59:40 - Carlos’ take on CS:GO & MR12/16 1:02:34 - Carlos’ secret of success 1:03:41 - Not signing ZywOo - biggest regret? 1:04:23 - G2’s Social Media 1:10:53 - Who wants to be a skinionaire?  1:25:22 - nexa to G2 deal BLAST Groups 1:29:53 - G2 top Group A 1:31:32 - m0NESY looking good at tier-1 1:37:33 - “There’s a high chance of G2 becoming as unbeatable as Astralis” - Carlos 1:40:38 - Carlos’ final words 1:43:05 - Group A: the most boring one 1:49:32 - NIP are surprisingly good with phzy 1:52:52 - Group B: NAVI lose to MIBR 1:56:03 - OG surprise with nexa in a beast mode 1:58:47 - Aleksib vs. nexa - who’s better? 2:05:16 - INFERNAL Group C 2:06:03 - “It’s a perfect start for FaZe with ropz” - SPUNJ 2:11:28 - Vitality looking solid 2:14:17 - EG & Liquid bottom the group 2:21:18 - Reviewing the Stage 2 bracket Recent news 2:28:55 - BnTeT to TYLOO 2:31:27 - Bubzkji free agent Playtime: Parimatch matchmaker 2:37:10 - Map pool 2:41:30 - CT vs. T balance & M4A4 vs. M4A1-S 2:46:15 - OT rules: money & max rounds 2:49:21 - Tournament formats 2:52:28 - Matchmaking 2:56:55 - Majors 2:58:33 - Final words & teasing the next guest 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/CarlosR https://twitter.com/SPUNJ https://twitter.com/Professeur_cs https://twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg https://twitter.com/LukasWiinholt #HLTVConfirmed #podcast #csgo