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

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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