HLTV Confirmed S4E10 | Fifflaren on NiP retirement, coaching Dignitas, (un)realistic expectations

HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast - A podcast by HLTV

➡️ 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 Timestamps: 1:17 - Introducing Fifflaren 1:57 - Being a coach located in the US while the team is in Europe - how it is? 3:25 - How life has changed after Fifflaren’s retirement and how he ended up becoming Dignitas’ coach 8:13 - The story behind the old NiP roster reunion 15:59 - Fifflaren’s take on what has changed in the game since he left 17:43 - Dignitas’s results so far 22:05 - What are Fifflaren’s expectations from Dignitas 23:55 - Why hallzerk is going to work as team’s fifth? 28:00 - Will Fifflaren stay with the organization or the team if they happen to part ways? 29:27 - What it means being a coach and general manager at the same time? FLASHPOINT 32:21 - Fifflaren’s first impression on FLASHPOINT 37:34 - “No one is making money” - Fifflaren on the issue of leagues’ financial sustainability 44:02 - “Everyone is trying to work out what’s the best model is” - SPUNJ 50:25 - How the concept of a $100,000 fine for being out of the top will affect the scene? 58:56 - Will the team owned league solve the issues the current tournaments have? 1:02:00 - The issues of the content quality 1:06:40 - SPUNJ responds to the community outcry  1:09:49 - Explaining the FLASHPOINT format 1:15:30 - Sharing opinions on the format 1:20:17 - Ex6tenZ, SmithZz retire 1:27:35 - mithR, Jumpy joins North 1:34:20 - Virtus.pro looking at n0rb3r7 1:40:00 - Good: Awakening of the Juggernaut 1:45:25 - Good: The Na’Vi we’ve been waiting for? 1:54:40 - Bad: Astralis in slumber 2:02:00 - Ugly: Vitality without peak ZywOo 2:14:50 - Talking about IEM Melbourne 2020 2:19:00 - Fifflaren on the dealing with toughness of schedule