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Chris Chaney is the Managing Partner, C4+ and Partner at Lunar Storm Capital. Chris is an award-winning serial entrepreneur (Forbes 30 Under 30, among others) and startup mentor with a 15-year leadership track record of success in the global sports, esports and entertainment industries. A native of Germany, he is an angel investor in and start-up advisor to more than 30 companies across esports, gaming, consumer, entertainment and other verticals. Chris started his career at the NBA and also founded the Ivy Sports Symposium, a widely-recognized non-profit organization that promoted the development of young leaders in the global sports industry. Most recently, he was the founder of Infinite Esports & Entertainment (OpTic Gaming/Houston Outlaws), which was acquired by Immortals Gaming Club (IGC). Chris proudly serves on the board of Rise Above The Disorder, a non-profit organization dedicated to making mental health care accessible to everyone. Currently, he is the founder and C4+, an esports, gaming, sports and entertainment holdings and investment company, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University. Follow Bryan Wish on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bryanwish/ Follow Bryan Wish on Twitter: twitter.com/bryanwish_?s=11 Follow Bryan Wish on Instagram: www.instagram.com/bryanwish_/ Join our Mission: bwmissions.com/join/ Join our Community: my.community.com/bwmissions
Immortals Gaming Club (IGC) isn't going out of business but there's a clear change in strategy. In a week that saw IGC sell the org's spot in the CDL to 100 Thieves and the OpTic brand back to Hecz, a report in Bloomberg says that IGC is also shopping the Los Angeles Valiant's spot in the OWL. Last year IGC sold the Houston Outlaws to Beasley Media Group after acquiring them from Infinite Esports and Entertainment. That brings IGC from three teams in AB's franchised leagues to zero in just over a year. Read the Bloomberg report here. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/meg-whitman-backed-firm-is-said-to-weigh-sale-of-overwatch-team?srnd=premium) This episode was sponsored by Technology Game Changers check them out at TGCplay.com (https://www.tgcplay.com/) Watch The Gamer Hour - Esportz Network's new show hosted by Chris Puckett from Times Square. This week's guest was NBA player Josh Hart. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WteeA7OQG8) If you are connected to a gaming celebrity in the worlds of music, acting or comedy who might be interested in appearing on The Gamer Hour, please reach out to Esportz Network CEO Mark Thimmig by emailing mthimmig@esportznetwork.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network Podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). If you are interested in learning more about college esports, subscribe to the College Esports QuickTake. (https://esportzcollegequicktakecom.fireside.fm/) Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
Hecz, the longtime CEO of OpTic Gaming, hasn't been in full control of the OpTic brand since it was sold in 2017 to Infinite Esports and Entertainment. That changed today. Hecz has OpTic back and the Chicago Huntsmen will be changed to Chicago OpTic. As we look towards CDL season 2, suddenly we have a landscape more familar to Call of Duty fans. Nadeshot and the Thieves in LA; Hecz, NRG and OpTic in Chicago; Atlanta Esports Ventures and FaZe in ATL; Hastr0 and Envy in Dallas. Combine that with growing brands around the Subliners, Rokkr and Mutineers and suddenly we've got a strong league on our hands. Watch Hecz' announcement video on Twitter. (https://twitter.com/H3CZ/status/1326576105759903746) This episode was sponsored by Technology Game Changers check them out at TGCplay.com (https://www.tgcplay.com/) Watch The Gamer Hour - Esportz Network's new show hosted by Chris Puckett from Times Square. This week's guest was NBA player Josh Hart. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WteeA7OQG8) If you are connected to a gaming celebrity in the worlds of music, acting or comedy who might be interested in appearing on The Gamer Hour, please reach out to Esportz Network CEO Mark Thimmig by emailing mthimmig@esportznetwork.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network Podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). If you are interested in learning more about college esports, subscribe to the College Esports QuickTake. (https://esportzcollegequicktakecom.fireside.fm/) Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
Markel Lee is Co-Owner and Chief Creative Officer at AoE Creative. He was a finalist for the Tempest Up-And-Comer of the Year Award and was the creative power behind OpTic Gaming, The Houston Outlaws, PVP Live, EVO, and Panda x Gaming. He is also a founding member of Infinite Esports & Entertainment and the Houston Outlaws. In today’s episode, we talk about the process of building a brand from the creative brief to the mood board, logo, and style guide. After taking us through the stories of many of the biggest brands in esports, we end on his love for the space. Listen in! The Ultimate Gamer Podcast: All About The Game! is a show that features conversations with trailblazers, thought leaders, risk takers, decision makers, celebrities, athletes, and investors who are defining the esports space. This podcast is for you if you love gaming, you’re a part of the esports community, you’re interested in learning more about the esports business, you want to improve your gaming performance, or you’re an aspiring professional gamer. We’re going to decode who and what’s making news in the industry while we explore the habits, best practices, successes, and setbacks faced by our guests.
Chris Chaney and Chris Hana discuss entrepreneurship in esports, the initial vision behind Infinite Esports & Entertainment along with the sustainability and challenges of the esports team business. Both explore why esports is entertainment, hyper-localization, mainstream visibility, and what Chris Chaney would do differently in retrospect.
Simon Bennett was a guest on The Adam Fitch Podcast and discussed building an effective brand in esports, his work at AoE Creative, and the Infinite Esports & Entertainment saga.
Few people are as iconic in the Call of Duty esports scene as Hector "Hecz" Rodriguez. The chief architect of the Green Wall, Hecz has had a rocky road over the last two years as OpTic Gaming was bought out by Infinite Esports and Entertainment before being aquired by the Immortals Gaming Club earlier this summer. As the CDL nears, CoD fans have been anxiously awaiting the future of Hecz. We finally got our answer. He's become the co-ceo of NRG Esports and will be focused on the Chicago Call of Duty team in the CDL. The team's Twitter account has 8x as many followers now as it did before the announcement over the weekend. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our bi-weekly podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
OpTic Gaming was one of the largest esports organizations in the world. In 2017 they had the best Call of Duty team with a rabid GreenWall fan base, they secured spots in both the LCS and OWL franchising and were still expanding. They secured extra funding from Infinite Esports and Entertainment, which took the company out of the guiding hands of Hector 'H3CZ' Rodriguez, a move that proved to be fatal. Now, halfway through 2019, OpTic Gaming is just a brand under Immortals Gaming Club competing in the new CDL franchise league. Their LCS spot is being rebranded as Immortals and their Houston Outlaws OWL team will have to be sold. In this podcast we look back at the OpTic dynasty and how it all fell apart. Here are the links I mentioned in the podcast: Dexerto's documentary (https://www.dexerto.com/videos/the-best-call-of-duty-team-of-all-time-optic-gaming-documentary) on the OpTic Gaming dynasty which details more of the key moments and gameplay in Call of Duty. OpTic Hitch, a longtime videographer of OpTic, explaining what changed under Infinite Esports (https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/h3cz-tells-story-infinite-tried-sell-opt-call-of-duty-team-663839) and Entertainment. New episodes Weekly. For daily esports news, check out the Esports Minute (https://esportsminute.fireside.fm/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
A podcast without rules, without boundaries, without direction. The return of our weekly podcast, bringing you the latest news from the gaming and MMA world, and providing you, with our unprofessional opinion. We've been away for a while, so this week we pick out our most anticipated games from the recent E3 announcements, discuss the issue of games industry crunch and burnout in esports, touch on the Immortals Gaming acquisition of Infinite Esports, and wrap up the big news from MMA the last few weeks.
Nos últimos tempos Noah Whiston, fundador e CEO da Immortals têm se destacado pelos investimentos que está realizando no cenário de eSports. Sua mais recente compra foi da Infinite Esports, mãe da equipe OpTic Gaming, e presente em campeonatos competitivos de diversos jogos como Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gears of War, and League of Legends. Será que o Noah vai dominar o mundo? Bora falar de CS!
On today's Esports Minute, Mitch takes us through the sale of one of the largest esports brands on the planet. OpTic Gaming has been synonymous with esports for years and now is in limbo as the parent company has been bought out by the Immortals Gaming Club. What this means for OpTic and for Immortals going forward. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our bi-weekly podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
On today's Esports Minute, Mitch takes us through an ongoing deal between Immortals Gaming Club and Infinite Esports and Entertainment, the parent company of OpTic Gaming. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our bi-weekly podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports
Markel Lee, Creative Director for Infinite, is the leader behind the hugely successful launches of Houston Outlaws, OpTic Global and much more across the Infinite portfolio. He joins us on the show to tell his story, take us through the recent Spec Ops OpTic Gaming rebrand and his approach to pursuing success for himself and his team. Check out the rebrand on Vision Season 5: Episode 9 "Prestige" from 7,55 onwards! https://youtu.be/4pCSRM-Z1go Reach Markel - mlee@infinite.gg or @markel_lee on Twitter. -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" and "BearlyKoalified" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Esports has entranced many within the traditional sports industry and is a fast-moving, fast-growing category in its own right. Now, Texas-based Infinite Esports & Entertainment is among a handful of groups looking to establish a presence across the competitive video games sector, with teams playing in a broad range of leagues and titles, new initiatives launched as far away as India and a permanent sports venue in the works back in Arlington. Chris Chaney, the group's founder, president and owner, and strategic partnerships director Joe Hills join SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly to discuss all of that, as well as a first season for the Houston Outlaws in the franchise-based Overwatch League, which has attracted considerable investment from within the sporting mainstream. They also discuss finding the right gaming content for the right partners, the role of players and their existing audiences, making sense of the Fortnite phenomenon, working with publishers and understanding what titles will be a hit.
Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports
Ryan joins the show to give insight on the org that Joe is joining in the near future. The conversation flows from Ryan's time at Google (and what he learned there), how OpTic joined Infinite, Infinite's vision for the future of esports as a whole. They also dive into the under-discussed topic of how team brands need to innovate to build a unique proposition to fans and sponsors alike if they want to remain relevant. Reach Ryan on Linkedin or on Twitter @ OpTicJ -- Please leave a rating and review and send your feedback or questions to: Twitter: @esroundtablepod FB: @esportsroundtablepodcast LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joehillslfg/ Website: www.lookingforgrouplfg.com/podcast
This week, Maurice is joined by Chris DeAppolonio, Vice President of Triggerfish Partnerships to dicuss Clash Royale, Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor) and the EU LCS all announcing franchised leagues and much more! They also go over JChris' esports story, Infinite Esports (Trigerfish's parent company) vision for esports and esports in Texas! You can follow Chris on Twitter @deapps! If you want to know more about Infinite Esports or Triggerfish Partnerships check them out here and here! The Facts Esports B.O.O.M. is produced by Maurice Eisenmann. You can get in touch with him on Twitter @MREisenmann . The music used is Quixotic by Jukedeck.
Bet on LoL, Overwatch & CSGO with Rivalry.gg – FREE $5 Bonus Code: https://goo.gl/hdGiqM OpTic Gaming CEO Hector Rodriguez talks to Josh and Mike about the team's acquisition by Infinite Esports, becoming a more traditionally run business and maintaining fan relationships throughout their expansion | Dexerto.com
Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports
With the rise of battle royale esports, the definition and qualities of what makes an esports title great are important to consider. Simon Bennett, VP Brand and Marketing for Infinite Esports and Entertainment, joins us to shed some light the core pillars of what makes a great esports title, how developers can be aware of common pitfalls and what we can be excited about from next gen esports. Reach Simon on Linkedin @ "Simon Bennett" and seed.gg for all esports title enquiries. If you enjoyed the show: leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help the podcast grow! FB: @lfgesportshr Twitter: @bearlykoalified LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joehillslfg/ Website: www.lookingforgrouplfg.com
Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports
Welcome to the Esports Roundtable: where we discuss the past, present and future of all things business in esports. I'm your host Joe Hills from Infinite Esports and Entertainment, thanks for joining us. Follow Joe and the show @bearlykoalified on twitter and Joe Hills on Linkedin. -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook