Queue Up - esports podcast

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The Three Kings ft. Mike "Hastr0" Rufail, Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez, Jason Lake, and John Davidson Apr 02, 2019

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Each week join Jay Hairston (Senior Community Manager for Team Envy/Dallas Fuel) with special guests from the esports community to talk about their experience in the ever-changing esports scene and how they got to where they are in the community and everything that changes in esports along the way!

Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com
Envy Merch store: shop.envy.gg
More information about the GameStop Partnership: https://envy.gg/2019/03/27/envy-partner-with-gamestop/

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Mike Rufail - @hastr0
Hector Rodriguez - @OpTicH3CZ
Jason Lake - @JasonBWLake
John Davidson - @J0hnDavids0n
Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas

Intro and Update - 0:00
How Pros see esports today - 1:58
How would your journey be different if your started today? - 5:48
Outside experience and influence coming into esports - 10:48
Things you are most excited about with the GameStop partnership - 16:18
Retail's effect on enhancing esports - 19:38
Midnight releases - 20:48
Community as a core of esports and gaming - 22:48
Parenting and esports - 25:48
Overwatch League on ABC and the public reception - 26:48
When your kids support other teams in esports - 27:00
Friendships and rivalries - how deep does it go? - 28:15
Mike and Jason Eleague stories - 30:00
The Eclassico - 31:48
CWL Fort Worth - 32:48
What is GameStop the most excited about with entering esports? - 34:30
Entering at the ground floor of a new competitive landscape - 36:48
Kids don't want to be Tom Brady anymore - 39:30
Going fishing instead of playing Apex - 40:48
The importance of finding balance with your kids - 43:30
Disney and Fox merger - is there an equivalent in esports? - 44:48
What if three powerhouse orgs merged? Could it work? - 46:30
Doing it for free because you love it - 47:45
When did it change to "esports" - 50:20
What does a CEO do for an esports org? - 51:30
The go-to explanation of esports to others - 53:40
Feelings at events when watching your teams compete - 54:48
Biggest treat yo' self - 59:38
Why Turtlewax and the power of non endemic sponsors in esports - 1:01:18
The power of fans - 1:03:30
Brands entering in "the right way" - 1:06:35
College esports - 1:07:40
Esports reshaping college athletics practices - 1:11:18
Where will esports be in 5-10 years? - 1:15:08
The Mount Rushmore of Esports - 1:20:40
Plugs/Promos - 1:22:48
Announcements and Close - 1:24:50

New Team and Future of Envy CSGO ft. Noah "Nifty" Francis Mar 25, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com
Envy Merch store: shop.envy.gg

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Noah "Nifty" Francis - @Envy_Nifty

Intro - 00:00
Playing on a new team and picking new players - 1:01
Having Karrigan on the team and factors when looking for new teammates - 6:56
Favorite things about s0m - 8:00
How prospects are properly evaluated - 9:00
Advice for people looking into organizations - 11:00
Pressures that come with being a leader/decision maker - 15:15
What Nifty wants to do differently as a leader - 19:10
Time Management and Astralis - 20:35
Power of a "true" team - 21:30
Rules of the ideal team for Envy CS - 22:45
Biggest trash talker on the team - 24:00
Importance of having an outlet - 28:50
Split Focus - 32:45
Having trust in your teammates during a match - 35:00
Handling a teammate with the wrong mindset - 37:00
Is there such a thing as excessive positive reinforcement - 40:30
Thinking about the future too much - 48:00
Getting inside of your own head - 51:45
Browsing CSGO subs on reddit - 54:00
Standard of having to be on social media all the time - 55:30
Roster leaks in CSGO - 56:00
Do fans enjoy teasers of new players? - 59:00
Discord fan questions - 1:05:30
Closing - 1:12:00
Announcements - 1:12:45

Does Esports Have a Future? ft. Tim Krajewski and Anuj Bajaj Mar 18, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com
Envy Merch store: shop.envy.gg

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Tim Krajewski - @PirateMushroom
Anuj Bajaj - @Spiffy_VR
The Center Ring Podcast - @TheCenterRing

Intro - 00:00
Hastr0 on The Center Ring Podcast and the Ticket - 3:40
Shout out to Kory McMaster - 5:00
What are you watching now? - 5:55
ESPN Classic and shows you used to watch as a kid - 6:30
Silver lining to getting knocked out of CWL Fort Worth - 8:40
Using Twitch chat IRL and misusing gamer terms - 9:50
What does C9/Shang9 really mean? - 12:30
Urban Dictionary for esports - 15:30
Do you have Twitch chat open or closed? - 17:00
What Twitch was like back in the day - 19:00
ASMR - 19:15
Making more chat rooms for Twitch chat - 21:00
Do games need to be #1 on Twitch to be considered successful? - 28:00
Making a game a good game is king - 30:00
PUBG being too focused on being an esport - 35:00
esports influencing how games are made today - 35:45
Is Fortnite helping or hurting esports? - 36:30
Bridging the gap between traditional sports and esports fans - 39:00
Legitimizing esports in schools - 41:30
Educating others about esports - 43:30
Local colleges in Dallas getting involved with esports - 45:00
Start up costs for an esports program versus a new traditional sports team - 46:15
Generational acceptance - 47:15
Cross over games for sports and esports - 49:00
Are events the key to mass acceptance of esports? - 50:00
Esports coming to the Olympics - 54:00
You don't need a perfect image to be in esports - 57:00
Shroud - 58:00
Media training for esports - 59:00
Heroes and Villains in esports - 1:01:00
Smack talking in esports, will it go away? - 1:05:00
COD franchising, how will it effect rivalries - 1:06:00
Close and announcements - 1:09:00

Defending Champs and Fighting Tilt ft. Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazakov and Justin "Silly" Fargo Mar 11, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for CWL Fort Worth: https://t.co/PSQqnR3egE
Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com
Envy Merch store: shop.envy.gg

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazakov - @Apathy_BZ
Justin "Silly" Fargo - @silly_702

Intro - 00:00
What would you like to see come to COD? - 02:40
Home field advantage in tournaments - 04:17
Do you stress about money and what you need it for in tournaments? - 06:40
Silly's sneaker collection - 08:00
Money pot in championship games and how its evolved - 09:30
Regretful purchases - 11:00
Advice for handling money for new players - 12:00
Who do you play for? - 13:45
Balancing a college degree as a COD pro - 14:45
Prepping for CWL Fort Worth - 16:34
Downtime at tournaments - 19:00
Addressing bad comms and overcoming it - 20:30
Practicing with your teammates (online vs LAN) - 21:00
Bevils' role for Team Envy COD - 22:00
Meta's in COD - 23:30
Best guns in the current patch for CWL Fort Worth - 26:00
Optic and fan hype at CWL Fort Worth - 26:30
How to handle tough losses - 27:00
Relationships as a COD pro - 29:28
What happens when trolls come after your family? - 31:30
Life plans after competitive COD - 34:15
Tattoos - 36:00
Envy vs other orgs - 37:30
CWL sleeper picks - 39:00
Excellerate fiasco - 40:00
Scrims before CWL - 43:00
Mind games when competing - 45:00
Junior esports teams - 47:00
Old hobbies - 49:00
Games you played when you were younger - 51:00
What would you compete in besides COD? - 53:30
Do you ever fall out of love with COD? - 56:15
Addressing a teammate when they're "off" - 59:00
Tilt management - 1:00:40
Diet when in season - 1:07:00
Positives of living minimally - 1:08:45
Weird travel habits - 1:13:00
40 years later and retirement from COD - 1:14:30
People who doubt esports - 1:16:00
Tips for new players wanting to get into esports - 1:18:30
Why is there so much turnover in esports - 1:24:00
Feelings going into CWL Fort Worth 2019 - 1:25:00
Breaking controllers - 1:25:30
Housekeeping and updates - 1:26:45

New Heroes, Departing Teammates, and Big Changes in Overwatch ft. Anthony "Fire" King and Mads "Fischer" Jehg Mar 04, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for CWL Fort Worth: https://t.co/PSQqnR3egE
Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Anthony "Fire" King - @Fire_OW
Mads "Fischer" Jehg - @fischerable

Intro - 00:00
Initial reaction to McGravy's move - 1:29
Upcoming matches for the contenders team - 3:15
Impressions of the new character, Baptiste - 5:06
Sombra's use in the meta - 9:04
Biggest strengths of the Dallas Fuel - 12:21
Countering Sombra - 15:35
typical ranked placements - 16:40
Most toxic member on the team when playing randoms - 18:04
Experience in World of Warcraft and other games they play - 20:40
Youngest on the team right now, and what you were doing at 17 - 21:57
Contenders roster changes - 22:22
xQc coming back to competitive Overwatch - 25:37
How do you handle the mental strain with not performing how you would like - 27:33
Who is the most mechanically skilled player on Envy right now? - 30:19
Best players in contenders currently - 31:56
Pickiest eater - 34:25
The move to Dallas - 37:25
How the traveling impacts gameplay - 38:30
Where does the bulk of Contender's audience come from - 43:09
Thoughts on ZachaREEE - 45:02
Who is your favorite team outside of Fuel? - 46:45
Building a family and fanbase - 49:07
xQc versus Envy - 51:25
OWW versus OWL - 55:10
Meta players and benched players - 56:24
Dating life as a pro gamer - 57:45
Who's the worst cook? - 1:01:40
How would the team survive on a stranded island? - 1:02:26
Upcoming contenders matches and typical schedule - 1:05:49
Other streamers they watch - 1:07:38
Is the All-Access pass important - 1:08:10
Do Flex players have an advantage over 1-role players - 1:09:00
Up and coming influential players to watch - 1:13:00
What would you do if you were not in esports? - 1:15:03

How to Be a Content Creator in 2019 ft. PrestonPlayz & Reed Duchscher Feb 25, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for CWL Fort Worth: https://t.co/PSQqnR3egE
Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Preston Arsement - @Preston
Reed Duchscher - @reedjd_

Intro: 00:00
Day in the Life of Preston: 07:22
Work/Life Balance: 9:22
Married life balance: 11:40
Playing games while doing meetings: 13:00
Apex Legends: 15:30
Solo Queuing in Apex: 17:30
Fortnite Creative Content: 19:00
Mobile Gaming: 20:00
Having multiple YouTube Channels and building your team: 22:00
The Creative Process: 26:00
Shelf life on "new things": 27:00
Quality vs Quantity: 32:00
Are new YouTubers possible?: 33:00
Best length for videos on YouTube: 37:00
How do you stand out as a content creator?: 38:00
How many views to live on content creation?: 41:00
Swearing in content: 43:00
Top 5 Anime: 47:00
Influencer marketing: 49:00
Business done in DM's: 52:00
What's next for Preston?: 55:00
Do we really need Disney?: 56:00
Why are companies dropping out from YouTube ads? Should they come back?: 1:00:00
Biggest threat to YouTube: 1:04:00
Instagram's IGTV: 1:09:00
Favorite YouTubers: 1:10:00
Announcements: 1:14:00

Ups & Downs of Being a CSGO Pro ft. Nifty & JDM Feb 18, 2019

Show notes

Ticket info for CWL Fort Worth: https://t.co/PSQqnR3egE
Ticket info for Ultimate Weekend: dallasfuel.com

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Noah "Nifty" Francis - @Envy_Nifty
Josh "jdm" Marzano - @jdmarzano

Intro - 00:00
Nifty talks about the importance of sports psychology in esports - 2:06
jdm discusses the mental game of dealing with social media after a loss - 4:36
What goes into building a winning team - 9:10
New versus old players in CSGO - 12:05
jdm talks about the experience of playing in an arena - 15:00
Is there any advantage to being a younger player in CSGO? - 17:04
Karrigan and his leadership role for the Minors - 22:21
How was strategy and difference of opinion handled - 26:22
How would you improve/change/add to CSGO if you could, if anything? - 30:05
What keeps you motivated to continue playing CSGO as a professional? - 33:23
What have been some of your favorite events and places to travel - 38:17
Importance of chemistry of the team at events - 42:26
Pickiest eater on the team - 44:07
International travel in CSGO compared to other scenes - 46:01
What does a traditional morning look like for a pro gamer - 50:37
Who would you like to play with in the future - 52:56
Importance of looking good on game day - 56:07

Becoming a Call of Duty Pro ft. Aches & Hastr0 Feb 11, 2019

Show notes

Be sure to give our hosts and guests a follow:

Jay Hairston - @jayhairston
Justin Rojas - @justrojas
Mike Rufail - @hastr0
Patrick Price - @ACHES

Intro - 00:00
Hastr0 on being a dad - 00:45
Aches talks about current Call of Duty - 3:47
Aches history with Call of Duty - 10:00
Esports scene 12 years ago - 13:55
Future of Call of Duty and esports - 21:23
Smack talk in esports - 24:23
How Aches got his reputation as the "villian" - 26:14
Are individual rivalries still developed in current CoD? - 30:28
Why does CoD have so many veterans vs rookies? - 33:00
What is the best way to become a pro player? - 37:29
Franchising in esports leagues - 45:13
Apex Legends; how will it compete in the long run? - 49:20
What variations make a competitive online game successful? - 55:36
Are new versions of Call of Duty necessary - 1:04:00
First Call of Duty hometown event for Team Envy at CWL Fort Worth - 1:16:26

https://www.facebook.com/events/612479555869792/
https://www.ticketmaster.com/dallas-fuel-ultimate-weekend-tickets/artist/2584897
https://www.callofduty.com/esports/story/2019-01/CWL_Fort_Worth_Info

Queue Up (Theme by Kory McMaster) Feb 07, 2019

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