JLXP - The Josh Leesman Experience

dGon joined me for the 100th(!) episode of JLXP! We talk about the upcoming Spring Finals, and reminisce about our journeys in the LCS. I'm so grateful to everyone who has watched and listened for the past few years. And don't forget to check out “Let's Go” as well, over on the LCS Youtube channel. I caught up with PapaSmithy, Spawn, and Courage during Week 2 of Playoffs: http://www.youtube.com/lcs Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Thoughts on Round 2 of Playoffs - Is C9 back for real? 5:20 - Super teams just don't work 14:30 - TL Jatt 18:30 - Yeon 22:07 - Key mid lane champs 23:50 - Predictions Part 1 26:30 - Jensen 28:00 - FlyQuest 30:41 - Busio 34:19 - Predictions Part 2: The Percentages 38:47 - dGon and Jatt reflect on their journeys in the LCS through the years

Blaber joins me on this week's JLXP to chat all about the current Cloud9 superteam, previous iterations of Cloud9, and some of the surprises from the first week of the LCS. Remember to check out the latest episode of "Let's Go" from Opening Day of the LCS on the Youtube channel:    • Super Teams, Super Rookies, and Super...   0:00 - Intro 1:34 - Week 1 impressions 7:00 - Cloud9 10:05 - FlyQuest 15:26 - NRG 18:38 - Reflections on the LCS as a product 21:24 - Blaber reflects on his career 25:27 - C9 systems & culture 28:28 - The current C9 team 38:17 - Blaber's ideal mid laner 43:48 - What Blaber is looking forward to w/ this team 46:18 - Blaber on Sniper 58:24 - Who surprised Blaber the most so far? 1:03:40 - Playing on the live patch

0:00 Intro 0:48 Podcast and Let's Go announcement 4:06 LCS Updates 8:25 C9 13:32 NRG 15:35 TL 19:07 FLY 21:40 SR 23:42 DIG,100,IMT

What an amazing six weeks of Worlds in Korea. It's been a pleasure experiencing this event as an analyst and as a fan. Thank you all for tuning in! And don't forget to check out the last Worlds episode of “Let's Go” over on the LCS Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/lcs 0:00 - Intro, Worlds ended yesterday. Reflections on Faker. 5:45 - Did Faker's Summer Split Injury help T1 achieve these heights? 8:57 - The T1 vs WBG Finals Drafts 15:38 - Reviewing all of T1's World Championships 18:38 - T1 and WBG players in this Finals 29:53 - What's next for this T1 team? 34:06 - Worlds Recap 37:37 - Thank Yous

This week we are joined by the one and only Huni, who stopped by to chat about what it was like playing on the T1 team with Faker, his Worlds Finals predictions, and who is currently in the running to be the second greatest of all time. Huni also took me on a tour of T1 HQ in this week's "Let's Go" episode over on the LCS Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/lcs There will be one more episode after Worlds, so be sure to check it out. And to keep up with what Huni is up to, head over to his stream: http://www.twitch.tv/huni 0:00 - Intro, we're at T1 HQ! 3:07 - Faker & T1 history 10:48 - T1 this year 18:24 - Worlds bot meta 20:25 - TheShy 23:40 - Xiaohu 25:05 - Crisp 26:40 - JDG & the Golden Road 28:23 - Welcome, Huni! Top lane GOAT discussion 31:04 - Huni on T1 vs JDG Semifinals 35:32 - Playing on a team w/ Faker in 2017 46:16 - Faker through the years 48:11 - WBG Coach Daeny (former T1 coach) 50:09 - T1 now and pressure of playing in Korea again. Finals preview 56:30 - Caster Jun and why T1's Finals qualification is so meaningful to fans 59:50 - Would Xiaohu be the 2nd Greatest if he wins? 01:01:33 - How has Faker been so good for the past 10 years? 01:04:38 - Win Conditions for Weibo & T1 01:10:03 - Huni's 1st Worlds (2015)

Emily Rand dropped by to chat about the upcoming Worlds Semifinals with 3 LPL teams and the remaining LCK team who has the chance to win in Korea again, something that hasn't been done since 2014. And don't forget to check out "Let's Go", a weekly video series where I take you behind-the-scenes at the 2023 World Championship over on the LCS Youtube channel! http://www.youtube.com/lcs 0:00 - Intro, quick thoughts on Quarters: NRG vs WBG9:29 - GenG vs BLG14:04 - JDG vs KT16:50 - T1 vs LNG19:31 - Emily's here!21:20 - Emily's highlight moment of Quarters23:27 - NRG31:00 - TheShy34:56 - Weibo Gaming37:43 - Chovy44:27 - Semis: BLG vs WBG46:01 - JDG and KT, T1 and LNG53:18 - Semis: T1 vs JDG57:58 - Semis predictions

Damonte joined me this week on our train to Busan after NRG's big win last weekend. 0:00 - Intro, we're on a train (to Busan)! 1:59 - End of the line: Cloud9 7:19 - End of the line: G2 10:23 - End of the line: DPlus 12:06 - Quarters Preview: BLG vs Gen.G 16:50 - Quarters Preview: JDG vs KT 20:31 - Quarters Preview: T1 vs LNG 25:33 - Quarters Preview: NRG vs WBG 26:20 - Damonte's here! 29:39 - NA's Groups history and how NRG is different 37:00 - G2 vs NRG 42:35 - NA talent 49:59 - Does public sentiment affect roster signings? 52:34 - NRG's culture this year Don't forget to check out my weekly Worlds videos, "Let's Go," on the LCS Youtube channel, where I take you behind the scenes at the World Championship, following the LCS teams and taking in the sights and sounds of each stop in Korea: http://www.youtube.com/lcs

Zven dropped by to chat about the first week of Swiss Stage! 0:00 - Intro, top moments of Swiss Stage W1 4:16 - Champ select trends 10:18 - Thoughts on Swiss Stage format 14:39 - The emotion of EU vs NA: NRG vs G2 31:57 - Cloud9 vs Fnatic 37:44 - Weibo Gaming vs MAD Lions, Dplus vs GAM, KT vs LNG, T1 vs BLG 45:37 - Welcome Zven!  46:57 - OG Niels - 2015 48:20 - Social media's effects on Worlds competition 50:03 - G2 Zven - 2016 52:24 - Zven's thoughts on Swiss Stage format, NRG's draw, and EU vs NA 59:38 - Facing T1 1:10:52 - TL's year 1:19:44 - on Cloud9's upcoming series vs Fnatic

I'm back and I'm at Worlds in Korea! I caught up with Contractz ahead of NRG's first game at Worlds to get his thoughts on returning to the international stage after 6 years and this year's Worlds competition. Be sure to check out my weekly Worlds videos, "Let's Go," on the LCS Youtube channel, where I take you behind the scenes at the World Championship, following the LCS teams and taking in the sights and sounds of each stop in Korea: http://www.youtube.com/lcs Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Looking back to Worlds 2017, Contractz's rookie year 4:47 - C9 vs WE Quarterfinals 7:08 - How has the competition changed from then until now - from scrims to players 9:52 - NRG Finals win 12:51 - Expectations going into Worlds 16:52 - Thoughts on Weibo Gaming draw 18:28 - NA's chances at Worlds: Cloud9 20:48 - NA's chances at Worlds: Team Liquid 22:44 - Regions' advancements out of Groups, by the numbers - Korean teams didn't perform well the last time Worlds was in Korea. 26:00 - Best teams at Worlds 32:38 - Cuzz vs Peanut

Sorry for the slow uploads lately. Life's been very busy! Hope y'all enjoy this episode. Also apologies for the occasional noise gating -- will fix for next time. Dog instagram -- why uploads have been slow https://www.instagram.com/hey.kubo/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:00 FLY 9:27 100T 13:20 EG 16:40 C9 23:18 TL 23:40 TSM 27:30 CLG 33:18 GG

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:05 TSM 10:04 CLG 17:15 C9 25:58 FLY 34:50 100T 41:55 EG 45:30 TL

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 6:30 EG 11:06 C9 12:48 TL 17:50 FLY 21:30 100T 27:28 DIG 28:55 CLG 30:33 GG 31:51 IMT 33:20 TSM

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 3:12 Game 1 12:49 Game 2 23:18 Game 3 31:56 Game 4 Grades Game 1: Gen(S,S,S,S,S+) DRX(B,C+,B-,B,B) Game 2: Gen(B,B-,C,B,B) DRX(A+,B,S+,B+,A) Game 3: Gen(C,C,C,A,B) DRX(S,S,S+,A+,S) Game 4: GEN(B+,C,C+,A+,C+) DRX(B+,B+,A+,A+,A+) #worlds #lolesports #leagueoflegends #chovy #deft

Emily Rand's 369 Draw my LPL Life https://twitter.com/leagueofemily/status/1586526870333431813?s=20&t=y5OPw8dKzXczJL_dnm8k_w Caedrel's T1 WORLDS TEASER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwF6pZRHoaw&ab_channel=Caedrel Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:52 Game 1 14:48 Game 2 23:56 Game 3 35:40 Game 4 Player ratings: Game 1 grades: T1 (B,B-,A,A+,A+) JDG (S,S,A,B+,B+) Game 2 grades: T1 (S, B+,S, A+,A+) JDG (B,B+,C+, B-,B) Game 3 grades: T1 (B,A,S+,S,S) JDG (S,B,B,C,C+) Game 4 grades: T1 (A+,A+,S,S,S+) JDG (B-,C,C,C-,C) #worlds #t1 #faker #lolesports #jdg

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:33 Game 1 14:54 Game 2 24:25 Game 3 32:00 Game 4 41:06 Game 5 48:12 Final Thoughts on the weekend Player Grades: Game 1: DRX: (B-,B,A,B-,B-) EDG: (S,A,S+,B+,B+) Game 2: DRX: (B-,B,A,A,B+) EDG: (B,B,A,S,B) Game 3: DRX: (A,A,S,S+,B) EDG: (B-,A,B,B,B) Game 4: DRX: (B+,S,S,A,A) EDG: (C+,B-,B-,A,B) Game 5: DRX: (B,B,S+,S,A) EDG: (C+,A-,C-,S+,B) #worlds #lolesports #leagueoflegends #EDG #DRX #zeka

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:05 Game 1 14:42 Game 2 22:22 Game 3 29:25 Game 4 35:50 Game 5 Player Grades: Game 1: GEN: (B,B,S,S,A+) DK: (A,S,B,C,C) Game 2: GEN: (B+,B+,S,A,B) DK: (B,B,S,B+,B) Game 3: GEN:(B-,B-,B,C+,C+) DK: (S,B,S+,S,A+) Game 4: GEN: (B-,C,B,B,B) DK: (S,S+,A,S,S) Game 5: GEN: (B,B,S+,S+,B) DK: (A+,S+,B+,A+,B) #Worlds #leagueoflegends #lolesports #DWG #GENG

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:50 Game 1 16:10 Game 2 28:14 Game 3 Player Grades: (Top/Jungle/Mid/ADC/Sup) Game 1: T1: (S/S/B/A/A) RNG: (B/B-/A/B/B) Game 2: T1: (C/C+/B+/S+/S) RNG: (S/S/C-/B/B) Game 3: T1: (A/A/B/A+/S) RNG: (C/C/B-/A/B-)

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:05 Game 1 16:26 Game 2 24:27 Game 3

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 9:57 NA Expectations 33:27 Should NA just work harder 41:23 QF preview

Worlds 2022 discussion

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:00 C9 10:59 100T 13:50 EG 14:55 Worlds Group Draw

Top 10 voting results: https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltad9188aa9a70543a/bltf5c385ea19e5444e/6318e8b2c087833030c07d0e/Top_10_LCS_Players_Ballots.pdf 10 thoughts article: https://lolesports.com/article/10-thoughts-going-into-lcs-championship-weekend/bltddef28675aa83284 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:15 My top 10 votes 3:10 How Voting systems work 10:43 Doublelift vs. Bjergsen 15:17 Danny steps down from EG 17:45 How TL adapted to losing Santorin in Spring 2021 23:55 100T Late Game 26:30 C9's System Supremacy 31:22 Predictions

Short episode today -- been a long weekend. Stay tuned for more throughout the week! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:10 TL 7:45 EG 9:30 C9 15:25 100T

Article: https://watch.lolesports.com/article/11-thoughts-going-into-2022-summer-playoffs-week-3/blt05618494ed3b68bc Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:20 Why 2022 is so important for NA 4:30 CLG 6:20 TL 9:25 TSM 11:34 EG 16:53 100T 19:20 C9 21:10 Series predictions

SOUND ISSUES. Huge apologies. I had noise gating on because of some external noise but it was too sensitive. Therefore I cut out at times during the episode. Will do my best to prevent this issue in the future. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:52 Why this weekend was so important 4:00 C9 7:16 Why I predicted C9 9:00 C9 vs. EG breakdown 17:55 100 vs. TL breakdown 23:43 TSM vs. FLY 26:06 CLG vs. GG

Link to article: https://lolesports.com/article/4-thoughts-going-into-summer-playoffs-week-2/blt505d1f52bcce0d8a Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and stats explanation 4:50 FLY vs. TSM 7:46 CLG vs. GG 10:55 100 vs. TL 16:29 EG vs. C9

Looking back it appears that Poome's Exhaust only lasts a fraction of the duratoin on Fudge, Raz and I could not reproduce the bug.. the serach continues. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:37 CLG vs. C9 19:47 TL vs. FLY 28:49 All-Pro Abbe

LCS all pro https://lolesports.com/article/2022-lcs-summer-split-awards/bltcc32920e6cf7a255 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:40 LCS All-Pro results 11:38 LEC All-Pro results 15:28 LCS Playoffs

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Playoff Format discussion 7:15 EG 16:38 100T 24:40 TL 33:08 CLG 44:43 C9 50:45 FLY

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:43 100T 3:55 EG 6:29 TL 8:40 CLG 11:11 C9 13:12 FLY 15:15 TSM 17:30 GG 20:30 IMT 21:45 DIG

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:28 TL 8:52 CLG 19:38 FLY 24:06 C9 31:51 CLG or C9 in a Bo5? 37:40 100T 44:05 GG

Link to article: https://lolesports.com/article/10-thoughts-going-into-2022-summer-week-7/blt4b469574c183a962 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:48 EG 8:28 100T 10:34 C9 12:25 TL 14:13 CLG 15:39 FLY 18:02 GG 20:17 TSM 21:29 IMT 22:59 DIG

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 CLG 8:20 EG 16:27 100T 22:28 C9 31:51 TL 43:55 Predicting the 3 Worlds teams

Link to article: https://lolesports.com/article/10-thoughts-going-into-2022-summer-week-6/bltfd5e0f0f359b8fb3 0:00 Intro 2:34 EG 5:47 100T 9:31 FLY 12:30 TL 15:34 C9 17:00 CLG 18:21 GG 21:43 IMT 23:00 TSM 25:05 DIG

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:52 TSM 9:24 100T 16:22 FLY 23:00 C9 28:00 TL CLG 39:37 NBA Updates and twitter trolling

Article: https://lolesports.com/article/10-thoughts-going-into-2022-summer-week-5/bltbfa1235028695d15 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 4:02 EG 6:35 100T 7:57 TL 9:42 CLG 10:57 FLY 12:25 C9 15:15 GG 16:35 TSM 18:44 DIG 20:22 IMT 21:50 Closing thoughts

0:00 Intro 0:30 TSM Wonnered 12:16 EG Domination 20:06 TL + What is off 30:26 FLY, CLG, TSM -- When is hype real? 38:52 C9 4th best? 43:30 FEARLESS Draft

Link to 10 thoughts article: https://lolesports.com/article/10-thoughts-going-into-2022-summer-week-4/blt7f6fe32ce4d746d3 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:22 EG 3:55 TL 6:58 100T 9:03 CLG 11:37 FLY 13:57 C9 15:45 GG 17:15 TSM 18:55 DIG 20:45 IMT

Reacting to TSM's massive roster changes ahead of Week 4 LCS Summer

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:07 EG 10:21 C9 19:21 FLY 26:00 100T 32:27 CLG 38:20 TSM 44:30 IMT 53:57 NBA Free Agency

0:00 Intro 1:14 CLG 2:44 EG 5:38 TL 8:10 100T 10:40 C9 13:20 FLY 15:05 GG 16:57 TSM 18:49 DIG 21:14 IMT

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - CLG 10:30 - TL Faltering 15:51 - 100T Struggles 21:36 - TSM expectations w/Maple 29:00 - GG Draft win

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Meta discussion 5:13 CLG crazy drafts 15:30 EG and TL 27:48 C9 Spicy takes

Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Tiebreaker Scenarios 9:34 - Making sense of G2 12:45 - Figuring out MSI Meta 19:35 - MSI Power Rankings 26:20 - EG 32:00 - Day 5 predictions

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:10 - G2 0-2 10:45 - Who is the favorite 20:40 - 35 ping playstyle 28:15 - PSG Chances

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:50 MarkZ hates T1 12:50 G2 vs. EG Bo9 17:05 G2 vs. SGB 23:05 MSI fans hating RNG 27:57 EG's chances

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:52 G2 vs. T1 13:02 G2 vs. RNG 20:30 EG

0:00 Intro 1:00 MSI Ping announcement and ramifications 21:17 PSG 25:56 MSI Format discussion

Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:33 EG vs. G2 and Order 8:39 MSI Ping Debate 21:10 DFM vs. SGB + IW vs. RED

Timestamps - 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - RED vs. PSG 6:33 - EG vs. G2 16:00 - Patch discussion