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In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, Greg Selkoe, co-founder of XSET and e-commerce pioneer, dives into the intersection of gaming, culture, and business. Highlights: Greg's journey from founding KarmaLoop to creating XSET. How gaming integrates with music, fashion, and art. Lessons on leadership, team-building, and business exits. Subscribe and set notifications to our YouTube Channel. Discover how Greg combines passion for culture with business strategy to create impactful brands. Listen now and learn how to innovate with purpose. Where to find Greg: https://xset.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-selkoe-3b9964ab/ Connect with Carl: https://40strategy.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/carljcox/ https://www.instagram.com/carljcox40/ https://x.com/40Strategy
Another episode of the Fortnite Podcast is here. Bugha caught trying to strong arm Peterbot and Cold into playing with him! Khanada Finally earns his partnership on Twitch after being banned for 2 years. Faxuty is looking to redeem himself? Clix continues winning , with XSET earning a championship win at the MILK LAN Cup! Follow Us On Twitter @FortnitePodcast MonsterDface - @MonsterDface Somebodysgun - @Somebodysgun Email all of your complaints to us at: fortnitepodcast@gmail.com
Esports is one of the fastest-growing industries today and it's paving the way for the next generation of entertainment and high-return investments. In fact, the Esports market was valued at $2.1 billion in 2023, and is expected to reach $7.5 billion by the end of 2030. That's why I'm excited to be talking with today's guest, Marco Mereu. Marco is the Founder and CEO of M80, a competitive gaming organization he established in 2022. Prior to this, he co-founded XSET in 2020 and served as its COO. His career in Esports also includes a role as Senior Vice President of Content Distribution at Super League Gaming and General Manager of Framerate, a company he founded and later sold. In this episode, you'll learn:✅ The story of how Marco left a stable career as a lawyer to build one of the most successful and popular esports brands in North America in under two years. His story is a testament to the power of following your passion and redefining success on your own terms.✅ Investment opportunities in the booming Esports market, including sponsorships, media rights, digital goods, and more.✅ How Esports is revolutionizing entertainment, turning gameplay into a dynamic, profitable investment frontier with millions of fans and untapped potential.Free GiftGet 50% off M80 merch and a one-page PDF that breaks down the esports industry. Visit LifestyleInvestor.com/203Show Notes: LifestyleInvestor.com/203Tax Strategy MasterclassIf you're interested in learning more about Tax Strategy and how YOU can apply 28 of the best, most effective strategies right away, check out our BRAND NEW Tax Strategy Masterclass: www.lifestyleinvestor.com/taxStrategy Session For a limited time, my team is hosting free, personalized consultation calls to learn more about your goals and determine which of our courses or masterminds will get you to the next level. To book your free session, visit LifestyleInvestor.com/consultationThe Lifestyle Investor InsiderJoin The Lifestyle Investor Insider, our brand new AI - curated newsletter - FREE for all podcast listeners for a limited time: www.lifestyleinvestor.com/insiderRate & ReviewIf you enjoyed today's episode of The Lifestyle Investor, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review.Connect with Justin DonaldFacebookYouTubeInstagramLinkedInTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Another episode of the Fortnite Podcast is here. New Scandals are happening , EWC has been crazy train - tune in today for a long episode of news. Follow Us On Twitter @FortnitePodcast MonsterDface - @MonsterDface Somebodysgun - @Somebodysgun Email all of your complaints to us at: MonsterDface@gmail.com
Greg Selkoe is the founder of Karmaloop and XSET and has served in the C-Suite of numerous companies. Here's how he went from being expelled in 5th grade, to getting a master's degree at Harvard, to making hundreds of millions in revenue.If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving a rating and a review. It makes a huge difference in helping us spread the word about the show.Thanks for listening! To join our #POSITIVITY community or to learn more about Moshe, visit https://linktr.ee/moshepopackTopics: 2:20 – He was expelled from school5:00 – How to fix education10:00 – Adaptability as an entrepreneur13:30 – Big picture thinking16:00 – How he built Karmaloop20:00 – Private equity pros and cons24:00 – Paul Judge saved his life31:00 – XSET and eGaming35:00 – What Greg's most grateful for40:00 – The future of XSET
Greg Selkoe is the Co-founder and CEO of XSET, an esports lifestyle gaming brand. Renowned for his pioneering contributions to e-commerce, entertainment, and esports, he previously founded the Boston streetwear company Karmaloop, driving it to over a billion in lifetime revenue. He also served as the President of FaZe Clan, boosting its revenue to $400 million before exiting. An alumnus of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Y Combinator, Greg has been honored as Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and a Summit Series Top 35 Entrepreneurs under 35. In this episode… What does it take to revolutionize an industry not once but multiple times? How do industry pioneers turn creative concepts into lucrative ventures that resonate across generations? Greg Selkoe, a trailblazing business leader, transformed his passion for lifestyle brands into highly successful entrepreneurial ventures. From his pioneering e-commerce success with Karmaloop to his instrumental leadership at FaZe Clan and the evolution of his new venture XSET, Greg's story highlights an unrelenting pursuit of innovation. By focusing on content and celebrity partnerships, XSET has grown rapidly, creating a community-centered brand that merges gaming and lifestyle. He emphasizes the value of resilience, pivoting, and mentorship, drawing from experiences with impactful mentors. Through his revolutionary approach, Greg redefines industry boundaries, making significant strides in gaming and fashion. In this episode of the Growth Fire Podcast, Kevin Hourigan welcomes Greg Selkoe, the Co-founder and CEO of XSET, to discuss the art of pivoting in entrepreneurship. Greg shares his remarkable journey, from a creative kid with learning disabilities to a widely recognized fashion industry pioneer. He highlights the role of audience-building in XSET's development, the power of content in driving business growth, and how philanthropic work fosters a positive company culture.
Clinton Sparks is a renowned entertainment mogul, author, speaker, entrepreneur, visionary brand builder, creative executive, and leading-edge innovator when it comes to integrating culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing with an outstanding track record of success, and background managing multiple products from ideation to market launch. He is also a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum music producer, songwriter, and DJ responsible for over 75 million records sold. He began his career as a rapper, dancer, producer, and DJ, gaining notoriety by making bootleg remixes and mixtapes. He hosted radio shows on several stations, including Boston's Hot 97.7, Baltimore's 92Q, and Hartford's Hot 93.7. Sparks has written and produced songs for notable acts, including Akon, Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Uzi Vert, Big Sean, and many others. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for his production work on Lady Gaga's Born This Way. He has also released his own music, including the 2005 album, Maybe You Been Brainwashed, and the 2014 EP, ICONoclast. In addition to his music career, Sparks has held executive positions at various companies and co-founded XSET, an esports and lifestyle gaming organization. He also authored his first book, How to Win Big in the Music Business, in 2020. More About Clinton: https://www.instagram.com/clintonsparks https://clintonsparks.com https://taplink.cc/clintonsparks . . TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Highlights 00:41 - The Pride of Being a Good Father 09:19 - Living 10 Lives By 21 14:34 - Mark Wahlberg and the Boston Guys 17:28 - Being Present 24:48 - I Never Wanted to Be a DJ . .
(03:58) – Brycent's accidental discovery ofWeb3 gaming(06:49) – How the financialization of Web3 gaming stunted the gameplay experience(07:45) – The over-prioritization of finance over the actual gameplay.(08:27) – The importance of community in Web3 gaming.(11:43) – The importance of meeting customers where they're at(13:08) – The misconception that the majority of Web3 NFT buyers are gamers.(13:40) –The importance of finding the target audience for a game(16:12) – Brycent signing with XSet as their first-ever Web3 gaming content creator(19:55) –Exploring the synchronization of gameplay, tokenomics, and financials(20:23)- Why Grit could go viral(21:13) – Why Gala games need to up their game(22:46) – Brycent's experiences playing Wildcard and Alluvium.(25:09) – The disconnect between game studios and their audience,(26:51) –The importance of content creation and education in Web3 gaming and how to educate gamers in Web2 about Web3(27:55) – Frictionless onboarding by giving away free NFTs and integrating with popular games(30:15) –Using data-driven metrics to make adjustments, rather than trying to solve for multiple assumptions at once.(32:46) – Brycent's approach to working with Web3 games as a consultant and the importance of being compensated for his time and expertise.(37:51) – The importance of building sustainable communities in Web3 gaming and incentivizing community participation(41:33) Dead Drop is the best gaming experience today(44:16)- Brycent's advice to aspiring content creators in the Web3 space
Elle Ullmann is an American entrepreneur, media mogul, tech investor, and undoubtedly the queen of connecting people. She is the founder of Melt Music & Media Agency: a full-service marketing, technology, and licensing conglomerate. With a focus on influencer marketing, AI, and NFT licensing, MELT assists personal brands in maximizing their potential by leveraging their audience and building communities around emerging technology & IP portfolios." Elle has always been immersed in entertainment and business. Having attended the star-studded Buckley School in Los Angeles, as well as growing up with a monkey named Clyde and two gorillas, Sam and Sophie, she quickly found her footing as an entrepreneur. She went on to help create the Greenwich-based entertainment, lifestyle, and performance sport companies Hashtag Board Co., The HashLife Company, and RU3 Performance. Elle achieved further popularity among younger demographics while promoting numerous music artists around the globe, such as Waka Flocka, Pia Mia, Jason Darulo and others. Her love for music led her to her next business venture: WriteMySong. While attending a music business conference at Harvard University, she met Vincent Berry, who won 2 Grammys as a co-writer of Beyonce's "Sandcastles." It was there that she saw the opportunity to fuse music and branding, and expanded this concept into MELT Music & Media Agency. She has since partnered with SULT Agency, the first ever music meta-label aimed to help artists distribute, register, and market their music properly while retaining total control of their royalties. Furthermore, she partners with SULT co-founder, DJ E-Feezy, who has his own label at RocNation, and has also gone on to found the 2021 Houston Fusion Fest. Beyond music and entertainment, Elle prides herself in being an avid tech investor, Elle is a shareholder and advisor to the NFT marketplace BYT.io, and RarityMon: the most accurate rarity NFT checker. Additionally, she is an investor of the E-Sports team XSET, and currently invests in AR, AI, and 5G Stocks, Audience Building Platforms, Music and Gaming distribution platforms, and API ad and payment integrations. Furthermore, Elle is a shareholder of Equalitude, a company built on conscious commerce and whose slogan is “An Attitude of Equality.” She signed a global license for UNESCO Center for Peace to promote equality worldwide. Elle is passionate about mentoring entrepreneurs to help them learn how to create and grow their income for lifelong financial security. She believes consistency is one of the top 10 attributes of success, and lives by the mantra, ”Success is a series of successful days.” To connect with Elle, DM her on any of her social channels: X (Twitter): @elleullmann LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/elleullmann IG/Threads: elleullmann Web: meltmma.com And don't forget to grab you PPV for the Crawford-Spence fight date TBD in LasVegas, NV. https://www.sho.com/sports/fights --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/overwhelmedpod/support
Erin Ashley SIMon: Afro-Latina, Co-Owner and Chief Culture Officer of XSET, a gaming and lifestyle brand.She has just been nominated for The Los Angeles Times Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards.She hosts her podcast, Real Gems with Erin : Gives and inside look at creators shared stories, journey and advice.In this episode you'll hear:• How she got started in the space• The future of esports and gaming• What are some things she wished she knew before starting her career• Her favorite go to hype song when she needs it And so much more. During The Supernatural Bear CornerOne of his most requested jams (that his mama sang vocals on as well).Episode LinksErin Ashley SimonXSETHola Metaverso FUTURISTA event in Medellín, ColombiaWomen of Web3 speaking at the United Nations General Assembly 78th Science SummitSuavemente by Elvis CrespoWTYM Guest Hype song playlistWTYM LINKSWord To Your Mama Store: Use code WTYM at check out to receive 10% off any order WTYM Patreon PageDONATEBuy WTYM a WhiskeyMEDIA KITAVAILABLE WHERE EVER YOU CONSUME PODCASTSon socials @wtymama | email: hola@wordtoyourmama.com
Erin Ashley SIMon: Afro-Latina, Co-Owner and Chief Culture Officer of XSET, a gaming and lifestyle brand. She has just been nominated for The Los Angeles Times Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards. She hosts her podcast, Real Gems with Erin : Gives and inside look at creators shared stories, journey and advice. In this episode you'll hear: • How she got started in the space • The future of esports and gaming • What are some things she wished she knew before starting her career • Her favorite go to hype song when she needs it And so much more. During The Supernatural Bear Corner One of his most requested jams (that his mama sang vocals on as well). Episode Links Erin Ashley Simon XSET Hola Metaverso FUTURISTA event in Medellín, Colombia Women of Web3 speaking at the United Nations General Assembly 78th Science Summit Suavemente by Elvis Crespo WTYM Guest Hype song playlist WTYM LINKS Word To Your Mama Store: Use code WTYM at check out to receive 10% off any order WTYM Patreon Page DONATE Buy WTYM a Whiskey MEDIA KIT AVAILABLE WHERE EVER YOU CONSUME PODCASTS NOW PART OF THE LATINA PODCASTERS NETWORK on socials @wtymama | email: hola@wordtoyourmama.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clinton is an entrepreneur, investor, executive, author, committed father and husband and leading-edge innovator when it comes to integrating culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing. He is also known to many as a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum DJ, Producer and Songwriter responsible for selling over 75 million records. Sparks has written and produced hit songs for multi-platinum recording artists such as Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rick Ross, Diddy, Pitbull, Ludacris, Big Sean, Akon and 2 Chainz. He has created critically acclaimed projects with artists from Eminem and Kanye West to Busta Rhymes and The Clipse, whose “We Got It For Cheap” series was named in Rolling Stone magazines top 50 albums of that year. He was Diddy's tour DJ, helped launch Eminem's Shade 45 channel on Sirius/XM, an on air host on E! News for over 5 years, and played a key role in the branding of Cîroc. Clinton is also the Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of the world's fastest growing and most socially diverse esports lifestyle gaming brand, XSET. Originally from Boston, Clinton now lives in LA with his wife and children. In this episode, Brad and Clinton talk about his career, his musical history, and life. If you want to learn what it means to win in the music business, check it out. Bombs: The cool shit you do and say doesn't matter until you build a cool YOU. An idea is very different from a plan. A good interview is when you get to know your guest along with your audience. Most people want you to change because they don't have the ability to change. Trust, value, and credibility. Everyone has a super power, but people are too focused on other peoples' that they neglect their own. Most that have overnight success, won't last ten years. You don't know how to connect or relate to people that aren't you. You can't stand for culture if you've never stood in culture. Pay attention to the messenger, not the message. You need to treat your life the same way you treat your business. None of the stuff in your life will be dope if you're not dope. To enter this circle, you must first show respect for yourself. Follow Clinton @ClintonSparks Learn more about him at https://Clintonsparks.com Watch the full video episode on Brad's Rumble here: https://rumble.com/c/c-2544182 Watch the full video episode on Brad's Youtube Here: https://bradlea.tv
Clinton Sparks is a versatile figure known for his roles as an entrepreneur, investor, executive, author, and innovative force in merging culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing. As a Grammy-nominated DJ, producer, and songwriter, he boasts a remarkable track record of selling over 75 million records. Notably, he's garnered awards like BMI Songwriter honors and ASCAP music accolades for his work with DJ Snake and other artists. His influence extends to shaping the gaming realm, co-founding XSET, a rapidly growing esports lifestyle brand, and promoting diversity by involving hip-hop artists like Offset and Pitbull in the gaming space.He solidifies his influence through platforms like syndicated radio and Twitch, where his show "WIN BIG with Clinton Sparks" and book, "HOW TO WIN BIG IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS," have reached millions, sharing insights from successful individuals across various fields.No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast hosted by Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley, unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.Follow Clinton Sparks on his socials:https://www.instagram.com/clintonsparks/Get Clinton Sparks' FREE book (How To Win Big In The Music Business): https://clintonsparks.com/wp-content/...Topics Covered:00:00 Intro02:28 Focusing on Brand Early in His Career04:27 Dont Pigeonhole Yourself07:22 How To Unlock Creative Freedom and Grow Your Brand10:44 Brand Strategy: Build Brand Off Your Strengths18:37 Brand Authenticity25:30 Producing Akon's "Sorry, Blame it on me"27:50 Karmaloop: Marketing Beyond Music36:25 Bringing Artists into The Faze Brand38:56 Before You Think Outside The Box40:32 Music Promo Tip: Keep it Simple 43:59 Clinton Sparks Free Music Branding Book48:22 Artist Usually Confuse These Two Things51:52 Designing The Life You Want59:37 Building Community
Welcome To The Apex Podcast! Where we keep you in the loop of everything Apex Legends. In this Episode the boys interview VeinIf you would like to join our discord and follow our socials here: https://linktr.ee/theapexthepodPlease review and rate the Apex Podcast, as it is one of the best things to support us as a podcast! Thank you so much for listening, we appreciate you. For business inquiries: theapexthepodcast@gmail.com#SeeYouAtTheTop
Chief and Malik are joined by author, speaker, podcaster, investor and innovator Clinton Sparks in Hollywood this week. Clinton is a brand builder - behind multiple million-dollar brands including XSET and FaZe Clan, where he brought hip-hop into the gaming space by recruiting artists such as Offset, Swae Lee and Yo Gotti as investors. He is also a GRAMMY nominated, multi-Platinum DJ, producer and songwriter who has worked with everyone from Eminem to Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg and DJ Snake, with whom he received multiple ASCAP music awards with. They discuss Clinton's upbringing in Boston, his love for music and hip-hop, behind the scenes of production and how to maintain and operate at a high level. Follow A Suite Life: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asuitelifepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asuitelifepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdnIhfgBv2bBKwwn5qLQBw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASUITELIFEPOD/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome To The Apex Podcast! Where we keep you in the loop of everything Apex Legends. In this Episode the boys interview NocturnalIf you would like to join our discord and follow our socials here: https://linktr.ee/theapexthepodPlease review and rate the Apex Podcast, as it is one of the best things to support us as a podcast! Thank you so much for listening, we appreciate you. For business inquiries: theapexthepodcast@gmail.com#SeeYouAtTheTop
In today's episode, I sat down with Clinton Sparks, a Grammy-nominated music producer and the owner of XSET. We went in-depth on the power of introspection and self-awareness, why it's important to pay attention to the messenger rather than the message itself, and why focusing on progress outweighs focusing on the outcome. Learn more about Clinton Sparks: https://www.instagram.com/clintonsparks Learn more about XSET: https://xset.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome To The Apex Podcast! Where we keep you in the loop of everything Apex Legends. In this Episode the boys interview HodsicIf you would like to join our discord and follow our socials here: https://linktr.ee/theapexthepodPlease review and rate the Apex Podcast, as it is one of the best things to support us as a podcast! Thank you so much for listening, we appreciate you. For business inquiries: theapexthepodcast@gmail.com#SeeYouAtTheTop
This week I'm excited to welcome Clinton Sparks to the show for a wide ranging talk about music, creativity, entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and technology. Clinton is a pioneer in the field of internet radio, first popularizing mixtapes which he leveraged into hosting radio shows in Boston, Baltimore, and Connecticut. Clinton went on to host Sirius XM's Shade 45 and was the long-time host of a worldwide syndicated radio show called SmashTime Radio. In July 2020, Sparks co-founded and became the chief business development officer of the newly formed XSET, an esports and lifestyle gaming organization. He also hosts the Twitch show, Win Big with Clinton Sparks. In 2012 Clinton was nominated for a Grammy for his production work on Lady Gaga's Born This Way. That same year, Clinton also won a BMI Songwriting award for writing Pittbull's “Shut it Down” and has since won several ASCAP Awards with DJ Snake as part of his Get Familiar Music publishing company. Clinton has written and produced songs for a number of notable acts, including Akon, Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Uzi Vert, Big Sean amongst numerous others. On July 16th, 2020 Clinton announced his new esports and lifestyle gaming brand, XSET which he co-founded and co-owns with partners Greg Selkoe, Wil Eddins, and Marco Mereu. Clinton and I reminisce about the golden age of mix-tapes and hip-hop while bonding over our experiences with our kids in this age of the internet, streaming music and media. Clinton also shares some of the gems contained in his new book, 10 Traits That Made Me Millions In The Music Industry: A Guide On How They Will Help You Too. We discuss some of the tried and true tips on networking, developing business relationships, and most importantly knowing how to treat people you work with. In addition to covering Clinton's musical career, we discuss how his insatiable curiosity, love for creativity, and vision for the future of popular culture drove him to revolutionize, innovate, and disrupt within the gaming and influencer space with XSET. Topics include: Clinton's DJ and Radio Origins The Story Behind Clinton's Collaborations with Puff Daddy Confronting Crooked and Lazy Content Creators The Importance of Making New Goals How Achieving Your Dreams Doesn't End Your Nightmares Ways Technology Is Bridging Generational Gaps Keys For Fostering Healthy Business Relationships Letting Your Morality Guide Your Investing Clinton's Journey Within the Gaming Space Pick Up Clinton's New Book: https://www.winbiginmusic.com/10-traits-mmm XSET Youtube Clip & Socials: Youtube Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeNhOBPdr5E Website: https://xset.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/XSET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Xset/ Connect with Clinton: Website: https://clintonsparks.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clintonsparks/?hl=en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1VDTuNkeG5nAYhrsBL0ozw Twitter: https://twitter.com/clintonsparks Follow John: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncerasani TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johncerasani LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncerasani For More Info on John's Book: https://2000percentraise.com/ More 2000 Percent Raise Episodes and Content: https://linktr.ee/2000percentraise Produced by: https://socialchameleon.us
In this episode, we come to you live from the L.A. Comic Con in Los Angeles, California where we discuss the overlap between video games and other niche communities in the entertainment sector, with special guests Erin Ashley Simon (Co-Owner of XSET), Clinton Sparks (Grammy-Nominated Music Producer and XSET's Co-Founder), Cy Chang (Co-Founder of Lightwork and easylive.io), Eyal Zafir (Investor for Liberty Global Ventures), and our very own “Judge” Jimmy Baratta serving as moderator! Be sure to check out the Business of Esports Podcast with Paul "The Profit" Dawalibi and the Honorable Jimmy Baratta! Each week, our hosts invite a special guest onto the show with ties to the esports industry so that we can get learn more about gaming while also getting a more in-depth look at all the important aspects that make up the world's fastest-growing industry!! Tune in every Thursday for new episodes!!!! Subscribe/Rate/Review to Up On Game Presents on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! WATCH FULL EPISODES ON THE UP ON GAME NETWORK YOUTUBE CHANNEL JUST SEARCH UP ON GAME NETWORK AMERICA • AMERICAS • BUSINESS OF ESPORTS • BUSINESS OF ESPORTS PODCAST • CALIFORNIA • CLINTON SPARKS • COMIC CON • CY CHANG • E-SPORTS • EASYLIVE • EASYLIVE.IO • ENTERTAINMENT • ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY • ERIN ASHLEY SIMON • ESPORTS • EYAL ZAFIR • GAMING • GRAMMY • GRAMMY AWARDS • GRAMMY NOMINATION • GRAMMY NOMINATIONS • GRAMMYS • INVEST • INVESTING • INVESTMENT • INVESTMENTS • INVESTOR • INVESTORS • INVESTS • JIMMY BARATTA • JUDGE JIMMY • JUDGE JIMMY BARATTA • LA COMIC CON • LIBERTY GLOBAL • LIBERTY GLOBAL VENTURES • LIGHTWORK • LOS ANGELES • LOS ANGELES COMIC CON • MUSIC • MUSIC INDUSTRY • MUSIC INFLUENCERS • MUSIC PRODUCER • MUSICIAN • MUSICIANS • N AMERICA • NORTH AMERICA • PODCAST • PODCASTING • PODCASTS • THE BUSINESS OF ESPORTS • THE BUSINESS OF ESPORTS PODCAST • U.S. • UNITED STATES • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • USA • VIDEO GAMES • XSETSupport the show: https://www.upongame.network/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, we come to you live from the L.A. Comic Con in Los Angeles, California where we discuss the overlap between video games and other niche communities in the entertainment sector, with special guests Erin Ashley Simon (Co-Owner of XSET), Clinton Sparks (Grammy-Nominated Music Producer and XSET's Co-Founder), Cy Chang (Co-Founder of Lightwork and easylive.io), Eyal Zafir (Investor for Liberty Global Ventures), and our very own “Judge” Jimmy Baratta serving as moderator!
Clinton Sparks is the guy with all trades. From producing records for Lady Gaga, Akon, Pitbull, and Eminem to launching a successful gaming company XSET. Dive into this episode as Clinton and I discuss personality, business, power of attraction, and networking --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In today's episode, Jayson is joined by Clinton Sparks. Clinton is a Grammy-nominated music producer, renowned DJ, and the founder of Get Familiar Radio and XSET, a professional e-sports and entertainment organization. In this episode, Clinton shares his philosophies in life, how he finds happiness from within, and how he brings people together through music and culture. Load up on your business knowledge, get hyped, and spark your life! Welcome to the new rebranded Business and Money (BAM) Podcast hosted by Jayson Waller, the former True Underdog Podcast. --- HIGHLIGHTS: Reason for leaving Twitch Not giving haters credit for the success How to develop a great version of yourself Changing Jayson's mindset LIVE on the podcast! XSET --- OWN YOUR POWER HARD-COPY AND SOFT-COPY IS OUT NOW! Immerse yourself with 8 key life-changing principles, worksheets to create your own map, and how to reach another level of your game! It's all Real Life Stories! It's You vs You! “It's a reflection of everything I've been through to give guidance and key steps to people in order to live a life with zero excuses” Warning: This Book is unsuitable for pessimists, excuse-makers, and haters! --- SPONSORS: Listen to The Manhood Experiment here - https://link.chtbl.com/iwS40tIR - Check out jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations - Visit OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code UNDERDOG at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order. --- SOCIAL MEDIA: Check out Jayson's website: https://www.jaysonwaller.com/ Check out the Podcast website: https://letstalkbam.com Follow Business and Money Podcast, Formerly True Underdog; and Jayson Waller on your favorite social media channels and digital podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/businessandmoneypodcast Business and Money, formerly True Underdog is a Top 3 Entrepreneurship podcast on Apple hosted by Jayson Waller, Former CEO of POWERHOME Solar, one of the fastest-growing private companies in the USA, and his high-profile guests share motivational tips, inspiring stories, and business-building lessons to help each listener grow in their entrepreneurial journey. Reach out to Jayson directly at: Jaysonwaller1979@gmail.com - Check out Clinton Sparks at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clintonsparks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clintonsparks/ Website: https://linktr.ee/clintonsparks --- TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - PRELUDE 00:40 - INTRODUCTION 05:00 - Leaving Twtich for NEW opportunities 08:40 - Social media changing the mind shifts 09:00 - Don't give haters credit for your success 18:21 - How to develop the great version of yourself 21:30 - Shut up and listen! 24:30 - Set the tone to understand people 30:30 - Dropping a bomb on Jayson Waller 31:34 - Finish what you started on a positive note 34:00 - Introducing XSET: a gaming lifestyle brand 38:00 - Plastic Surgery Talk 46:06 - END --- Don't forget to subscribe to the BUSINESS AND MONEY, FORMERLY TRUE UNDERDOG PODCAST with over 2 million downloads!! LOVE YOUR HATERS! BAM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What a jam packed week of roster rumors, drama, a new agent teaser, and so much more! To kick off the show we have Vansilli, Tanner Metro, and Tanizhq to break down all of the news of roster rumors, what we know about Agent 21 Harbor, VCT GameChangers updates and drama, and even MORE roster rumors! Following that we have an interview with BcJ, formerly of XSET, to discuss his history in gaming, his path into Valorant from Apex Legends and other games, and what the future for him looks like in 2023, let's dive right in! Tune into VALORANTING every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT / 20:00 CEST on Twitch
Erin Ashley Simon is a multi-media personality, host, producer and consultant within esports, gaming and entertainment. Erin is a leading face of Puma's esports line and has worked with leading organizations—from Evil Geniuses and Riot Games—to provide more industry-focused opportunities for those from underserved, underrepresented and marginalized communities. Today, Erin is the co-owner of one of the fastest growing gaming and lifestyle organizations, XSET, where she also serves as the Chief Culture Officer. She is also a host of the NFL and Enthusiast Gaming's Tuesday Night Gaming. A graduate and former soccer player at the University of Kentucky, Erin has created an esports fund that is paying the way forward for other Wildcats to enter the industry. In this episode, we discuss: What attracted Erin to gaming and soccer; The unique launch to her media career and advice for other athletes seeking to pursue media opportunities; How to source the courage to pursue entrepreneurship and what it takes to build a multi-dimensional business and career; How she has became the role model she didn't have in the gaming industry and how she is creating opportunities for underrepresented people in gaming. We also talk about what it means to become the CEO of your own life. Here, Erin gives great strategies for how to turn off your inner critic. She also provides important insights as it relates to obtaining equity stakes in projects one is working on. This is a great episode if you are looking for a mindset shift to find the courage necessary to pursue your dream career. Get the Ruling Sports Newsletter: https://rulingsports.com/newsletter/ Follow Ruling Sports Instagram: www.Instagram.com/RulingSports Twitter: www.Twitter.com/RulingSports Facebook: www.Facebook.com/RulingSports LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/RulingSports TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@RulingSports
RLCS '22-23 starts today! Owen & Drew discuss the latest team announcements, Evoh being benched from XSET, as well as matchups to lookout for going into week 1. Lastly, we introduce a new Fantasy RLCS Segment! ------------------------------------- Follow us here: Twitter: TPOwen Twitter: TPDrew_ Owen's Reddit: owen-michael Drew's Reddit: TPDrew ------------------------------------- Fantasy RLCS: https://fanrl.com/ ------------------------------------- Watch us Live! https://www.twitch.tv/thepitchrle ------------------------------------- Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNAvWU5A4PCsdVGfIsAO1hg/featured -------------------------------------
In this episode of Latinos Out Loud, the crew talks to Erin Ashley Simon about being a multi-media personality, host, producer, consultant, and also a part-owner of the new esports organization, XSET. Erin also tells us what her favorite video game of all time is.
Clinton Sparks is an entrepreneur, investor, executive, author, and leading-edge innovator when it comes to integrating culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing. He is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum DJ, Producer, and Songwriter responsible for selling over 75 million records. He is also the Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of the world's fastest growing and most socially diverse esports lifestyle gaming brand, XSET.Clinton is also a dedicated father and husband. He has a big heart that shows up in his voice and his work. Segmented timestamps:[01:00] - Clinton's superpower, caring about everyone he works with and everything he does[3:40] - Defending your “happy” once you find it[04:16] - What Clinton is doing to impact the world in a positive way[7:03] - Use your partner's communication style to communicate effectively[09:59] - Clinton shares his thoughts on risk and why planning for failure is key[18:49] - Clinton's pivot away from being a career criminal[20:02] - Travel through life in a caring way. Care about yourself, others, your job, everything.[20:40] - You have so many options to make your dream a reality[21:55] - Clinton's top priority when making decisions[23:54] - The benefits of being real and authentic[25:24] - The one line that could change the world[26:04] - Is your brain's default set to negativity? How to start rewiring your brain to be happier[28:50] - How to reach out, connect or support ClintonNotable Quotes:“If you want to be a great leader, then you must be accountable for all of the things that go wrong.” ~ Clinton Sparks“If you are trying to live a happy life and you are looking for your happy - or if you have found your happy - you must then defend your happy.” ~ Clinton Sparks“If you keep hearing ‘yo, you're an asshole,' bro, it's not the world. It's you.” ~ Clinton Sparks“When you are making a plan to success, you always have to include failure in that plan because if you don't plan for failure, you won't know how to deal with it when it happens.” ~ Clinton Sparks“Don't just listen to someone who had one win. Anyone can get lucky. Listen to somebody that has built a formula that has proven to be successful.” ~ Clinton Sparks“There are so many different ways to do what you like to do - and kill it - and have the life that you want to have.” ~ Clinton Sparks“If you are authentic and real from the beginning, you don't have to start a department for diversity, you don't have to start a social good department, it is just who you are.” ~ Clinton Sparks“Don't be fooled by thinking that just because you made your dreams become a reality that you have escaped your nightmares.” ~ Clinton SparksResources Mentioned: Clinton's Book: How to Win Big in the Money Business:https://www.winbiginmusic.com/free-book46211038 Reach Clinton at:Website: https://clintonsparks.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clintonsparks/Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/clintonsparksTwitter: https://twitter.com/clintonsparksSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/clintonsparksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1VDTuNkeG5nAYhrsBL0ozw Get more from The Big Possible show:Website: https://www.thebigpossible.com
Erin Ashley Simon is a multi-media personality, host, producer, and consultant within esports, gaming and entertainment. Her love and passion for these areas has shaped who she is today – pushing the culture forward while breaking barriers as a woman in the industry. In doing so, Erin became a leading face of PUMA's esports line. She has worked with leading organizations – from Evil Geniuses and Riot Games – to provide more industry-focused opportunities for those from underserved, underrepresented and marginalized communities. Erin is co-owner of one of the fastest growing gaming and lifestyle organizations, XSET. She recently announced her new position as Chief Culture Officer at XSET. In this role, Erin helpsshape the culture of the organization and facilitate connections and content in and around music, entertainment, and the gaming industry. Erin has collaborated with well-known brands and organizations such as AT&T, Riot Games, Bleacher Report, TBS, EA Sports, General Motors, Google Play, Tampax, Columbia Records, PUMA, Turtle Beach, Bacardi, Crown Royal, Forbes, Gen.G, Evil Geniuses, Cloud 9, The Wall Street Journal, University of Kentucky, Bleacher Report and more. As Erin's career moves forward, she looks to continue to help bridge the intersection between gaming and culture, and pave a path forward for future generations. To learn more visit: https://www.erinasimon.com/ This episode was brought to you by VitaPlur. VitaPLUR E-Boost Gum is a first of its kind rave supplement that provides magnesium, electrolytes and antioxidants sublingually while you chew! With no pills to take or annoying powders to mix VitaPLUR E-Boost gum is the perfect complement to your active lifestyle. Use code: "LIZZYJANE" (all caps) at check out for 10% off any item at https://www.vitaplur.io/ For ad - free podcasts, exclusive content, one on one lessons, + more visit: https://www.patreon.com/thisislizzyjane
After a long break, our fourth episode of the Pengu Podcast features Yoggah from XSET, Gasher from TSM, and Dexter from Mirage. They go over the new NAL rosters, how to fix prep phase, if flank watch still exists, the post-LMG meta, and what it's like playing pro league for the first time.
00:00 INTRO 04:06 ¿Qué le pasó a LEVIATÁN? FPX vs LEVIATAN 24:17 Análisis de LIQUID: ¿el problema es SCREAM? 35:46 Análisis FNATIC, ¿Derke-Alfajer dependencia? 40:06 Análisis de OPTIC: El DIABLO 46:50 XSET vs OPTIC, la POLÉMICA de las PAUSAS 50:49 LOUD vs DRX, ¿el torneo de Brasil? 55:56 FAVORITOS para GANAR CHAMPIONS 57:36 El DEBATE de los IGLs 01:05:06 FICHAJES en ESPAÑA y final _________________ Dirección: Lembo - http://www.twitter.com/Lembo006 Colaboradores: Kam1esports - https://twitter.com/Kam1esports ASKA - https://twitter.com/AskaTTW HITBOXKING - https://twitter.com/Hitboxking Invitados: Vorwenn - https://twitter.com/Vorwenn Saiz - https://twitter.com/SaizSkills _____ Redes: Discord - https://discord.gg/7xqyN4D Directos - http://www.twitch.tv/universovalorant Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/univalorant ____ #Valorant #UniversoValorant #esports #LEVIATAN #VALORANTCHAMPIONS #VALORANTCHAMPIONS2022
Matheus "Budega" Figueiredo joins supr to discuss his past experiences coaching in Siege and XSET. "If Supr Says It" is a Rainbow Six Siege Podcast hosted by Professional Rainbow Six Siege Player Seth "supr" Hoffman.
EP 52 | Clinton Sparks Speaks On Working With Kanye, Selling 75M Records, & Formula For Success https://instagram.com/clintonsparks?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Clinton Charls Sparks (born September 18, 1979) is an American DJ, record producer, songwriter and singer from Boston, Massachusetts.[2] He initially started his career as a rapper, dancer, producer, and DJ who gained notoriety by making bootleg remixes and mixtapes and parlayed that into hosting radio shows on Boston's Hot 97.7, Baltimore's 92Q, Hartford's Hot 93.7, and Sirius XM's Shade 45 (among others). He was the long-time host of a worldwide syndicated radio show called SmashTime Radio (also referred to as Get Familiar with Clinton Sparks). He is the current host and owner of the national hip hop radio station Get Familiar Radio on Dash Radio, a digital radio platform for which he served as vice president from 2016 to 2019. In 2012, he was nominated for a Grammy for his production work on Lady Gaga's Born This Way. That year, he also won a BMI songwriting award for writing Pitbull's "Shut It Down" and has since won several ASCAP Awards with DJ Snake as part of his Get Familiar Music publishing company. He has written and produced songs for a number of notable acts, including Akon, Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Uzi Vert, Big Sean, and numerous others. Sparks has also made music of his own, including the 2005 album, Maybe You Been Brainwashed, and the 2014 EP, ICONoclast. He was featured on the song "Saturday Night," which was featured on the soundtrack for the 2016 stand-up comedy film, Kevin Hart: What Now?. Additionally, Sparks co-founded the mixtape database, MixUnit.com; served as music correspondent for the E! series, The Daily 10 and E! News; and has held executive positions at a variety of companies including Karmaloop, FaZe Clan, Islide, PingTank, IC Realtech, and Dash Radio. In July 2020, Sparks co-founded and became the chief business development officer of the newly formed XSET, an esports and lifestyle gaming organization. He also hosts the Twitch show, Win Big with Clinton Sparks, and authored his first book, How to Win Big in the Music Business, in 2020. In March 2015, Sparks was named president of PingTank, a tech startup with an app that created animations to layer over photos and videos. He left that company in June to become the CCO and creative director of IC Realtech, a security and surveillance solutions company.[48][49] In July 2015, he opened a club called "blue" in Marina Bay.[50] He also formed the music publishing company, Get Familiar Music. He is credited with discovering and signing French DJ and producer, DJ Snake, who has won several ASCAP Pop Awards with songs published by Get Familiar. Other acts Sparks has discovered and signed include Tchami, Joey Bandz, and pineappleCITI.[51][52][53][54][55][56][57] In August 2016, he and Joey Bandz were featured on the Chocolate Droppa (Kevin Hart's musical pseudonym) song "Saturday Night". The song would eventually be featured on the soundtrack for the stand-up comedy film, Kevin Hart: What Now?.[58][59] In 2017, Sparks began his own branded party ("Get Familiar Fridays") and residency at Club Shrine inside the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.[60] In June of that year, Sparks announced that he would start his own station[61] and weekly radio show, Clinton Sparks Radio, on the digital radio platform, Dash Radio.[62] The show and station were later renamed Get Familiar Radio.[49][63] In September 2017, pineappleCITI—an artist
Subscribe/Rate/Review to Up On Game Presents on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! In this episode, with special guest Jimmy Baratta (Investor in XSET and our Chief Gaming Officer), we give you a sneak peek at one of the interviews that was taped for our upcoming leadership series. Tune in for amazing learnings and insights that you can only get from the C-suite and gaming elite, and can only be brought to you by the Business of Esports! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, with special guest Jimmy Baratta (Investor in XSET and our Chief Gaming Officer), we give you a sneak peek at one of the interviews that was taped for our upcoming leadership series. Tune in for amazing learnings and insights that you can only get from the C-suite and gaming elite, and can only be brought to you by the Business of Esports!
Get ur slugs out because Sliggy a guest host for this week's episode of VALORANTING. We break down everyhing that's happened masters including Riot's poor seeding system, XSET and DRX Choking, Leviatan's valiant fight and the potential for PRX to boom everyone. We also talk to G2 Gozen's head coach Carcass about how to run the best Game Changers team in EMEA. Tune into VALORANTING every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT / 20:00 CEST on Twitch
Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, July 20th! In today's episode we cover Riot Games unveiling its first-ever collegiate VALORANT season, XSET closing a $15m Series A round, Web3 esports platform FITCHIN raising $3.5m, plus more! Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)
00:00 INTRO 4:34 La MASTERS de LEVIATAN 06:49 Polémica sobre KRÜ y los medios 12:13 Leviatan vs DRX, XSET y FNATIC 14:33 Sensaciones sobre Leviatan 19:09 Onur 2 veces en Champions 21:00 TACOLILLA y las COMMS 29:55 Polémica con BRASIL y el LCQ 38:33 Debate el mejor equipo de LATAM 47:17 El META de FADE y debate TRIPLE INICIADOR 01:01:44 CAMBIOS a PHOENIX, KAY/O Y YORU 01:13:42 PEARL y preguntas a ONUR 01:21:18 Próximos topics y final ___________________ Colaboradores: Lembo - http://www.twitter.com/Lembo006 HITBOXKING - https://twitter.com/HITBOXKING Kam1esports - https://twitter.com/Kam1esports Aska - https://twitter.com/Askattw Invitados: ONUR - https://twitter.com/OnurTheGreat _______ Redes: Discord - https://discord.gg/7xqyN4D Directos - http://www.twitch.tv/universovalorant Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/univalorant ______ #Valorant #UniversoValorant #esports #VCT #LEVIATAN #VALORANTMASTERS #ONUR
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by https://business.yougov.com/sectors/gaming-esports/boe (YouGov)), we discuss Diablo Immortal receiving backlash for pay to win mechanics, Paris' OWL and CDL teams moving to Las Vegas, Disney hiring an Apple Games executive, Saudi Arabia investing $1 billion in Embracer Group, Saudi Arabia launching the Gamers8 gaming festival, Pizza Hut Gaming hosting a Middle Eastern esports tournament, iOS 16 supporting video game controllers, Luminosity Gaming leaving the VALORANT scene, XSET launching gaming cabanas at Drai's nightclub in Las Vegas, Razer teaming up with TUMI for esports-themed bags, and so much more!
The Guard head coach mCe explains his team's slow start to the latest VCT stage. After starting the group stage 0-2 The Guard picked up their first win against TSM this week and look to take on powerhouse XSET next week. Former Team Liquid head coach Sliggy headlines our EMEA coverage and breaks down how Team Liquid need to adjust their compositions if they want to make it to Masters 3 (on their own this time). Tune into VALORANTING every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT / 20:00 CEST on Twitch
Its a caster's day here at VALORANTING as we have Boq here to talk all about the latest in NA VCT results including why Sentinels continue to tumble down the standings and whether or not XSET will finally break the 4th place curse. Later MitchMan's casting duo Tombizz helps us break down EMEA's week of results which including a good showing from Focus and whether Fnatic are the best team in EMEA.ll Tune into VALORANTING every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT / 20:00 CEST on Twitch
In this episode, we come to you live from the FTX SALT - Crypto Bahamas 2022 conference in Nassau, where we discuss the intersection of gaming and crypto, with special guests Clinton Sparks (Owner of XSET), Gregory Landegger (VP of Parsons & Whittemore Inc.), Jace Hall (Co-Founder of HiDef Entertainment Inc.), moderator Janay Symonette (Head of Marketing & Communications, Deltec), and our very own Paul "The Profit" Dawalibi!
In this episode, we come to you live from the PAX East 2022 conference in Boston, Massachusetts where we hosted the most stacked esports industry panel with special guests Steven Blickensderfer (Lead Privacy Counsel for Krafton), Julien Benichou (Senior Director, Partnerships Strategy, and Execution for Gen.G), Thomas Hajduk (Director of Marketing at OTK Media), and Greg Selkoe (Co-Founder of XSET), not to mention our very own Jimmy “the Judge” Baratta and Lindsay “The Boss” Poss! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, we come to you live from the PAX East 2022 conference in Boston, Massachusetts where we hosted the most stacked esports industry panel with special guests Steven Blickensderfer (Lead Privacy Counsel for Krafton), Julien Benichou (Senior Director, Partnerships Strategy, and Execution for Gen.G), Thomas Hajduk (Director of Marketing at OTK Media), and Greg Selkoe (Co-Founder of XSET), not to mention our very own Jimmy "the Judge" Baratta and Lindsay "The Boss" Poss!
Metaverse, metaverse, metaverse. We hear this term almost daily now. But, what is it, especially when it comes to gaming? On this episode from AfroTech World 2022, tap in to this conversation with 3 gaming, VR, and metaverse experts: Mary Spio, CEO & Founder at Ceek VR Metaverse, Erin Ashley Simon, Gaming and Entertainment Host, Co-Owner of Xset, and Chris Barbour, Director fo AR Content Business Dev & Partnerships at Meta Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
***SUBSCRIBE TO THE UP ON GAME PRESENTS PODCAST CHANNEL*** https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-on-game-presents/id1596136129 ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE UP ON GAME PRESENTS YOUTUBE CHANNEL*** In this episode with special guest Jimmy Baratta (Senior Advisor for XSET and instructor of esports at the University of California Irvine), we discuss tips for breaking into the esports business, Riot Games recording voice communications in Valorant to catch toxic players, PlayStation planning to integrate Discord chat into PlayStation Network, Sony blocking the most recent Resident Evil title from being included in Xbox Game Pass, Sony making Epic Games pay for Fortnite cross-play, and so much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the games industry impacting the daily life of billions of people around the globe, there is an increasing opportunity for brands and marketers to be involved in the rapidly evolving games and esports space. In this episode of Perfect Balance: An Advertising Law Podcast, host Po Yi is joined by guests Greg Selkoe and Ned Sherman. Greg Selkoe is CEO and cofounder of the esports lifestyle gaming brand XSET and an early leader in the esports and gaming industry. Ned Sherman, partner and leader of Manatt's Digital and Technology Transactions practice, represents a variety of games and esports clients and has over two decades of experience focused on dealmaking, legal issues, venture capital, growth strategies and M&A.
Leonardo "Kyno" Figueiredo left Oxygen gaming after an impressive 2021 NAL Rookie season for the project of a brand new XSet roster. He joins supr to discuss XSet, Oxygen and his decision behind the move.
This week we're joined by XSET's own iDOM to talk about his career in the fighting game community. What he's excited for when it comes to EVO and which region has the best smack talk. I also share some thoughts about Sony's latest State of Play! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The global video game industry is almost a $200 billion market, exceeding the revenue of the global movie industry and North American sports industry combined. Nora unpacks the latest gaming business news with Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, author of Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry. Then, Scott and Nora chat with Erin Ashley Simon, video game influencer, host and co-owner of the esports organization XSET about how the industry is changing and the role she plays in it.
T1 suspended David Denis, who tweeted an apology yesterday during the show. Rivington, aEvilCat react to the news, and whether or not coaches should be allowed to communicate with their players during a match. The two also join Vansilli, MitchMan and UberShouts in recapping the results from the first VCT NA Challengers Qualifiers, where Version1, XSET, The Guard, and NRG all punched their ticket to the main event. VALORANTING is live every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT / 20:00 CET at http://twitch.tv/dnpeek.
NA Challengers Qualifiers are just a day away! Dream and Kaplan join the show to discuss their predictions for the four teams that will earn a spot at Challengers. There's a clear consensus XSET and Rise are the favorites to qualify but who from the rest of the pack will grab the remaining two spots? VALORANTING is live every Tuesday at 11:00 AM PT/ 20:00 CET at http://twitch.tv/dnpeek.
A barrier is an obstacle that prevents movement or access and we all encounter them from time to time on our career paths. My guest for this episode, Erin Ashley Simon, is a true trailblazer who has been making a significant impact in e-sports and media for years with a singular, hopeful vision. She joins me on this episode of Camera Ready & Abel to generously discuss BREAKING BARRIERS. Erin Ashley Simon is a multi-media personality, host, producer, and consultant within esports, gaming and entertainment. Her love and passion for these areas has helped to shape who she is today, pushing the culture forward, breaking barriers as a female in the industry. In doing so, Erin was the first individual female public figure to be the face of PUMA's new esports line. Her generosity, tenacity, and confidence can move mountains! Erin has worked tirelessly behind the scenes in the industry to provide more opportunities for those in underserved, underrepresented and marginalized communities, working with companies like Evil Geniuses, XSET and one of the largest video game publishers, Riot Games. Erin is also co-owner of one of the fastest growing esports organizations XSET. Within her role at the organization, Erin is helping to shape the culture of the organization to ensure the org has content and deep-rooted connections in music, entertainment and the gaming industry. Erin is building an empire and as her career moves forward, she looks to continue to grow the intersection between gaming and culture, paving a path forward for future generations. Read up on Erin in this recent article and Keep up with Erin at www.erinasimon.com.
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It's a lovely day as we managed to snag @officialfRoD, @Dream_val, and @SyykoNT to have a Coaches Roundtable to talk about what actually goes on in coaching rooms, what are the requirements to be one, and why MMR doesn't matter at all. In the meantime, the post-Champions roster shuffles continue as notable teams such as Nuturn, Andbox, and Faze make changes, while NIP packs up and moves everything to Brazil. Lastly Uber yells at RedBull for their terrible handling of their B-Stream during Homegrounds, and we marvel at how cool Arcane is and how well it's doing cross platform marketing! Live on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/dnpeek) every Tuesday at 2pm EST. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dnpeek), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dnpeek/), and check out our website (https://www.dnpeek.com/).
More KOF XV footage appears, Idom gets signed by XSet, Discord discussion, Static goes to NEC and Psylocke is in Marvel.
It was our absolute pleasure to have Cloud9 Blue's Xeta (@officialXeta) join us on the show today to give us some insight on his team's advancement to Champions by winning the beleaguered LCQ NA, best of luck to them back in Berlin! We also cover Chamber and how he might impact the game, and we also were lucky enough to snag the services of @JessGOAT to give us a rundown of how Game Changers EMEA shook out in the end. We also had MitchMan get very irate over Upcomer's article on Cned's involvement with the Turkish money laundering scheme, so all in all it's an episode not to be missed! Live on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/dnpeek) every Tuesday at 2pm EST. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dnpeek), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dnpeek/), and check out our website (https://www.dnpeek.com/).
LCQ is upon us, and the NA side almost actually happened! And then it turned into an absolute mess, so that's just really really cool. Well, at least we have @VellyCardwell back for a guest appearance against to talk about what how 100Thieves rolled along for a bit before everything was put on hold. @YinsuCollins joined us to gloat about the superiority of EMEA and we all had a polite discussion about the merits of NA vs EMEA, a civil discourse that totally didn't melt Velly's camera down. Just another day at VALORANTING! Live on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/dnpeek) every Tuesday at 2pm EST. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dnpeek), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dnpeek/), and check out our website (https://www.dnpeek.com/).
The Hunger Games of VALORANT has begun as the Last Chance Qualifiers start in all regions. @paperthinhere joins us to discuss the APAC region and while we think Nuturn is the strongest, PaperRex shows a fighting chance. @RyanCentra is around to talk about EMEA's strong contenders, can Team Liquid take the last spot or will SMB swoop in to nab it away? @dream_val helps us look at NA's bracket, the format of which was just awful until Oceania was sacrificed to the dark gods by Riot. Can Cloud9 Blue make it all the way with the addition of Vanity, or will 100Thieves surprise everyone after their cutting of Steel? Lastly, congratulations to Cloud9 White for pocketing another Game Changers title! Live on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/dnpeek) every Tuesday at 2pm EST. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dnpeek), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dnpeek/), and check out our website (https://www.dnpeek.com/).
Get familiar with Clinton Sparks, a Grammy-nominated music producer, renowned DJ, the founder of Get Familiar Radio and XSET, a professional e-sports and entertainment organization. In this episode, Clinton shares his philosophies in life, how he finds happiness from within, and how he brings people together through music and culture. Load up on your business knowledge, get hyped and spark up your life! Social Media: Follow True Underdog on IG: https://www.instagram.com/true_underdog Check out The True Underdog website: https://trueunderdog.com/ Check out Jayson's website: https://www.jaysonwaller.com/ Follow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/ Follow Jayson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbam/ Follow Jayson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaysonWaller Follow Jayson on Clubhouse: @Jaysonwaller Follow Jayson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaysonWallerBAM Follow True Underdog on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwTHT2Q-omcIjTOwOa2imTQ True Underdog on IHeart: www.iheart.com/podcast/1269-true-underdog-58953823/ True Underdog on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-underdog/id1500778745 True Underdog on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/50zYg4F5Am58EzIKnZrtVQ True Underdog is a Top 3 Entrepreneurship podcast on Apple hosted by Jayson Waller, CEO of POWERHOME Solar, one of the fastest-growing private companies in the USA, and his high-profile guests share motivational tips, inspiring stories and business-building lessons to help each listener grow in their entrepreneurial journey. Reach out to Jayson directly at: Jayson@trueunderdog.com
Topic 1: Fashion in Gaming and Esports: From everyday merch to hip-hop influenced designs by XSET to 100 Thieves and Gucci, fashion is becoming a massive statement in gaming and esports. What is the difference between luxury and streetwear, what are our favorite designs, and where do we think fashion is heading in the industry? Topic 2: Early Retirement in Esports: Traditional sports athletes usually face retirement by their 40s, with some still continuing past that. However, esports players are retiring in their mid-20s. What are the stressors behind early retirement and what can organizations do to help? Join Ritual Motion's GUILD: https://ritualmotion.com/rmguild/ Follow Power Level on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PwrLevel Hosts: Rebecca Dixon - https://twitter.com/thegamehers Alex Hutchi - https://twitter.com/a1exhutchi Crystal Mills - https://twitter.com/CKMwrites --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pwrlvl/message
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Yannick "KOLER" Blanchette plays for DarkZero Esports' VALORANT team. Since the org picked up the roster competing under the name Kooky Koalas, the squad has put together a few impressive results. In just Stage 3, DarkZero has beaten FaZe while losing 2-1 to both XSET and TSM. On this show KOLER talks about Challengers Playoffs live during the lower bracket matchups on Thursday night. He makes his predictions for Berlin before we move on to talk about Summer Champs. NSG's upcoming VALORANT tournament will feature almost every top team that isn't competing in Challengers Playoffs. DarkZero will be competing against a field that also includes C9 Blue, NRG, Andbox, Immortals, Susquehanna Sonics, Ghost Gaming, Renegades and many more. We talk about the importance of tournaments like that, what it would mean to become Summer Champions and how the VALORANT esports scene could be improved as we begin to look towards year two of the VCT.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 0:00 - Intro 4:15 - XSET team house 6:02 - History of XSET 11:33 - Difficult choices in roster moves 21:20 - Why zekken and dephh? 38:26 - AYRIN's role swap 49:09 - Qualifying with the new roster 56:47 - Beating Sentinels for the first time 1:06:29 - Is KAY/O really any good? 1:13:15 - Cypher and Killjoy on Breeze 1:18:01 - Scrim results vs match results 1:26:00 - Biggest rival going into Berlin
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This week's edition of Inside The Screen hosted by Aaron “Don” Dukes was another special show that featured guest XSET Vrax. Vrax is a sixteen-year-old content creator for XSET, with a whopping 2.8 million followers across TikTok and Twitch. Joining Don for a game of Minecraft, the two had an hour-long conversation that covered a variety of topics including Vrax's gaming journey, his passions outside of gaming, and what he has been up to lately. The two kick start their conversation building a house on Minecraft, which Vrax playfully admits isn't his strong suit. As they build, Don asks the content dynamo how his summer has been.Xset Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/XSET/Xset TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xset?lang=enVrax Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vraxooo/Vrax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vraxlive?lang=enSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week's edition of Inside The Screen hosted by Aaron “Don” Dukes was another special show that featured guest XSET Vrax. Vrax is a sixteen-year-old content creator for XSET, with a whopping 2.8 million followers across TikTok and Twitch. Joining Don for a game of Minecraft, the two had an hour-long conversation that covered a variety of topics including Vrax's gaming journey, his passions outside of gaming, and what he has been up to lately. The two kick start their conversation building a house on Minecraft, which Vrax playfully admits isn't his strong suit. As they build, Don asks the content dynamo how his summer has been.Xset Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/XSET/Xset TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xset?lang=enVrax Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vraxooo/Vrax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vraxlive?lang=enSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 0:00 - Intro 4:15 - XSET team house 6:02 - History of XSET 11:33 - Difficult choices in roster moves 21:20 - Why zekken and dephh? 38:26 - AYRIN's role swap 49:09 - Qualifying with the new roster 56:47 - Beating Sentinels for the first time 1:06:29 - Is KAY/O really any good? 1:13:15 - Cypher and Killjoy on Breeze 1:18:01 - Scrim results vs match results 1:26:00 - Biggest rival going into Berlin
XSET's new roster, featuring a new in-game leader, has quickly made waves. Alongside Envy, 100 Thieves and Sentinels, XSET is the only team to qualify for all of NA's biggest VCT events in Masters 1, Challengers Finals 2 and Challengers Playoffs 3. But the first two times, they got bounced early. With the new IGL and new young gun in Zekken, fresh off an upset of Sentinels, XSET seeks out to make a true run with the team's eyes on Berlin. Full episode transcription below the dotted line:-----------------------------------------------------------------------Mitch Reames Hello and welcome into another episode of Esports Mehta from nursery gamers. I'm your host Mitch Reames eSports meta is a show looking at the current trends on top of Esports we place a big focus on valorant book cover all the top titles at various times. Today's guest is one evaluates rising stars. His name is Brandon Cole Jensen, but you probably better known by his initials bcj, a former Apex legends Pro, he made the transition over to valorant, granting a variety of open tournaments, including plenty of NSG events before being signed to exit in January. We recorded this episode on July 12. Just one day after exits best performance so far invalidate the squat with two new additions in second and depth who joined established core of pure ayran and bcj went to the grand finals of stage three challengers one to do so they beat sentinels rise and 100 thieves before eventually losing the rematch to sentinels in the Grand Finals. With that initial win over sentinels xA, grab the top seeded challenge playoffs in August. And that's the final gatekeeper before trip to Berlin for stage three masters bcj Welcome to the show.Thank you for having me on the show. It's a pleasure.Mitch Reames Anything I missed in that intro that you have people to know about yourself? No, not really. Sorry. Good. Beautiful. So we're going to start with challenges one, even though we aren't actually publishing this until closer to challenges playoffs, so it'll serve as a nice reminder for people about excess performance. And starting off with the most important thing the biggest storyline that came out of this you guys beat sentinels and there isn't any question whether or not settles is the best team in the world right now after a run through stage two masters without dropping a map. You guys eventually lost the rematch in the Grand Finals but you took another map there which made the final tally three last for you guys and for for sentinels. I'm curious before you guys beat that. Do you know the last time sentinels lost?Um, yeah, I heard something ridiculous. I think it was like a like a 16 maybe even double digit somewhere in the double digit of, you know. I think that was like that amount of matches. They've played somewhere in the double digits of not even losing a map. I mean, it was unreal. Yeah. So it was a long time.Mitch Reames Yeah, they they were on a crazy run through challengers vitals through stage two masters did the open qualifiers, their last loss was actually April 22 202, and box and challengers to nearly three months ago. And I asked that not to talk about sentinels here. But to illustrate how impressive this wind was, especially taking three maps with all the best teams in the world didn't take a single map. What made you guys so successful? It's something that a ton of the best teams in the world have tried and failed to do over the last few months.I mean, you know, we came in and we play confident, I think Sonos is one of those teams you play and you naturally you know, play a different way than you usually do. They kind of a team that forced the issue on you make you play different make you play a little, you know, outside the box, but you know, if you stick to your game plan, which is where we did, we made sure that we were going to stay confident play our game. And that's what we did. We came out strong against them. We weren't like, you know, scared anything to play them. We were pretty excited.Mitch Reames Yeah, it that's one of those things that sounds really good on paper, like, Hey, we're just gonna go in and play our game. But the way they play took a lot of teams who were going to go in and just play their game and forced them to not play their game, I guess it for lack of a better term. What What was it to, hey, we're going to stick through this, we're going to get this like, how is that game plan prepared in a way that made it so yeah, we're gonna stick to our game plan. And we're actually going to be able to, with some of the other teams tried to and then like four rounds, they're like, crap, we have to go like, try something else.Yeah, I guess it goes to our like metaphor to the team, we have, like a bunch of veteran leaders and, you know, even young guns with, you know, good experience and balance so far. So all that combined, you know, we kind of were talking about strats, you know, when people were worried or like, you know, when people were down, you know, you weren't getting frags, or whatever, we just started talking about, alright, this is what they're doing. This is what we can do to win. And we were doing those things, we're just focusing on our game plan, focus on our strats you know, our mid rounding was pristine. Yeah, everything we were doing, you know, mid match after match pre match. It was perfect. And, you know, I credit that to, you know, Don, our coach and def, you know, our leader. You know, he's been, you know, leader in and out of the server for us. And it's been, it's been great to work with him so far.Mitch Reames That's awesome. And I want to get back to some of your performance. But I'm curious, you mentioned bringing up def and the new person and the young guns, Zach. And I imagine one of those two new additions both brought on in June brought to the team that you guys are missing.You know, second is a very flexible player, he can play just about anything and even plays like a star duels role as well, which is really nice to add. Because not all star duelists can flex you know, letter deals just play one or two deals and that's about it. But having him on board being able to play the rays, you know, in Just absolutely go crazy on it and flex on to the stuff that we need on other maps like sky and stuff, you know, it's great. And he's got a great personality. He's such a young kid, but you know, he's he's, you know, really good role model for us. And he's actually got a great attitude. He brings a lot of strategy to us that we didn't you know, think he, you know, naturally would being so young. But um, yeah, he's been a great addition, I love Zack, I've been loving playing with him so far. And you know, it's been, it's been very, very, you know, a welcoming experience for him so far.Mitch Reames I love it. It's cool. You bring up the attitude. So I talked to all of x, X's four co founders, for people unfamiliar with the org, and I talked to all of them as they founded the org. It's only about a year old now. And whenever I was talking to them, it's like, Hey, what do you guys goals, like we care about attitude, we care about people that have the right head on their shoulders gonna approach this game in the right way. And that is, you know, in addition to skill, which is obviously important, attitude was something that they always said, Hey, this is what we're looking for. This is something that is crucial to us building our teams. And now you can see the results of that only year odd competing in a bunch of different eSports and having success in quite a few eSports as well.Yeah, I mean, it really goes a long way people don't really realize how, you know, good your environment can be just with a few good attitudes on the team, you know, it's actually a game changer in high, high stress matches, you know, it's it's a game changer, and it makes everyone played better and makes everyone play different, you know, so it's great.Mitch Reames No doubt, no doubt. Going back to this series, you know, you mentioned the new leadership from def zek. Its flexibility. But you were actually the the team leader in both those games against the Sentinels, you taught them both. And you led the team in ACS in both with 236 the Grand Finals at 274 in the wind earlier in the tournament, what was going well, for us specifically in those matches?Oh, you know, my team sets me up to you know, when those clutches You know, my team is really the ones entering into the bomb sites. Yeah, I'm like, the third guy in, you know, so I'm naturally set up for these positions. But, um, you know, I think it's just my flexibility on the new silver roll. I had to pick it up when I first joined accet many people don't even know but it was like my third or fourth best role I didn't even really place over at the time and, you know, over time, I, you know, put my head down learn the, you know, the agent, learn all the nuances. And, you know, I think that's just really why I don't think a lot of servers are catching up right now is because, you know, only a few of us are really putting our heads down and grinding the agent, you know, watching what other regions are doing, maybe, but um, you know, you got to have a system that supports you for sure. Some teams just play support soba and that's fine. I kind of play more of an aggressive fragging role. And so you send more output from my role. But, you know, everyone is got a different SCA Arab style, everyone's got a different team comp, you know, just depends on where you want from that room. And my team expects me to frag and clutch so that's what I do.Mitch Reames We love our Silverman's on the show, we had average Jonas from EU on the show a few episodes ago. He's You know, one of the most famous Silverman's out there, as well as being an opera singer, which is just a very interesting background that that man has, but he loves to solve and so we love so that as well. On the cool staff, right, your your, you know, the attitudes clearly covered through your deflecting to your teammates, we appreciate that. That's always great. I'm not gonna let you totally get away without talking you up a little bit more. Because your 274 ACS was actually higher than any player was able to get to get sentinels in all the states you masters that featured all the top teams from around the world. So as you look towards challenges playoffs and hopefully stage three masters, is that important said an important thing to know that you can compete with the best The world has to offer on the biggest stages, especially as you look towards potentially entering some international competitions.Oh, yeah, of course. I mean, me more especially than most pros, because I don't really come from a CS background. But these guys have crazy experience in CS. I mean, they've been Atlanta, they've played a 585 shooter on you know, on stage before, you know, my background comes from apex, which is a battery. Oh, yeah, sure. I've played on stage I played the X Games been in Poland. Those are an ad team land 2018 land. So I've played you know, on the big stage, but not necessarily in a five to five shooter. And when I first made the transition, yeah, that was my thought, you know, can I really do this full time? Can I make a career out of this? And now I said, You know, I love this game. I'm just gonna commit to it. I left Apex full time. Yeah, I was competing a little bit on Apex back when I first started playing down there, but I just I gave it all up. I committed fully on valorant and I was a free agent for about six months until you know EXA gave me a chance and yeah, to finally come full circle and to play you know, as the top performer against sentinels. I mean, yeah, that's a dream come true for me. Knowing I can do it and, you know, getting ready for the first international LAN. I mean, that's, you know, that's gonna be the next goal for sure.Mitch Reames Absolutely. If you if you ever have any doubts You can always look back to that and be like, no, I can do this I've got I've got the absolute top tier there, you know, we can reach that level when when we need to. So talking about Apex a little bit, it's a really interesting game because we are actually seeing a few people pop over who have pro level Apex experience. The other one most notable is probably Psalms, on sentinels. What do you think Apex gave you this other players might not have had coming straight from CS.Definitely ability usage and teamwork. I mean, that game is coming down to the microsecond. So you got to be on the same page as your teammates. So you know, having, you know, knowledge of, you know, where my teammates are at all times, how to use my abilities, and all the, you know, specific scenarios. Same thing as all the Overwatch players, a lot of Overwatch players are really, really talented with their abilities, which, you know, many CS players don't really have that, you know, in a background with, they got to kind of learn that skill. So yeah, I say, my teamwork with my teammates, my communication, those are probably the three biggest key points for me that, you know, Apex really brings over it's, it's kind of like, you know, if you're in a tense fight in apex, it's down to the seconds, literally, if you make a mistake, in those seconds, your your whole game is lost, you just wasted 30 minutes, you know, sitting in a building to lose. So you got to be really precise, and you got to have great communication with your team.Mitch Reames I feel like Battle Royale doesn't always get the same level of respect it deserves on the pro level, mostly because it's such a casual game that most people play it as, on the pro level. It's one of the hardest eSports out there because of that communication, because you're not fighting one opponent, you're fighting 10 1520 depending on where where you are in the game, or how many people are play it on for your perspective. Can you talk a little bit about you know, I think you agreed that, hey, they don't get the respect that other eSports do in some ways? What do you think that is? And what should people know about? You know, what it's like to be a battle royale pro?Sure. I mean, the biggest thing for me is I think there's so many players that people don't realize that, you know, there are top echelon teams like there's only about eight teams in this game, I'd say valorant there's only about eight top na teams. And, you know, in apex, there's, you know, 40 teams in a tournament, and sometimes so it gets a little confusing. But the biggest thing for me to note for newcomers to battery cells that, you know, the same four or five teams have been playing the same exact way for months, and probably over a year now. And they're still the best and no one's even close. It's that prior knowledge of just once you like learn the game and get that kind of general understanding of how to play a better owl. No one's even close to you, man, if you have good teamwork, good communication. learning the ins like the ins and outs of battery is so much harder than just playing the game and having a good shot. Or, you know, having good communication, you know, all that stuff is basic level, you know, but learning how to play better learning how to play zones rotations, it's so complex to the point that only five teams in Apex are now are probably top tier. And that's and the game has been out for over a year now. So, you know, it just shows how dedicated these teams are to you know, San at the topMitch Reames Apex specific specifically to has done a really good job of elevating the safe teams, which is a mark of like, This game has a lot of depth to it. Like it's not just a random person who wins this competition, which was one of the main knocks on fortnight eSports, as well, at Apex TSM had an insane run for a long time there at Apex where they were just dominant. And that shows that it is so skill based that there is obviously always going to be some level of randomness that evolves at every battle royale. But when when the safeties keep rising to the top, it says a lot about esport in my opinion.Yeah. I mean, their dominance was unreal, no one was even close until, you know, kind of the second wave of pros started learning, you know, hey, listen, this is what TSM does step 123. You know, what can we copy? What can we learn from that? And once that second wave came out, nicey there's some more teams there's Yeah, there's about five that's a good handful. But yeah, it's uh, it just goes to show how good these teams are. Man. They're really unstoppable.Mitch Reames Definitely. Funny, funny timing on this as well. We actually had to have access to actual Apex legends to clean it. Kenny on this podcast just a few weeks ago. And I'm curious, we talked a lot about a reader mode on that episode and sort of like Apex taking in this mode. That's a lot more familiar to attack shooter background case. If you've played at all given that you now play attack shooter, and you used to play Apex Have you ever spent any time at Apex is read about yet?Yeah, I have played it. The concept of the game mode is really sick. I actually really enjoy the concept of the game. It's really fun. Apex movement is always going to be really fun to play. The gunplay is always going to be great. I think the only gripe for me is the balancing because you They released it without really, too much pro impact or influence, you know, on the balancing side of things. But yeah, I think once they balance it out and you know, get a some more maps in there, I think it should be pretty fun. Yeah, pretty good mode.Mitch Reames Well, I told I told Claire to Getty, I would pass it on to MSG that, hey, we might let's, let's see what let's mixed up a little bit, see if there's anything we could do with this vote. So that's not my team. I can't make any promises. But I would love to see how pros approach that or just sort of how that looks, and maybe a little more balancing that could come out of hosting a few random tournaments here there in the arena mode. I want to jump back a little bit towards sort of adapting, as you mentioned earlier, and how that was a huge thing about a rallies, sports and now is also a part of valor in eSports. Because challengers was the last major tournament without kayo added to the pool, and challenges two teams will have played a major tournament with him in it. Is there any concern at all from your front that other teams will had a chance to get real tournament experience with the new agent? Well, you guys will have to rely on screaming ahead the challenges playoffs?I mean, for sure if that's always a slight worry, but yeah, on the counter that you can always just watch the VODs as well think we're a team that really analyzes VODs really well. And so you know, we can watch a lot of these teams that are having success with kale, what's not, you know, some teams that maybe played in are not getting success. We can, you know, really watch and study and see, hey, listen, these guys, you know, they're doing this, it's working out really well. This team's not really doing that well with this. So, you know, maybe he's not busted, but well, you know, only time will tell you know, as we said, you know, we got to see some more scrims you got to see some more matches with him in it. You're ranked really isn't a great judge. You can kind of tell a little bit of what he's gonna be like, but yeah, you got to get some lineups. You got to get some team experience before you fully see you know what he's about. So, yeah, I'm excited. But yeah, and I don't think it would be too big of a worry with my team. But yeah, it could be. Definitely,Mitch Reames yeah, jury's still out on the new agent. It's actually very similar to what Ted said, I had him on the podcast recently as well. And he was like, Yeah, when it came out, I was like, Oh, it's broken. Because that's funny to say on day one, but you really don't get to know until we see him in tournaments. We see him in the lineup. So it's going to be interesting at challengers to at the open qualifiers, even sort of seeing how teams begin to use them. But even that tournament will still be definitely this period of like trial and error a little bit. And teams might not want to deviate too much from their initial causes so much on the line already. So we'll be really curious to see add challengers playoffs or add challengers to what teams using what teams commit a lot to him without having a ton of practice or even high level practice going into it? Yeah. What are your initial reaction to the agent actually talked to 10s the day came out, and he hadn't played it yet. So I'm curious what what your thoughts are playing it,um, I've played him and he seems really powerful in the current meta, a lot of teams are no hard anchored into sites right now. And if you throw that knife, it just silences the entire bomb site, a lot of these maps are designed in a way that, you know, there is some type of object he can throw his knife on, and it lands in the center of the site, and it gets the whole entire site, you know, it's very similar to I like, compare it to me, like playing soba for the first time, you find out all these lineups, you realize how much the dark can get, and you realize how, you know, crazy it can be in some it's, I see the same thing with the knife. Taking abilities way from every single player on the site is a little extreme. And so I think he could be, he could be game breaking on some maps that allow that, you know, cover the whole site. But, you know, we'll see, obviously, you know, maybe I'm thinking maybe it's easy to shoot, you know, who knows, we'll see what, what it looks like in a scrim. But yeah, first impressions definitely looks very impressive. I mean, all this kit is really sick. So you know what the, let's see.Mitch Reames It seems from from a more layman's point of view, somebody who watches the games, but has not played them at a high level. It seems like it's a nerf aimed at the post plant. Yeah. All right, if people were struggling with the counterplay, especially at stage two masters, well, here you go, that at this point, do you have blanket counterplay? towards that? Is that is that your approach? As well as that? Is that kind of?Yeah, same thing with the Viper meta, they were trying to find something to like, kill the ability like spam, you know, it's not a great solution. I'll say, you know, it's, it's not great, because you're not really fixing, you know, if my Viper is gonna sit in my spawn and shoot Molly's across the world, you know, it's not going to stop her. So, you know, we'll see how they're gonna deal with it. But, you know, I think it's an interesting take, I think, you know, we'll see how it plays, but you know, it could do more harm than it is going to do good. Who knows?Mitch Reames Possibly, that's that's always the danger there, but it definitely does. Feels like a little bit of like a wet blanket fix. Like we're just gonna throw this over the entire thing not a ton of new what's there with his kid. It's like, Alright, everything's got have fun. But we'll see how it works out I'm at least interested to see it and it's gonna be cool to see how people adapt to it. That's always you know, interesting in eSports and it's the nature of the game that sometimes you qualify for a tournament and then the game changes by the time you play the tournament that you qualified for very unique at sports but just sort of the name of the game I suppose. I talking about your current agent pool, you're a silvermine, bitter sage and Viper mixed in there as well. And I noticed the server goes away with breeze. What's the thought process on the on that map for that choice? Is that something that might change as well with more reps as people start figuring out better angles for silvo? Or is there something that just doesn't work on thatmap? I think the biggest thing for me when I first played sovann Brees was that you can't get as much use out of the old as you think you would the oh actually has a range Believe it or not. And breezes the biggest map in the pool for sure. And the range is actually hit a lot. The max range on the old is actually hit quite often when I first played it and so I was like, you know, okay, I got to learn some new you know, Olds because you know, this sobo, you know, how I usually use it, like, just, you know, randomly throughout the room, it's not as good, you know, I'm getting cut off, I got to find, you know, good spots for me to old, which I'd never had to really do on any other map. So initially, we were thinking that and I thought, you know, well, I can play whatever, you know, if we want to try some weird experimental comp, the one we went for the first tournament was the double Sentinel, that was our kind of, you know, experimental, we're going to run this, we think it's good on both sides of the map, we're going to kind of condense the map, you know, and so that's what we ran with. But uh, you know, I'm a very flexible player, I can play just about any role in this game at a high level, I think and at least, you know, learn it in a week and then played at a high level but me picking up the Viper, you know, I had two weeks, maybe three weeks of experience on it, and I was able to perform on that as well. So I don't think it's a big issue for me. And for most of the guys in team two, I'd say the biggest three are second def and Aaron does the biggest flexors next to me, I'd say cuz we only got to play whatever we can, you know, def plays almost all smokes in sentinels. You know, Aaron's been flexing on the new support roles he's never had to before, you know exactly what the sky as I mentioned, you know, all of us can play a lot of flex roles. It's really nice when you're trying to craft that, that perfect comp, kind of find out what works best for you. You know, having those options, having you know, all these pieces, it's just so much easier to you know, craft that perfect comp.Mitch Reames That's really cool to have a team with that much flexibility pretty rare as well. Yeah. And especially going into this period right now where you guys basically have a month before challengers playoffs, you know, you're locked into a top seat of challengers playoffs and now you have a month to theorycraft. What does that open up for you during this time knowing Hey, we don't need to be maybe at peak for for challengers to we've got some time to experiment to figure out new things. You know, what's it mean to have that assurance that hey, chowders Pass comes around, we'll be there. So let's figure out some new things we can break.Yeah, I said this last time, I can't remember. I think it was on another podcast. But because we qualified in the last first open qualifier. Yeah, we were in the first one, we got top four we were through to the end. That's what we did last time as well. And you know, it's such a big advantage, man, not only are you gonna, like you said, stay in the low, you know, scrim make new strats you know, kind of reinvent yourself. But you get to watch all these other teams play in the open qualifier play in the challenger, you know, closed qualifier, you get to watch everything go down, kind of maybe steal some things here and there, counter shots and things here and there. And nobody really knows what you're doing on the behind the scenes part. So it's such an advantage to qualify in the first open, then it's, it's actually really sick for these 14. So I think it will be, you know, a true test the teams you still have to qualify, it's gonna be hard as ever, you know, as it always is, only four slots left is pretty ridiculous when you say some of these team names, you know, so, you know, we're blessed to be in the top four, for sure.Mitch Reames You bring up a really good point, my initial reaction, why is that earlier question about kayo is like all these other teams are going to get some reps on it. But in reality, you get to see their kayo strategy, whether they plan to use them whether they don't plan to use it out there. And meanwhile, you guys come up with your own thing and nobody knows your attentions to play him or not play. So that's an interesting flip. I didn't even think about that. That side of it.Yeah, it's kind of like the double edged sword when you compete, you know, you give it a lot of valuable experience, but so do other teams, you know, with these VODs they're all over the place. So you can you know, go on YouTube, go on Twitch. Find them. Watch what you Did you know watch what they like to steal or what they want to counter next time, so you kind of have to reinvent yourself that to every big event for sure.Mitch Reames Definitely, version one, also very talented at that they sort of reinvented themselves going into stage two masters and had a lot of play a lot of people bamboozled, I will describe liquid in particular, were some of their looks. They're just like, what is going on right now. And so it just just highlights, again, teams that have the flexibility and have the willingness to change are finding success at the biggest competitions and you know, going into it too, knowing, hey, this works well, challenges one, but we got to change, you know, we have to come with something new is the mark of a good team and mark of a really successful team.Yeah, for sure. And I mean, I can credit that to the entity and Whitby those are two flexible players, for sure. benedi being their leader more specifically than a flexible player. Yeah, he just plays controller, but, you know, it's one thing I've always learned from him is he said, over and over is, you know, put your head down, keep to the grind, and, you know, be willing to change, you know, that's the biggest thing in this game is stay ahead of the curve, you know, don't get lazy, you know, keep keep grinding, and you know, you'll see the performance, you know, over time. Definitely.Mitch Reames I'm curious, you know, challengers playoffs is coming up, it's gonna be this huge experience. And you mentioned earlier how you don't have a ton of that that same land experiences some of these other CS players might have had, what are you most looking forward to? As you enter challengers playoffs? It's us sentinels, 100, thieves and envy, right now qualified, what are you looking forward to, as you enter that with three spots in Berlin out of the eight teams,I am looking forward to some more tense matches, I think every match we played in last challengers was actually really close. You know, somewhere, you know, a little bit more bloody than other, but you know, they're all pretty tense matches, you know, a few rounds go our way, we, you know, make it dotes here, you know, we win those maps. So, any map we lost, it was, it was close, it was tight. And, you know, I was pretty happy with the performance we had. And, you know, I think any of these teams can beat anybody. You know, I think that's what every team is kind of thinking right now. Hey, listen, you know, the skill gap is really close right? Now we need to come out, you know, with our best game plan, you know, we need to come out strong, because, you know, it's anybody's game, you know, we're so close with these top four teams that, you know, maybe besides sentinels being above everybody, you know, everyone's really close, and anyone can beat anyone. So, I think that's what all these teams are thinking right now. It's like, how can we, you know, find that upper edge, you know, how can we, you know, edge ourselves out to get these top two slots? Because I believe everyone's got sentinels in one of those two slots. Just how can you slot yourself into that, as well? Now, I got to find out what your matchups are. Find out who you got to beat. I'm sure that's the envy 100. thieves are thinking, you know, how can we be each other? Yeah, definitely going to see those names in the top of this tournament for sure.Mitch Reames Absolutely. And now that you guys have sort of ascended that level, I think you're already on the come up. But if there was any question of whether or not you guys are a top tier team, in NA, that question has been answered after this last weekend's performance. So congrats on that. I am curious if there's something that you feel like people don't know about this team about exit as an org about us specifically, what's something that you want people to know that they don't? Right now, or you think they don't know right now?Hmm, I say it's our dedication as a team. You know, I don't think a lot of people realize how much work we're putting in to succeed. And I don't really think people realize how much work this core has put in, you know, even before I joined, these guys worked tirelessly to make themselves better, even when they weren't getting the results they wanted, you know, it, it wasn't a reason to quit, it wasn't something, you know, maybe we should cut down on some practice. You know, they these guys, you know, were the hardest workers, when I joined Donnie and I, I kind of fit really well with that. And so it was a perfect fit for me. You know, obviously, the Corps changed a little bit now. But you know, that philosophy still stays the same, you know, we were the hardest worker, you know, team out there, you know, competing with the best of the best. And that's kind of how you got to stay up there, you know, you can be the best of the best, but if you aren't willing to put that time in and work, you know, like sentinels or anybody else, you know, you really won't stay there. And you've seen that with some teams now, you know, hitting their top of the top and then you know, kind of bottoming out now. It's really just that dedication, that grind, you got to stay, stay in the grind and you got to be willing to, you know, play as much as you can.Mitch Reames It's certainly difficult to stay on top just ask Europe's two teams from stage to masters who will fail to qualify in their first run at challengers playoffs in EU both fanatic and Team Liquid both missing that. So it's hard to stay on top, especially with the entire world watches all of your clubs and your strategies at the biggest stage, so we're coming to the end of our show, but I have to ask you about battalion 9044. So Twitter, I saw you listed first a group of games that made you the gamer you are today. And you told me before we start recording it was also your first lead. Can you tell that story of your first lead in battalion? 1944?Yeah, so basically this game came out. It didn't really have a good following, but I wasn't really playing games super competitive back then I played Overwatch, God top 500 once I was super excited, you know, I was like, Yeah, like, Let's go, I finally got some visual recognition, you know, of me being good at the game. And then just game the time comes out. And that was the actual, like, first game that I saw progress. I was like, Damn, like, I'm good at this game. Now let's see what I can do with it. I played a bunch of tournaments. Love the community. I still talk to many of them today. So you know, made some lifetime friends. And I think the biggest thing for me was just how natural the game came to me. It was a call of duty shooter basically, it was corps called duty jumping and shooting running, you know, running gun and it was an SMD It was a search and destroy, so you know, to bomb sites like valorant. And so game really natural to me. And I think that was why I kept playing it even though it was nothing really in it for me outside of fun. And I just went to school. I played it for fun. And then once that first land came around, I didn't have a team. I didn't make one with Lex who is one of my best friends. For sure. We went to that land we built the team. It was a couple other people play valorant I was to NACA pride and hero that was the full squad they'll shut up and we went to the first LAN in Philly we won nobody thought we were gonna win we were like the fourth best team there we went we played our heart out at two in the morning the tournament finished or something wild like that all sweating it like midnight and yeah, we won that best of five we came out of the winner so the back end we took that that's a three or it was a five I think it was and it was it was probably the best time of my life. It was it was really fun and I think that was definitely the point where I knew Okay, this is what I want to do for sure like I want to find a game that I love and you know with some money in it and you know I want to grind it and I want to be a pro player This is the most fun I've had so that was definitely the biggest thing for me was the time that's why I think it you know helped my career so much maybe not the game was big or you know with the beat the game had a big scene but you know definitely created my career and I think Lex and I think my teammates and yeah, I think the developers of the game for sure.Mitch Reames I love that you know over there sure gamers we love at ice 2am sweatbox rock adelphia finals that's kind of kind of our bread and butter right there. Try it out to end them usually at 2am but hey sometimes the games reblog at the competition is just too good to cut it off. So glad that you were able to have that experience at frag adelphia and have to mention frag delta is coming back we just announced yeah Lance are returning so if you want to be an open player if you want to get an experience in an FPS game that you know I we take pride that a lot of the people who we talked to here who are beside in our pros, have some sort of frag adelphia experience have some sort of nursery gamers experience in their past so be sure to be on the lookout for open qualifiers you want to give it a shot, head to Philadelphia and play some frag adelphia we'd love to see y'all there bcj is a pleasure talking to you my man I want to give you a chance to plug your socials Twitter twitch YouTube whatever you got out there What do you want people follow and subscribe and look out forso it's good I guess what I'm most active on is my Twitch and my Twitter my Twitter is at T one bcj Shout out to T one for so that's my out there and my Twitch is the bcj which is where you'll find me streaming irregularly I hate to say it no no no no consistent schedule yet but you know that's where I'm most active. So make sure you follow me on those two platforms for sure.Mitch Reames I will link his twitter at his twitch underneath this episode in the description section. So check that out add please check out some of the other eSports met episodes. We mentioned some of them during the course of this podcast. We're also talking to Casey pioneers, Chief gaming officer about their little run through challenges to being an open qualifier team and sort of making an appearance on the top stage that's the most recent so that we have 10s Apex legends x set average Jonas Emily, other people coming on this show as well. So please be sure to like follow and subscribe new episodes every Friday of Esports betta Hope you enjoyed this one. bcj again, thanks for coming up.Thank you. Thanks for inviting me again.
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In May, Respawn Entertainment announced Arena Mode, a 3v3 version of Apex Legends similar in style to the top FPS esports. On this show, XSET's Clane and Keni join to talk about Apex Legends Global Series, the creation of Arena Mode and why the battle royale version will likely stay the dominant form of Apex esports. We also talk about XSET, one of the fastest growing organizations in esports, Nerd Street Gamers' upcoming Summer Champs and more. Be sure to follow Clane and Keni on Twitch and Twitter. @ClaneSZN and @KeniFPS. The full transcription of this show is below the dotted line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mitch Reames Hello and welcome into this episode of loosely scripted a podcast from nerd street gamers. I'm your host Mitch Reames. We're talking Apex legends eSports today and I'm joined by two players from exits relatively new Apex legends team. Previously, the duel was competing under the team named season where they were a mainstay in Apex legends global series or args circuit events. That's the top level of Apex eSports for people unfamiliar with the game that included an eighth place finish for season at the Winter circuit playoffs which qualified them for a spot in the 2021 na LGs championship. In late May, the duo Klain and Kenny are picked up by exit the growing eSports organization founded by former FaZe clan executives last summer. At the championships exit finished 24th out of the 40 teams competing but clean and Kenny are just getting started with their Apex legends careers and now are signed to one of the top boards going forward. They were also just joined by a third Rambo to round out the team. He's an accomplished player as well who competed on a different team during championships but as a play with the duo for well over a year, clean. Welcome to the show. Hello, hello. It's good to be here. And Kenny, it's great to have you here as well. Thank you Thank you. On the show we'll definitely be talking about the apex legends eSports scene as a whole the creation of Apex legends new arena mode and being signed to one of the fastest growing eSports orgs out there in exit. Let's start with the recent championships. You guys Apex legends might be the best at this from all battle rails, but scoring in eSports competitions for BRS is the torturously very difficult fortnight really struggled to find a good format even with the massive prize pools, the H wanzhou. A Pro League was a pretty high profile failure at this point at pub g mobile is doing better than the PC version on the front. All that's to say it's really hard to build a battle royale eSports competition simply due to the nature of the genre. I'm personally not quite as familiar with Apex legends scoring system as I was with fortnight and pub G. Can you break down how placement works in alts events? And what if anything, you might change if given the chance playing? Well, it will start with you. But Kenny again, please feel free to hop in as well if you have thoughts.Clane Yeah, so basically, it works. There's a placement point system and then you get one point per kill. So first you get 12 points like this is for placement. First you get 12 points Second, you get 930 you get seventh, fourth, you get fit five points, a fifth, you get four points six, and seventh, you get three, and then eight through 10, you get to 11 through 15, you get one and then 16 through 20, you get no points for placement. But like I said, I'm your team's kills combined. So let's say I had two kills Kenny had one bow had one, we would have five kill points plus whatever our placement is. And I think that's actually a very even way because it benefits both teams that like to rotate and play late game or teams that like to get a lot of kills and play on edge.Mitch Reames Definitely, yes, some combination of kills. And placement is pretty much the core of Battle Royale scoring at this point. Kenny, are there any drawbacks with that format from a player's perspective, where it's like, hey, maybe we could improve it here or weight things a little bit differently.Keni In my honest opinion, I feel like Apex has done a great job with the scoring system. The only thing I really could say is upping the placement like points just a little bit. Because it really like there are some teams that really just play on edge and look for kills. And that's how they get most of their points throughout tournaments. So I feel like it could like be better for like rotational teams, because rotating teams have less opportunity at kill points than edge teams do. so rewarding those teams that consistently come for a second third place with more points. That's the only thing I would really change. But right now I feel like there's a great balance between placement and kill points.Mitch Reames That's honestly pretty impressive. I've talked to to a few different pros. Clay, do you have anything you want to add to that?Clane I was just gonna say I definitely agree. I think rotating teams don't get as much as much worse sometimes as the teams that just kill on edge because realistically, I believe that the whole point of a br is to literally just be the last team alive or like try your hardest to win. And the kills like come along with that. So I think that placement points definitely deserve to be a little bit more than what they are but honestly it's pretty, pretty equal for every kind of play style right now.Mitch Reames Again, that's obviously pretty impressive. I was pretty deep the fortnight seed during the height of that Like 2018 and let me tell you every single fortnight pro I talked to had like six different things they wanted to change about how that game worked about might be a different approach between epic and add, respond or just sort of how they approach the game and the esports scene in general, but it's pretty impressive that they've actually found a very nice balance. So I am curious looking forward we're in between alts circuits right now the last one just finished it the next one starts in September. Do you guys expect anything to change so the I'm also getting at this new arena mode, which is three v three, the original br is a br you know, 20 teams of three all drop into one map and the last one standing wins. You guys are all familiar with Battle Royale at this point. But the arena mode is like a classic three v three it's something you you'd see more in eSports like Overwatch like valorant like Cisco three teams battle it out head to head, is that going to bleed into the esports mode? Or is alts going to stay? The Battle Royale format and then arena mode is just maybe something for like twitch rivals events or things in the future. Kenny, what do you think on that front is is a transition coming at all.Keni I truly don't see a transition in the near future at least. But I think the competitive side of Apex legends will stick to battle royale. But if they do properly execute arena mode, I feel like it could potentially have a league of its own in the future. Because it Apex like movement and gunplay and things like that it is the closest to perfect in a shooter in my opinion. And battle royales do have that RNG factor as everyone knows, you know, with all anything can happen but in an arena mode three v three, you versus a different team. I feel like there's a lot less RNG if at all any you know, like you are in control of your match completely and entirely. And if they do properly executed I feel like in the future there could be a arena league in a way like like just like Call of Duty has or valorant things like that, you know, but for the near future I do believe Battle Royale will be what Apex Legends is about.Mitch Reames It would certainly be a pretty quick switch if they released it and then like they announced it a month Hey guys, next circuit is actually going to be to read a boat like we're dropping the br it's I have to imagine a pretty big deviation. Joe clade from a player's perspective. How different is flagging Have you been playing some arena mode and how different is it from like an approach and gameplay standard compared to playing a normal Battle Royale mode in Apex?Clane Well like like Kenny was saying the battle royale there's a lot of RNG like sometimes you can't even pick what guns you want to use. Sometimes you can't pick like you don't get good attachments and the other person you're fighting has just insane attachments on their gun and like you might have white armor the other person has purple and it's just a very uneven fighting you have to play perfectly if you're at a disadvantage to win the fight. So in arena I really like the fact that everybody's on even playing field every single round nobody has better gear unless obviously they earned it in the previous round by getting multiple kills or like getting the materials so that they have more money but yeah, I just I think that the the arena mode is actually very good I've been playing it a little bit i like i said i just love how it's even playing ground and it's really good to practice gun skillMitch Reames that's a good point as well in terms of just being an area where you could compete in a market trolled environment and getting the practice they're getting from from your perspective what is the value of arena mode to apex like thatKeni I just purely believe arena is there to serve as a three v three fighting scenario and practice your gun skill. When you play the competitive br there is so many possibilities and and things you have to take into consideration when playing for example knowing zones like like I spend a lot of my time just looking at zones and trying to predict where it ends which is one of the great things about Apex Legends is it has a pretty consistent zone algorithm not perfect but it's pretty consistent. And you can pretty much guess where the where the game is going to end based off of a zone to read which is like you when you play arena you have you don't have to worry about any of that. You don't have to worry about zones at all really. But the thing about the br is you can also get Like r&g out of his own, like you think it's going somewhere, but it completely pulls the other way. And your position just gets completely destroyed. And you just have to play on edge. You know, it's just you have to do what you can. But in arena, like it's just strictly there for fighting and getting better as a team that that's all it really serves us.Mitch Reames Yeah, that absolutely makes sense, as we're in this gap between LGs circuits with another three months until it kicks back up. are you guys looking? Are there some arena mode tournaments out there? Would that be something you guys would like to play in during the summer just to kind of get an idea of what that might look like, and a reduced RNG eSports competition.Keni Um, I definitely if there is the opportunity to play in such a tournament, I would love to because I absolutely love Apex legends when it comes down to gun scale and positioning and raw mechanics. Like it's really just the best game out there for such a thing. And if there is an opportunity to play in a arena tournament, so to speak, like I would love to be able to be in it. But there is nothing planned, like maybe twitch rivals or something like that. They may host but as in like, like an actual tournament. I don't think anything's been announced for arena yet.Mitch Reames I don't think so, either. But you know, I'm hosting this podcast for nursery, but I'm also maybe doing a little bit of market research, just seeing what some players might want to do. Because you don't worry. We've read plenty of tournaments as well. And I was, I know, we're talking about, you know, I don't want to spoil anything for our tournament Ops, but they were talking about it in Slack, a little bit of like, Hey, is this something possible to do in the future? So it's cool to hear the players be down for I think it'd be at least an interesting look, and would allow for more of those head to head matchups as head to head rivalries that we see in other eSports, which are kind of hard to develop in battle royale just due to, you know, dropping in and by the time you get to five teams left, you know, there's no guarantee what teams are left. Is that a fair take a clean is like, is that hard? Or is it actually like there's plenty of rivalries a battle round? I'm just totally off base here.Clane Well, no, I don't think you're wrong at all, I think. I think there's there's not many rivalries in battle royale because I mean, there's 20 teams competing against each other. And then the arena would just be one team versus another team, you know. So I think, yeah, I think I don't think you're off at all. I think, also the having arenas, like I would love to play Arena in a tournament, just for the sole fact of, like, let's say x set versus TSN. Like fans are can easily route for one or the other, you know, or like TSM vs NRG. Literally just anything, it's very easy to route for very easy to understand what's going on for the viewers. So going back a little bit to what you were asking earlier, I do definitely think that arena can be a competitive mode, but I don't think it will take over Battle Royale ever. I think Battle Royale will always be the main priority.Mitch Reames Interesting. Yeah. That That definitely makes sense. You know, it's possible to see like, way out in the future of arena mode really takes off. It's like, Alright, we'll make that adjustment. But no, for now, it's a battle royale game and switching and deviating completely from Battle Royale feels like it'd be very hasty at least. But it would definitely be cool to see it. At least it's like a competitive experience. Or I think Kenny, I think he said this earlier as a sister legal most where they run to different things. And maybe players compete in both or you have two different teams even competing in the two different modes. I want to be pretty interesting.Clane I definitely agree. That'd be I think I think having two leagues is more of a like what will actually happen in the future.Mitch Reames But a big shift over just like all right now we're in a mode. Yeah,Clane I don't think it would ever do that. I think it would just be both at the same time, if anything.Mitch Reames turistic that makes a lot of sense. So you guys have mentioned the gunplay in the game and Apex Legends is pretty unique because unlike other BRS you have this character pool which are naturally called legends in game but every game that's ever been created has a different name for that Champions League of Legends. Its agents of valor it the whole point is it's different heroes. You could choose any day you want for it, but they all have different cops and abilities and allows teams to build a cop play from your perspective does that team carbs and flexibility allow for more depth in the esports scene especially compared to the other battle rails?Clane Um, it definitely adds more depth there's a lot as of recent there's been all kinds of different comps and different characters coming in. Um there's definitely some things I think with every game Some things are very some comps are like on the people say they're unhealthy for the game, but There's just so many different varieties, varieties of things that people get to experiment and fans get to like, see their favorite characters and actually not just the same three every game, you know what I mean?Mitch Reames There's always going to be busted cups for sure. Kenny, what do you think?Keni Um, so when Apex legends came out, it was strictly Wraith, Watson and Pathfinder, and I think as the meta, like every game goes through meta changes, like every single one. And I think like right now, Apex legends. It has a pretty diverse meta compared to the beginning of the game. But there still are like, you know, meta comps compared to just other characters. And I do like, like the diversity of characters, but in a way I did appreciate and enjoy watching it when everyone was also playing all the same characters like back in the day with Wraith Watson and Pathfinder def compared to now, yeah.Mitch Reames Interest Sue's almost sometimes more depth when they're on the same characters and watching how different people use those or use the interplay between them actually might be a depth is a sort of a loose word, I guess, here, but that also provides a really high level of strategy as well.Clane Yeah, like back in the path wide Wraith meta. You can see the difference in teams basically, like, the most experienced teams are obviously just at the very top, you know, like TSM, winning five major championships in a row. When that meta was out. That's unheard of in battle. royales I think that meta really made like, made the game feel like it wasn't a battle royale and made it just feel very competitive. Because like I said, you look at any other Battle Royale, there's no single team that's just winning every single major tournament in a row.Mitch Reames Yeah, consistency has been one of the absolute hardest things to fight a battle royale and was, you know, one of the reasons why, or doesn't necessarily stop investing in fortnight pro players, but they were also like, oh, we're just like, these guys are all good. But what it actually comes down to it, it's really hard. It's not necessarily entirely about players skill. There's, there's a lot of RNG Yeah, part of it. So yeah, TSM winning all those different events is really, really unique and definitely speaks to some of that depth that exists in apex.Clane Yeah, definitely. Because, I mean, they were just ahead of their game. Other teams played different ways. They played their way. And they just knew how to play that competition at the very best and at its peak compared to everybody else.Mitch Reames And sure, interesting. So talking about major orgs in eSports are actually publishing this episode on June 28, which is the one month anniversary of YouTube being signed to exit claim, what did it mean to be picked up by the organ org that is quickly becoming one of the bigger orgs in the space?Clane Oh, my, I'm actually smiling I was working so hard to join exit exit was the one org out of n like, if any top top org hit me up, I would have 100% rather than with x I work so hard, and wanting to join this org for so long, and I'm so happy that it came through we really grinded for it. And we're going to show up for the whole next year. We want to make sure x sets on top everybody knows and we want to be one of the biggest names and a perksMitch Reames That's awesome. And I'll give some background on x if people unfamiliar with the organization because it really came out of nowhere and it's been a major player in Esports in under a year since it was founded. But Kenny from your perspective, you know getting signed to an org is really making it it's kind of the the milestone that you grab for the new like Alright, now I'm here and now I have to win to stay up here but that's like the big milestone that you tried to get to what did it mean to be picked up by a major org like that?Keni I mean getting picked up on accet it's it's it was insane for the first week I didn't even believe it like how I was just like in shock though time I really was surprised clan was able to pull it off and I'm still appreciative of the opportunity to be on sets it's honestly a great org and they've honestly been so amazing to the the apex legends team like all three of us and I'm just thankful for it. But um yeah, back to your question like, like getting picked up it's great but you know, there's still a lot of work to be done like getting getting on an org is is the is like the great first step, but I think there's just a lot more work to be done and being considered one of the best teams in the game. You still have a lot of work to do. It's not it's it doesn't stop once you get picked up. There's a lot of behind the scenes work and you just got to grind.Mitch Reames Yeah, absolutely. It is a marker of Hey, we're doing a lot of things right to get to this point, but we have to keep doing those things right it doesn't just like alright guys control. We're gonna do it we're good. So a little background on exit because again I can't rave about this eSports and I'm not affiliated with exit in any way. They were founded by three former FaZe clan execs is the former president of faze Greg selkoe will Eden's who is crucial and phases Mart merchandising clubs, like with champion at Clinton sparks, who help broker phases music crossovers, including bringing on offset as a co owner. Then the fourth founder was Marco Moreau, who came from outside phase and was formerly the founder and CEO of frame rate in they were founded in summer of 2020. So the org is less than a year old or maybe coming up on the one year anniversary of its founding now, Kenny, I've talked to all four of those guys at various times over the last year since they founded exit. What's your guys's experience as a player for the Ord over the last month?Keni Um, well, there hasn't been besides champs and the the tournament that we had an Invitational last week, we haven't really been able to represent apex, the apex legends exit team too much yet, but we are really hoping to make a huge name for ourselves in the next next season of HGS. But um, so far EXA has been great, honestly, like the guys ever the welcome was amazing. I really just don't have many words other than accent is amazing, to be honest.Mitch Reames Great. You were the one who said, Hey, this is the org, we would have chosen. I think some people might be surprised with that, especially with legacy orgs like liquid TSM CLOUD NINE that all compete in apex, what was it about exit that you're like, no, that's the team that I want to I want to compete under.Clane Um, basically, I just see the crazy potential they have, like you said, it's under a year, and they have blown up so much, they've done so many amazing things. Um, I also really, really just loved everybody that was on the org, I talked to a lot of people before I joined because obviously, I wanted to get a good idea of like, how the people are like, what everything is going on, did a lot of my own research. And literally everybody in excess is so amazing to each other and friendly and nice and just wants the best for each other. And also, um, well, they have a few NFL players that are representing accet. And they also have one of my favorite artists Wei Li and I was very like, I was like, wow, if they can do this, imagine what they're gonna do in the future too. And I don't know, their their merge is all insane. Literally, just everything about EXA is just mind blowing, in my opinion. The fact it's been only, like 11 months, that since they made it, it's just insane. And also, I had a very, like I started competing in Apex actually the same month that they created the org. So I don't know, I just thought that was pretty cool.Mitch Reames That is that is really cool. And you mentioned some of the celebrities when they founded they obviously split off a phase and phase is one of the giants in this space. And when they started it's like a few months later they signed suavely, NFL player that Kyle van Noy and a couple of others. And these are like big, big artists. Calvin Noy, I think was a pro bowler. I'm not sure. But he's, yeah, he's a great football player. And then they just started citing player after player team after team and I was like, Oh, these guys are, these guys are here for real, like they all switched over and hit the ground running. And clearly that's that shows in the org, because not only do they have this celebrity roster, they've picked up players in 10 different titles. According to their website, they have 58 pro players and content creators, that's not counting the celebrities, which they have like eight or nine of those as well. Is this just like good founders doing things right? Or, you know, what is there from what you've been able to gather? I know, you've only been there a month and it's been, you know, I'm not sure if you've been able to have a lot of like FaceTime with these people. But, you know, what's their motto? What's their mantra? Why are they adding people so quickly and really just trying to like plant their flag in eSports?Clane Well, I think they just see the value and everybody that they're there picking up obviously they want to grow and getting more players in different titles, different content creators, different celebrities. Like obviously that's gonna help a lot. They just treat everybody extremely well. Like I said, they just want everybody to love everybody they care about every single one of us. They care about each other. They just want a great they just want to grow a great org that that is very supportive of anybody and everybody they appreciate anybody's work, they don't care who you are what you are. What you go for, like, what? Like, what your I don't know how to say this, but basically they just care about. They just care about everybody and anybody for just showing the work and being genuine and nice to other people.Mitch Reames For sure, yeah, they were founded on sort of this mantra of diversity and inclusion and bringing people together. And making sure you know, Craig, on his way out, had a heads of words for faizabad could describe the organization as a frat house and wanted to make it clear that Oh, yeah, yeah, that was he dropped the bomb. He came out with a New York Times article describing phases a frat house, and I was like, all right, all right, they're, they're here to come. But yeah, they were founded on those different principles. And I think that's a great big, that's something that nurture gamers stands for as well. And we try to support it all of our tournaments. So, you know, it's, it's awesome to see orgs not just embracing it over time, but literally being founded like this is core to us, and then backing that up as well. The people they sign and the community and the culture they create. So speaking about nerd Street, you know, I got I got my corporate duty here. And you guys competed in the nursery gamers monthly open in April, and you guys won that you guys repeating under season at the time of about a month before your side to exit. Now, I'm not obviously not gonna say that, Oh, you guys want that tournament. So that's why you got side clearly it was the LGs success and your grind that you've put in over the last year. But I'm curious, Kenny, for your perspective of being somebody who is just sort of grinding out on an ortho scene, what's the value of having these community tournaments that nurse she puts on and so many other organizers are putting on as well, especially when it comes to getting players discovered getting players to break into the top level?Keni Oh, yeah, definitely. So nerd Shree and small other smaller tournaments, like it's really gives you good practice other than a LGs, because scrims and Apex legends, you can get close to like a reality of how it actually will be on game day. But no one really like you have to incentivize practice. And I think smaller tournaments is a really great practice for alts. And, and I really do appreciate the opportunity to play in them, because I want to play as much as I can, and as competitive as I can, like in the best competition. So when you play in any of these tourneys people are, they're trying and especially newer players. And more, I guess you could say tier two players, because they're the you see, you see some people you don't normally see in the finals of an Al gslb. And you can definitely notice people stand out as well, the newer players and, you know, it allows people to make a name for themselves.Mitch Reames You can't have a successful esport without a strong tier two seed because yeah, there needs to be charted, there needs to be people waiting to replace that at places for orgs to look for, either to pick up new players, like in the case of exit or if they need to make roster changes or something like that. So yeah, we firmly believe that, you know, for eSports to work, there has to be opportunities for players to get noticed and a pathway into that upper echelon.Clane Most definitely, I agree. 100%.Mitch Reames Clean flipping over to you with that when our monthly open, you guys qualify for the soccer championships in August, which we're really looking forward to, obviously, but it's going to be, you know, a pretty big event going into that. And so far, we have four qualifiers for that one. It's you guys, Team Liquid obey and the Pittsburgh Knights with alts not starting until September is our summer chair stuff that you guys are looking forward to so that you guys have marked in the summer where there isn't a ton of the alts events or any other top level events.Clane Yeah, yeah. What's funny is when they announced args won't be till September, I was like, wow, we really need to make every one of these tournaments that we're playing until then, and we're like we need so we had the tournament last week for eSports arena. And I think just yet nerd street tourney in August, which we want to just do extremely well and like it's I love competing. I love competing against people just it is just so much adrenaline sometimes just it's such a good feeling competing in Apex and I'm really looking forward to play in the energy tournament for sure.Mitch Reames Thanks. We're looking forward to you guys playing I'm sure I've actually talked to you guys around when that tournament is kicking up as well. The only thing that those community tournaments offer especially to you guys is bringing in Rambo and I saw on your Twitter clan. I think it was that you guys were playing together for quite a long time but you're playing on a different team in the championships. Why did you want to bring him into the squad and make him yours third, headed towards this next season of LGsClane Yeah, so I guess I'm going to start, because this all kind of builds in with it. But when I used to play on Xbox back in like, February, March of 2020, so last year, and we were we just, we were like, really good good friends. And we were competing, or like playing ranked all day, every day, we're like, well, we can really take this to the next level, we both bought a PC. We started competing with each other back in May of last year, or June of last year. Um, he's the one who I started competing with an apex. And we did, we did really well for being like brand new players, we actually made it in our very first LGs tournament, we made it to finals, and we finished 12th, which was actually just, that was insane that our very first tournament ever. And then we kept like doing pretty decent, we made basically every finals together. Then he got an offer to God set to join them. And he took it obviously, because joining a joining like a good team that's known in the community is always a good, a good look for newer players. So he joined them. We weren't teaming for about eight months, because this happened in August. And yeah, he was been on another team for quite a while. And we found out that we needed to get a new third. I mean, Kenny did we went, we played with a guy named lion first and then we played with fun FPS, which is on he was on complexity. And that was our most recent teammate, and we were like, who can possibly do what fun did for us? Who can who can do that in better, like who has the motivation to be the best like we do. And, and we were just thinking, and Bo, honestly is just, he is insane. He is grown a really big name for himself. We have such good vibes, we're basically we're just all three best friends. And I could see this team, what are the lasting for all of the rest of apexes lifetime. We are, we're so motivated to be at the top. And that's really all I wanted in a third teammate is somebody that's just extremely motivated to be the best. And that would represent x set good. And I know that he's going to do everything correctly and I'm super excited.Mitch Reames It's It's so cool to have somebody like that who you are playing with back on Xbox and then you know, get your break together and eSports oftentimes forces people to diverged a little bit like like what happened there, but you guys all come back on the tier one org is, uh, yeah, awesome. You guys got to be pumped. Awesome. So that was the last thing whatever. But actually, Kenny I want to give it over to you one more time for people that don't watch Apex legends eSports give them the elevator pitch give them 30 seconds why an Esports fan should check out Apex legendsKeni so Apex legends in my I've played all sorts of shooters I played Call of Duty battlefield destiny, Halo, you name it, I've played it. And the gunplay and movement and mechanics of Apex Legends is unmatched to any any one of those shooters and I think it's also extremely easy to watch because it is a shooter at the end of the day and it is easy to watch and keep track of but um I think just the game itself has a insane skill ceiling as well with how good you can get and it's an interesting to watch players grow as well. And I do think Apex legends will go down as one of the best games of all time easily.Mitch Reames Awesome, it's shown a lot of staying power and again, it's very unique in the battle royale space. I also want to roll out the red carpet for both you guys plug your twitch YouTube your Twitter What do you guys want people subscribing looking for? Follow it clay let's start with you.Clane My Twitter is clean season. So CLA any SZN and my Twitch is also the same same thing clean season. And that's all I really use right now. I'm gonna make a YouTube in the future and tick tock in the future but right now I want to focus on growing our competitive team.Keni Yep. So on Twitch and Twitter I am Kenny FPS. And those are the only two platforms I actively use. SoMitch Reames check out these guys. After the show. I will link their twitches and their Twitter's underneath the show should be in the bio. So be sure to check it out. Give them a follow. If you enjoyed this podcast you enjoyed their thoughts on apex. I'll be back next week with another illustrious guest. We got 10s for the podcast. We're talking to the valor champion fresh off his stage two masters when we're setting goals. So be on the lookout for that podcast with 10s coming next Monday. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this episode of loosely scripted as always, I'm your host, Mitch Reames.
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Clinton Sparks is an Entrepreneur, Investor, Executive, Author, and marketing Maven disguised as a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum DJ, Producer, and Songwriter. Clinton Sparks is the CEO and founder of Get Familiar, Inc., a marketing, strategy, and consulting firm helping companies and brands connect, align and amplify, as well as the CEO and co-founder of Get Familiar Tech, a technology company providing innovative solutions and services specializing in: service automation, data analytics, and system/cloud integration. Additionally, Clinton is the Co-owner, Co-founder, and CBDO of the esports lifestyle gaming brand, Xset. He is the owner of the first national monetizable Hip Hop radio station, Get Familiar Radio and, Co-founder and owner of Bootē, a state-of-the-art women's athleisure line. Clinton is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum record producer and publisher responsible for selling over 75 million records. He has won BMI songwriter awards with his C.Sparks Ent, Inc. company as well as a recipient of numerous Ascap music awards with DJ Snake as part of his Get Familiar Music publishing. Sparks has written and produced hit songs for multi-platinum recording artists such as Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rick Ross, Diddy, Pitbull, Ludacris, Big Sean, Akon, and 2 Chainz. He has created critically acclaimed projects with artists from Eminem and Kanye West to Busta Rhymes and The Clipse, whose “We Got It For Cheap” series was named in Rolling Stone magazine's top 50 albums of that year. For More Content on Going From Stuck to Unstoppable, we invite you to stay connected. Follow Us On... FaceBook Twitter Youtube Instagram LinkedIn Journey Principles Stephen Scoggins
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If you love this episode, feel free to share It with a friend and leave a five-star review! (If you don't love it, no need to leave a review) If you would like to join the Gratitude Community, we Invite you to join 76K subscribers to "The Gratitude Journal", published monthly.We are grateful for our sponsor Methods Of. Learn the "Methods of Leadership" from some of the best CEOs, executive coaches, thought leaders and business thinkers on the planet. Use my discount code COMEBACK2021 at checkout for a 50% discount!###Our guest today is my new friend…. DJ Clinton SparksClinton began his career as a DJ on Boston's Hot 97.7 in 2000. From there, he expanded his popular Smashtime radio show by self syndicating it to other radio stations which included Hot 93.7 in Connecticut and 92Q in Baltimore. The success and popularity of his radio show earned him multiple radio awards from East Coast Radio DJ of the year to Mixshow Radio DJ of the year at the annual Mixshow Power Summit, which was the Grammy's for DJ's in the early 2000's. He collaborated on projects with artists such as Kanye West, Eminem, Lil'Jon, 50 Cent and Talib Kweli. These projects earned him recognition and a mixtape award at the annual Justo's Mixtape Awards in New York City.Clinton discovered and signed a French DJ by the name of DJ Snake. Together they produced platinum records and worked with everyone from T-Pain, Pitbull, Tyrese, Plies and Lady Gaga. Inevitably, Clinton would introduce Snake to Lil'Jon and that relationship would later produce one of the biggest records of 2014, “Turn Down For What.Clinton wrote and produced his first Billboard charting record for Akon titled, “Sorry, Blame it on Me” which entered the charts at #7. He also produced the single “Down In Tha Dirty” by Ludacris featuring Rick Ross and Bun B and was featured in the music video.In 2019, Clinton became CEO and co-founder of Get Familiar Tech and welcomed his daughter Sofi Sparks into the world.In 2020, Clinton invested in and became Head of Business Development for a new start up social sports betting app called, FanUp. He also officially launched his marketing firm, Get Familiar, Inc. On July 16th, Clinton announced his new esports and lifestyle gaming brand, XSET which he co-founded and co-owns with partners Greg Selkoe, Wil Eddins, and Marco Mereu via a feature in The New York Times.###Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent more than two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams. Their work is supported by research with more than a million working adults across the globe. They are authors of multiple award-winning Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies. They have been called “fascinating” by Fortune LifeGuides is a peer-to-peer community that helps people navigate through their day-to-day stressors by providing a place of empathy, listening, wisdom and support with a Guide who has walked in your shoes, experiencing the same challenge or life experience as you.
Nigel Sylvester is one of the most prolific BMX athletes turned influencers. His love of gaming led him to work with Greg Selkoe, CEO of XSET, a company looking to build upon the explosion of esports into a cultural content revolution.
Growing up in Minnesota and learning what sacrifice was needed as a wrestler and his parents teaching him that you have to "pay before you play" he learned that college wasn't for him and dedicated himself to gaming where small success in money matches / SnD tournaments fueled the fire to compete and when warzone became a thing his world exploded ! From being on a underdog team competing in the MFAM events and winning it twice , he was rocketed into the limelight and became a highly sought after free agent which led him to being signed to Xset Gaming. This is the story of Drew aka Xset Fro ! Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/frozone Twitter - https://twitter.com/Frozone Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drewfrozone YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC20wRdX-xAK6j92DbWkZ0tw Xset Gaming - https://xset.com Fraggin & Laggin Podcast LInktree - https://linktr.ee/fragginandlaggingpodcast Joaquim Blaze Linktree - https://linktr.ee/joaquimblaze Bobby / Junkhead Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Junkhead1324 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fraggin--laggin-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fraggin--laggin-podcast/support
XSet Fro is an absolute stud in the Warzone scene. He's probably the last guy you want to run into in Verdansk. He has the 11th highest Warzone Earnings at $59,000+ and the 13th most kills (3rd NA) at 88,221 kills (as of this podcast drop). He recently joined XSet Gaming as a content creator. Timestamps 4:42 - Fro Joins the Show (Fro v Bonz) 5:47 - Fro's PR of 50 Kills 14:25 - Fro's Warzone Come-Up Story 20:05 - Fro's Story of going full-time as a content creator 24:15 - Fro Joining XSet 30:02 - Full-Time Streaming Fortnite vs Warzone (Streamer Tips) 31:45 - Craig is 34 34:00 - Competitive Warzone 41:50 - New BR comes to the surface - Stay on Warzone or Grind the New Game? 46:55 - Bonz vs Fro Kill Race... 48:05 - Coward of the Week Socials Fro Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/frozone Twitter - https://twitter.com/Frozone YouTube - https://t.co/J52MnF9eVv?amp=1 Insta - https://www.instagram.com/drewfrozone/ Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@frozonetwitch?lang=en MRags Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/MRagsTV Twitter - https://twitter.com/MRagsTV YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MRagsTV Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/MRagsTV Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mragstv?lang=en Website - https://www.mragstv.com/ Bonzer Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/bonzergorgon Twitter - https://twitter.com/bonzergorgon Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bonzergorgon One Bullet Socials Merch - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/OneBulletPod/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/onebulletpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onebulletpod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In February of 2021, Dan Lourenco, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Lifestyle, jumped back on the PricePlow Podcast. Hot off the heels of episode #035, where he discussed updates to Ghost Energy, this was a far different episode talking about one thing only: supplements in esports, also known as “gaming supplements”. Dan gives a world of credit to G-FUEL, the “OG” gaming supplement, but talks about the difference with Ghost Gamer, which uses the clinically-studied nootropic gaming ingredient, NooLVL from Nutrition21. What's great about NooLVL is that it's been studied on real gamers playing modern games, unlike other nootropic studies done on the elderly in cognitive decline. The conversation steers towards how gaming saved the mental sanity for so many in 2020, and in the business world, is becoming the modern and younger version of golfing for meetings. Video: Watch Dan talk about Gaming and Esports Supplements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxm-FVElSxQ After a pivotal year for Ghost launching Gamer and partnering with XSET, Dan has a lot of momentum in the e-sports category. Listen to the episode above to get a taste of what's coming, and how both Ghost and XSET are transcending their own demographics.
Dan Lourenco joins us once again to discuss the state of supplements in esports (gaming supplements) In February of 2021, Dan Lourenco, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Lifestyle, jumped back on the PricePlow Podcast. Hot off the heels of episode #035, where he discussed updates to Ghost Energy, this was a far different episode talking about one thing only: supplements in esports, also known as "gaming supplements". Dan gives a world of credit to G-FUEL, the "OG" gaming supplement, but talks about the difference with Ghost Gamer, which uses the clinically-studied nootropic gaming ingredient, NooLVL from Nutrition21. What's great about NooLVL is that it's been studied on real gamers playing modern games, unlike other nootropic studies done on the elderly in cognitive decline. The conversation steers towards how gaming saved the mental sanity for so many in 2020, and in the business world, is becoming the modern and younger version of golfing for meetings. Video: Watch Dan talk about Gaming and Esports Supplements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxm-FVElSxQ Audio Version Subscribe to the PricePlow Podcast on Your Favorite ServiceiTunesGoogle Podcasts StitcherSoundCloud After a pivotal year for Ghost launching Gamer and partnering with XSET, Dan has a lot of momentum in the e-sports category. Listen to the episode above to get a taste of what's coming, and how both Ghost and XSET are transcending their own demographics.
Jimmy Baratta has done a bit of everything in esports. From building a massive Instagram Clan to working with FaZe Clan to focusing on scholastic esports. On this episode, we focus on his new role teaching students esports at UC Irvine, one of the leading colleges in esports, both academically and competitively. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For daily news hits on everything in the wider esports industry, check out the Esports Minute. (https://www.esportstopstories.com/) For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network 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 podcast specializing in instalocking Jett and VALORANT. Featuring Joshua "Sideshow" Wilkinson, Brennon "Bren" Hook, Jonathan "Reinforce" Reinforce, and Wyatt "wyattr" River! ## Follow us on Twitter: PlatChat: https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcastSideshow - https://twitter.com/SideshowGamingBren- https://twitter.com/BrenCastsReinforce - https://twitter.com/Reinforce Wyatt - https://twitter.com/wyattriver_ 0:00 - Intro 2:11 - Patch 1.11 33:40 - Cloud9 win First Strike NA 47:20 - Envy make another finals 1:02:28 - GenG upset Sentinels 1:21:03 - TSM beat 100 Thieves 1:42:19 - C9 White lose to Slimey Boogermen 1:53:45 - NRG flops on debut 2:01:38 - XSET beat Immortals 2:08:25 - LG beats ANDBOX 2:11:17 - Equinox take down FaZe 2:14:50 - Wyatt's Weekly Award
On The This Episode of SAKURA , D33z Is Joined By SPECIAL GUEST GREG SELKOE ! Join Us As We Talk About XSET, ANIME, & DIVERSITY IN GAMING!**GREG SELKOE**TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/SELKOEINSTAGRAM - https://www.twitter.com/SELKOE**XSET**TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/XSETGAMINGINSTAGRAM - https://www.twitter.com/XSETYOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/XSETGAMINGTWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/XSETGAMINGDISCORD - https://discord.com/invite/XSET**D33Z**TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/D33ZISLIVEINSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/D33ZISLIVETWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/D33ZISLIVE**TSUNA**TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/NOGOODTSUNAXINSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/The.NoGoodTsunaTWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/NOGOODTSUNAX**YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcpZ1ObEKgTHANKS FOR LISTENING !!!
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