Zyori Plus One

The amazing OhhShiny joins Zyori to chat about getting into NFTs, starting The OhhShiny Show, the parallels of poker to real life, NFT regrets, and much more in this return of the Zyori Plus One Podcast! TIMESTAMPS:00:54 Going from online connections to physical connections 3:47 NFTs and personal relevance 8:33 The OhhShiny Show 15:18 History […]

T-Panda is an esports commentator from Finland recently finished his thesis on toxicity with specific focus on how it relates to gaming. He joins Zyori for an interesting conversation about mental health, adults being toxic, alcoholism, and cryptocurrency! TIMESTAMPS:04:44 Being A Gamer Guy 23:00 Talking About Toxicity 50:20 Adults Being The Toxic 1:06:00 About MoonShine […]

Aleksander Larson, known as Psycheout86, is the COO and co-founder of Axie Infinity and it's parent company Sky Mavis. He has a long history as a competitive gamer and follower of esports, with only 8,000 hours logged in Dota 2. At Axie Infinity, he's played a key role in developing the foundation of the Axie […]

Sebastian Park is an esports investor and builder that has experience managing Dota teams, working as VP of Esports for the Housten Rockets, and now a venture partner at Bitkraft. He recently took part in launching the Esports Certification Institute (ECI), an education program for folks looking to enter the esports industry. The launch was […]

Brax has been a full-time Dota 2 competitor since 2012, with experiences playing both in China and North America. Although soft-spoken at times, Brax and Zyori dive deep into recent issues in the Dota scene, like: player conduct, regional bias, match-fixing, and covid. Warning: not for the faint of heart. TIMESTAMPS:0:50​ What's it like playing […]

Sunbhie is currently the coach for Team Fnatic, that has recently qualified for the Singapore Major. He has a long history as one of the early players competing in Korea and then became a full time coach in 2016. He helped lead Team Secret to seven top-3 finishes during his tenure and has no shortage […]

Gwen Montgomery is a full-time twitch streamer that was able to launch her broadcasting career by going viral on twitter earlier this year. Candid in her approach as a transgender woman, Gwen's “From pro gamer to e-girl” tweet caught the attention of major influencers and jumpstarted her fanbase. In this episode, she talks about how […]

Jackie Mao is a long time Dota 2 player that has played in multiple regions and even owned his own team organization. EternalEnVy holds the record for the most professional games played that last more than 60 minutes- a chaotic mastermind that lives his life mostly in the moment. In this episode, EnVy gets introspect […]

Robson “TeaGuvnor” Merritt is a Dota 2 analyst and coach that recently worked Omega League and Epic League in the fall of 2020. He joins Zyori for a candid discussion about his commentary career so far, the challenges of being full-time, and how it feel to be left out of this first season of DPC. […]

Bowie is a South American Dota 2 analyst that makes educational content for new Dota players and will be covering this upcoming season of SA DPC. TIMESTAMPS: 10:08 Dota Pit Talent Announcement 12:55 DPC Season for 2021 16:52 What the DPC might mean for TO's and Teams 30:50 New DPC in relation to Tier 1 […]

Effy is an independent professional wrestler and full-time streamer on Twitch. He talks to Zyori about parallels between Wrestling and Esports, Arkosh Gaming, wrestling on Twitch, physical sustainability, LGBTQ in wrestling, and DEATHMATCHES. TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro 0:49 Effy Awards Hijacking 2:18 Dota Exposure 3:23 Arkosh Gaming Showmanship 9:02 Creating Content on Twitch 13:40 The Indie Wrestling […]

Gabriel Nassif is a Magic the Gathering Hall of Famer, professional poker player, full-time twitch streamer, and Dota 2 enthusiast. He joins Zyori in this episode to talk about competitive Magic, how it relates to Dota 2, balancing RNG vs Skill in games, Artifact, and the struggles of NA Dota. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:43 Love/Hate […]

Andrew Jenkins is a full time Dota 2 content creator, in-game analyst, and former professional competitor in North America. Known as THE Dota 2 Degenerate, Jenkins comes on for a very raw chat spamming psychology in gaming, earnings as broadcast talent, min/maxing youtube, being ok with being yourself, challenges with Twitch chat moderation, and thoughts […]

Jack ‘KBBQ' Chen is the manager of NA Dota team Quincy Crew and has worked extensively as broadcast talent for major Dota tournaments in both English and Chinese. He chats with Zyori about the history of Quincy Crew, the next generation of Dota players, Demon's situation, Arkosh Gaming, memories from Captain's Draft 4, and life […]

David Parker is a veteran Dota 2 commentator and co-founder of the popular esports studio Beyond the Summit. He joins Zyori to talk about Amazon's failures with DMCA, Mason at The Summit X, match-fixing in esports, twitch chat moderation, and getting away from handles. TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro 6:06 Twitch DMCA 17:24 NA Dota and Valve supported […]

Seth King, known as Achilios, is a full-time commentator for the Overwatch League and just finished his third season covering the league. Seth has been living in Seoul, South Korea for several years now, originally leaving the States to pursue a career in League of Legends commentary for the Korean LCK league. TIMESTAMPS: 7:51 OWL […]

Richard Lewis is a well known esports journalist and desk host for csgo. He joins Zyori in a long, and at times quite heavy, conversation about working at WSOE, the infamous Loda incident, Redeye's legacy, gatekeeping, Dota in the Esports Awards, and the end of OWL.

Barny Boon (also known as Maddie Moon) is a gaming content creator on Youtube and Twitch. Barny opens up about becoming Maddie, how his content has changed, adventures in WoW Classic, the importance of self-confidence, and pronouns.

Dakota “Kotlguy” Cox is an actor, commentator, host, and creative producer at Beyond the Summit. He joins Zyori to talk about creating events in games outside of Dota, Omega League, NEOM sponsors, nascar, PC culture, gaming FOMO, me too in Dota 2, and Redeye.

Paulo “CatZ” Vizcarra is the CEO of ROOT gaming, streamer on Twitch, ex-Starcraft pro, and former consultant for Blizzard Entertainment. In this episode, CatZ and Zyori talk about the history of Starcraft II, where the game is now, mentality as a pro-gamer, life as a creative, and psychedelics.