Discussions with Devin Nash

I had the pleasure to sit down with Esports Certification Institute CEO Sebastian Park and talk about the recent ECI exam and address some questions the public had, like is the Esports Certification a scam? is esports pay to play? And how to get a job in Esports? Sebastian was able to clear up the miscommunications around becoming Esports Certified and tell me what it will take in the future to get a job in Esports.  

One thing most people overlooked on the Esports Certification Institute was the amount of Esports veterans on the advisory board. There were big names such as Esports personality Day9, Gen. G CEO Chris Park, and Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole Lapointe Jameson. Assembling a team of this many Esports veterans to come together to focus on the goal of getting a job in Esports was a difficult undertaking, and would not have happened if they did not believe they could help people get jobs in Esports.  

Everyone thinks that jobs in Esports all exist on teams like Team SoloMid, FaZe Clan, and 100Thieves, but most people overlook all the Esports jobs at companies like Riot Games, creator of League of Legends/Valorant, or Epic Games, creator of Fortnite. I believe the Esports Certification Exam is a great way to work in Esports and become Esports Certified. If someone were to ask me “Is the Esports Certification a scam?”, I would wholeheartedly tell them “No, this is how to get a job in Esports”.  

Many people in the past and present have reached out to tell me their dreams of getting a job in Esports or working at a team like Team SoloMid, Cloud9, or 100Thieves. I believe that the Esports Certification Exam from the ECI is the answer to their question of how to get a job in Esports. If you are looking for a video covering the Esports Certification Institute with the CEO Sebastian Park on whether or not Esports certifications are a scam, then this is the video for you.

After interviewing 100+ of the top successful streamers on Twitch, I've found a bunch of things in common with them. This video is the 7 best streaming success tips I've found. Nearly every famous Twitch streamer shares these success habits on Twitch. I love creating compilations of top success tips for Twitch streamers, and these skills apply across to success on Youtube as well.  

Information for this video came from top streamers such as 39daph, xqc, Asmongold, and more. While everyone is unlikely to get to that level, the streaming tips in this video apply across the board to Twitch streamers large or small, and will help anyone looking to grow a Twitch channel or to grow on Twitch. These are also great tips for small Twitch streamers!

This video we're talking about ECI - the Esports Certification Institute - headed up by Sebastian Park. The recent launch of the Esports Certification caused a lot of controversy in the esports community. Most people ended up with a negative response, saying it was useless at best - and at worst a gatekeeping attempt to keep people out of the gaming industry and esports industry.   

Many people don't understand how hard it is to get a job in esports or to get a job in gaming. Finding work in esports and gaming has always been a matter of luck and nepotism - and an esports certification seeks to try to even that playing field to let collegiate esports, people who are unnoticed, and people who have no other opportunity or addons to stand out.   

Do esports certifications matter? Will you actually get a job in esports with a certification? Is the ECI just a meme? Wondering how to get a job in esports? Wondering how to work in esports? All of this and more is explored in this video.

Lots of people have been asking me to make a video about how to build a successful Patreon or Kickstarter. I have built a few patreons for businesses and content creators and wanted to summarize what I've seen work with Patreon and Kickstarter. Almost everyone with a skill, talent, small business, Twitch stream, or Youtube channel can increase the value of their work by adding Patreon, Gumroad, or Kickstarter.   

This video covers the essentials of tier building, adding value to a Patreon campaign or Kickstarter campaign, and the basics of how to create new systems of value for your supporters to get behind.   

It's my hope with this video that everyone builds a Patreon, or some equivalent to it on another website. It's a great way to make money from your passion. Making money from what you love to do is an eventual goal I'd love to see everyone find. This Patreon tutorial should get you the Patreon tips you need to make money online. This video covers how to set up Patreon tiers, how to set up Patreon, and how to grow your Patreon.

Please consider supporting https://www.youarerad.org/ - Rise Above the Disorder is a charity supporting Gamers and mental health.   

Today I want to talk about one of the most important topics in the gaming industry, mental health around entertainers and broadcasters. I have never seen a full breakdown of the issue of mental health in streamers. I think streamer mental health is a conversation we have to have more broadly. Individual influencers have done a lot of work on it, such as Asmongold talking about quitting streaming, or Pokimane talking about taking a break from streaming. I know it's out there, but I wanted to make a mental health video about the issue itself, and why mental health issues are so prominent in the streaming world.

The Twitch API was recently updated via Amazon's ad portal VAES for their automated ad system. Discovered via community members Tayari and Saysera, it was found that Twitch added several qualifiers to their ad targeting system including brand safety score, ban history, games played, automod enable, and manual ratings from Twitch staff. This sparked a popular Reddit thread where people surmised that Twitch was implementing a safety score for all its broadcasters.   

Of course the issue is more nuanced. In this video we discuss the Twitch ad system, how streamers make money, if Twitch can determine how much money you make, what CPMs are, and how Twitch interacts with CPMs. Is XQC a brand risk? Is TrainwrecksTV a brand risk? Are other streamers brand risks? Will a brand score effect how much money streamers get from ads? Many broadcasters believed this was the beginning of Twitch determining how much money streamers should make from advertising, but in reality this is a simple update to Twitch's ad system to better target.

I had the opportunity recently to sit down and do a deep dive with Izzimouse, a Vtuber and veteran content creator who built their career as a Vtuber in VR Chat. Izzimouse has exploded over the past three months gaining over half a million followers on Tik Tok. After seeing Izzi’s quick rise and their skills at engaging an audience, I knew they thought deeply about their brand. This video is the full discussion and interview with Izzimouse on how to become a Vtuber, streaming VR Chat on Twitch, and negotiating with Twitch chat.  

Izzimouse shares how Tik Tok helped them grow their Twitch stream and Youtube channel. They have a long and prosperous journey ahead of them building their brand as a Vtuber on Twitch and Youtube.  If you are looking for a talk on using Tik Tok to grow your Twitch brand, making viral Tik Toks, and how to become a Vtuber, then this is the Izzi Mouse interview for you.

I had the honor recently of doing our latest deep dive with Myth, who rose to fame as one of the greatest Fortnite and FPS content creators of all time. After doing a few Scuffed Podcasts with Myth, I realized he thought deeply about his content creation. This video is the full discussion and deep interview with Myth on his career, how he made a successful Twitch stream and built his Youtube audience, and the things he did to become successful. It talks through what he's learned about success and failure, and where he is going in the future.   

Myth's insane success on Twitch and Youtube is a journey. From a professional Fortnite player to one of Twitch's largest content creators, Myth has defined his path through years of creating content and learning.  

This was one of my favorite talks, and I was so impressed with how much Myth has learned about content creation in a short amount of time. If you are looking for a talk on growing on Twitch, getting viewers on Twitch, Myth, Myth's fortnite career, or Fortnite Esports, you won't want to miss this talk.

There's a lot of discussion among professional esports around the LCS (League Championship Series) and whether or not Riot Games should remove the LCS Import Rule. The LCS Import Rule - says that a maximum of two players on any professional esports team for league of legends can be from outside the LCS region. Multiple esports team owners have come out in favor of removing Riot Game's LCS Import Rule, saying that it will increase competitive integrity in esports.   

In this video , we discuss if team owners are working for the better of esports and league of legends, or if they're looking for short term profit. The LCS Import Rule will end up being one of the most important decisions Riot Games makes for the future of esports.

An idea from Lepor in our Discord community prompted this video for me to write down the top questions from millionaires and successful people that led millionaires to their success. This is a departure video from our normal content and I hope everyone enjoys it. I wanted to cover this subject because asking critical questions is one of the keys of successful people. Successful entrepreneurs and those concerned with making money at high levels ask themselves targeted questions.  

For years I've compiled questions that I thought were force multipliers for my life. This video combines all of the most useful questions I've learned from successful mentors such as Tim Ferris, Gary Vaynerchuk, and more. I also include a ton of my own questions I've developed over the years to direct my thinking. These questions are better than almost any financial coaching you can find. There is no mistake that becoming a millionaire is a matter of directing your mind towards the right questions.