Endpoint Esports Podcast

(Charity podcast! Timestamps below, sorry for music at start) Catch up with some of the best Quake Champions players in the world just ahead of the Season 2, stage 2 finals of the Quake Pro League!

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0:00​ Introduction - Quake Pro League podcast Charity stream

0:50​ Online vs LAN environment

6:30​ What is the issue with your eye k1llsen

17:00​ How should the perfect practice look for a pro player and preparing for finals?

29:00​ QPL Challengers Season 2, Stage 2 - whos making it to pro league?

38:00​ Who are the favourites for the Stage 2 finals?

42:20​ Why is RAISY so consistent?

47:30​ Rapha strengths and weaknesses?

54:40​ What mice do you guys use?

Q&A

59:10​ Any pranks on camera for QPL finals?

59:50​ Who do you think has the most similar play style to Evil from Quake Live right now?

1:04:45​ Av3k, do you talk to Cypher and other CIS region players in Russian or English?

1:05:40​ What do you think about new 8K mouse technology? Have you tried it? 

1:08:15​ k1llsen who was your first quake mentor?

1:10:15​ Zsx, how do you prepare before finals as a caster?

1:12:15​ If we have another year of QPL, which system would you like?

(Timestamps below) Get to know one of the greatest champions ever in Quake and his thought processes, rapha from Team Liquid! Joined as ever by the brilliant Av3k and zoot.

0:00 Introductions

1:07 Hilarious Av3k learning smart English words

2:25 Rapha unreal stats from Season 1 of Quake Pro League

4:30 Who are your main rivals at the moment?

8:10 Competitive depth difference between EU and NA

9:25 rapha would you ever move to EU?

12:45 Do you think you didn't win the Stage 3 finals in Season one because everyone was at home?

15:00 rapha drives 28 hours and plays best he ever has in Stage 4 finals

16:33 rapha and how his Dad got him into Quake and rapidly improved with hard work

23:25 Av3k watching demos and funny story about his first QuakeCon while underage with MaDDoG

27:00 Av3k talking about rapha's first big win, funny story about Av3k and rapha boot camping before

31:45 If you both took all of your experience now and time travelled back to 2005, how would you get on? (issues with awful monitors)

34:40 Av3k talking about outside finals with sun on monitor

36:00 Discussing Zero4 teaching rapha and what he taught you

42:50 How Av3k used to time 4 items instead of just the 2 now, discussion around not needing to time light items now

44:20 It seems not many fights take place on major items but more random spots, how do you see it?

47:30 rapha, do you find you have trained your decision making to instantly understand when you need to take a chance?

50:35 rapha 5 steps ahead meme

56:55 What do you think Quake needs to do to be big again?

1:08:20 Diabotical, what does it do well and badly?

1:18:45 Most memorable career moment?

1:21:05 Do you think NA region is was working harder than EU region in 2v2?

1:23:25 Do you visualize and think about the game outside of it?

1:26:15 rapha, how do you feel your style suits against cYpheR?

1:31:00 rapha vs evil 2016 final, did it feel different? Funny story about admin Steveo

1:35:20 rapha and your high sense, what's the reason behind this for Quake Champions?

1:44:40 What do you do before events in terms of food, sleep and sports? 

Q&A

1:49:00 Has your aim worsened with age?

1:49:50 Which challengers are you looking to see play in the QPL stage 1 finals?

1:51:05 Was rapha disappointed he didnt win the Asus cup back in 2010?

1:52:08 Would more champions in the game improve the game?

1:52:35 rapha, how do I beat you in January from deathr0w?

1:53:52 What is the plushee in the background?

1:54:20 Do you ever get asked to give feedback on new arena fps games coming out?

1:55:55 What feature from Quake Live or Diabotical would you like to see in Quake Champions?

1:57:00 Which computer component is a must for QC?

1:59:00 rapha, do you plan on continuing to play Diabotical and Quake at the same time?

2:00:10 What was the first game you ever remember playing?

2:01:18 Predictions for the Stage finals placements?

2:03:00 Should Quake Champions try CTF esports?

2:04:35 What do you both think about the rotating maps?

(Time stamps below) Check out Endpoint owners Pete and Adz discuss all things Endpoint including the sale of Thomas to Envy, signing flameZ, Endpoint CS:GO and Rocket League

0:00 Rundown of the podcast

1:15 Invited to BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

2:32 What happened with the sale of Thomas to Envy

6:45 flameZ signing and other players we looked at

8:30 Has any larger orgs shown an interest in flameZ?

9:05 Sponsorship and activation deals in October, Overclockers, noblechairs, Thrusmaster and Red Bull

12:30 Importance of CeX to Endpoint growth

13:25 CS:GO - Who did you practice today and how did it go?

14:10 How has flameZ fit into the team?

16:12 The swings of the MDL season and how was the mood?

18:10 How's it for you as a coach Ross when going through a down turn?

19:46 Winner of MDL gets Pro League, how confident are we?

21:20 How did you find the last DreamHack event and all 3 for the year in general?

23:00 Who do we want to play at BLAST Premier?

23:55 Top 30 in the world for first time ever. CRUC1AL how does it feel in comparison to doing it before?

25:50 ESL UK Premiership and staying relevant in the UK scene. Potential for academy team?

30:00 Thoughts on the UMX team?

30:50 What's under the blanket CRUC1AL and how's FatBobMarley doing for you guys?

31:45 What are you guys working on as a team currently?

34:45 Are we looking to go to the next iseries?

36:30 Are you missing LAN or enjoying online season?

40:55 Any bootcamps planned?

42:05 CRUC1AL what's your best LAN experience?

42:50 CRUC1AL do you still enjoy playing with Surreal?

43:50 RossR how's the online era effected the way you coach?

44:55 Do you think we would be higher or lower in the world without COVID?

46:00 Will flameZ keep playing once he joins the army?

49:00 Predicted result of ESL UK Prem finals vs Vexed?

52:00 Rocket League - Metsanauris model

52:50 Metsanauris how are you finding the streaming?

53:50 RLCSX Winter kicking off shortly. Thoughts on the roster shuffles and not being mixed in it?

56:35 How do you deal with the ups and downs, you had the honeymoon period at the start and then dipped slightly?

59:35 Do you guys enjoy the Grid or is it too much Rocket League?

1:03:25 What have you guys been working on at the moment?

1:05:00 Virtuoso is known as a demo machine, he seems to have started to turn that down a bit, is this a new gear?

1:09:40 Is RelatingWave a bit of an unsung hero?

1:13:00 Expectations for the RLCSX Winter split and thoughts of making Worlds?

1:16:40 Thoughts on the new lineups and are there any scary ones out there?

1:21:00 How big a step are Vitality and BDS above the rest?

1:23:50 Metsanauris what was your view on virtuoso coming into the team?

(Time Stamps Below) Join us in getting to know our newest stream team memebers YoJupi, peeceful, mintR_tv, KiraColada & DustMonkeyGames as they discuss Standing out on twitch with EndpointPete. 

0:00 Introductions

4:27 Putting yourself out there and reasons for applying to Endpoint

9:10 What are your USPs (unique selling point) and how important is a USP?

19:50 What does good quality content mean?

26:50 How much do you look into your "brand"

30:55 Discussing emotes on twitch, extension of your brand and free marketing?

36:05 What other social medias do you use to help amplify yourself on twitch

40:30 Thoughts on collaborating with other streamers or influencers, and also having your own thing

47:35 Any pitfalls you wish you knew before you started streaming for others to avoid?

59:30 Niche vs variety vs jumping on a craze

Q&A

1:07:00 What's your daily drive to create content

1:09:45 What is your most wholesome experience so far on twitch?

1:16:10 How do you balance your stream life around your personal life

1:20:45 Do you set goals and how do you go about hitting them?

1:25:45 Looking at stats day to day is very hard

1:27:40 YoJupi how did you become so good at valorant?

1:30:20 EndpointPete how do you balance your Endpoint time and personal life?

(Timestamped below) Welcome some of the best Quake players in the world nosfa, k1llsen and last minute guest Xron, as always joined by zoot and Av3k as they discuss all about the up and coming $500,000 Season 2 of the Quake Pro League!

0:00 Introductions

0:50 Av3k winning Estoty Quake cup at the weekend

1:40 nosfa, what are your thoughts on how Season 1 went and the Stage 4 finals?

4:20 k1llsen, recap on the Stage 4 finals for you?

6:38 Xron, how are you and what have you been up to? How is Apex?

9:55 NA vs EU with being more friendly together

11:10 QPL Season 2 discussion - Money over points now

12:40 Points reset after LAN finals

13:30 k1llsen, is there more pressure now, in Season 1 you never had the pressure of dropping out the league

15:30 nosfa, thoughts on the pressure and what k1llsen is saying?

16:50 Xron, does this motivate you?

18:00 final stages, all players in the same bracket (NA and EU)

20:45 zoot talking about 3 maps in a row, should it finish at 2-0

22:20 thoughts on bronze place playoff?

23:45 nosfa, change from 4 stages to 3 stages and everyone will play everyone now, thoughts?

25:20 PGL is the new production team, how is your experience with them?

28:10 Who are you guys playing in the first week of Season 2 and discuss the longer stages?

30:50 zoot, what happened as a caster when you wanted to go for no.2 on the toilet?

32:45 zoot's stain on his career and discussing importance of casters

37:50 Challengers format hasn't changed much, is it good enough or should there be changes?

44:40 Does this format at the finals still work if its online with ping issues?

50:20 Whats going on with the map pool for Season 2?

57:20 k1llsen, do you think players should have input on all of this or do you think Bethesda should just make changes?

58:05 Time limit duel vs Round limit

1:02:45 Should we be showing live picks/draft on broadcast and showing the process

1:08:20 Diabotical, full release today instead of open beta

1:15:10 Thoughts on forfeiting before the 10 mins is up?

Q&A

1:20:25 Thoughts on adding a substitute of a champion that you pick that opponent doesn't know about?

1:21:45 Would you be open to QPL having team games? and which event are you must looking forward to this year?

1:24:35 Would you play tournaments in two games at the same time with diabotical out?

1:26:10 nosfa, do you plan on training any other top South American players?

1:28:08 Which quake live map would you like to be remade for Quake Champions?

1:28:32 Av3k, you seemed unbeatable in the Estoty cup, do you think you would have beat rapha on this form?

1:30:10 Will the pro players be able to play other events alongside QPL in Quake Champions? (Estoty events)

1:31:55 nosfa, does high ping effect your game play and do you play better on LAN?

1:32:50 What age do Quake pros start to decline?

1:34:10 Will DK be more viable if he is to get buffed?

1:35:15 What do you think of a new champion in the game?

1:36:30 Av3k, do you tend to go defensive against rapha because you respect his game too much?

(Timestamped below) Get to know some of the best NA Quake Champions players in the world cha1n and dooi! How they think about Quake and with the wonderful zoot and Av3k!

0:00 Introductions

1:10 Dooi, how did QPL stage 4 finals go for you guys starting off?

4:10 cha1n, beat dahang in QPL stage 4 finals, how did the event go overall?

8:30 Av3k, talk us through your first game vs cooller in stage 4 finals and how the rest of the event went?

12:20 Av3k, whats your biggest highs and lows for Season 1?

13:20 Horrendous/funny story from Av3k about losing passport and driving to Italy for Stage 2 finals

16:30 cha1n, biggest highs for the year?

19:35 dooi, you didnt start in the pro league and had to work your way there, whats your highlights been?

22:35 discussing dooi defensive style and is the lack of time to practice the reason behind this style?

25:15 cYpheR advice to dooi and how he thinks differently about the game now

27:00 cha1n, why have you improved so much above a lot of the other NA players?

31:15 Av3k, thoughts on why some players are improving in NA and others aren't?

34:50 dooi, is aim even important or mechanical skill? (wise advice about late game and patience)

40:55 cha1n's thoughts on picks and aim

42:25 zoot: if you know someone has better aim than you, how do you approach it and do you just need to pick fights with a much bigger stack advantage?

47:47 cha1n, whats your thoughts on different play styles between NA and EU

52:40 dooi, thoughts on differences between NA and EU

56:35 Av3k from your history, do you agree?

58:48 Av3k, how much does playing loose in practice help improve your limits and understandings of what you can do in officials?

1:01:25 Season 2 is coming, what differences would you like to see compared to Season 1?

1:10:10 Discussion on should mirror matches be allowed and general champion pick/ban changes?

1:17:28 Do we want to see pros playing their best champions instead of them being insta banned? (tox playing slash for example)

1:21:15 Diabotical, are you guys playing it and what modes would you like to see from it?

Q&A

1:37:10 Do you guys have a day job or full time gamers?

1:38:50 Myztro have signed serious, whats your thoughts?

1:40:50 If 2v2 came back who would you team up with?

1:42:45 Who is the most improved player of Season 1?

1:46:30 Do you miss round duels at all?

1:47:05 GNiK cheat accusations that have gone around, what do you guys think?

1:49:48 How is it that everyone struggles against rapha, but rapha struggles against cYpheR?

1:54:00 Favourite memory from your competitive career (funny story from dooi playing strenx at QuakeCon 2017)?

1:57:00 What is your favourite TV series to watch at the moment?

(Timestamps below - Sorry for music in first minute!) An open discussion with fiveub from noblechairs and Racinoski from OverclockersUK on how to get a sponsor!

0:00 Introductions (sorry for music)

1:35 Little background of Endpoint, Overclockers and noblechairs

1:58 If someone contacts you, how would you go about looking into that individual or business outside of their proposal?

5:40 How important is a professional sponsorship deck and what should be in it?

12:50 Do you scout out who you would like to work with or do you wait for people to contact you?

17:25 What are you doing differently this year while there are no LAN events to attend and advertising fully online?

20:50 Do's and don'ts when approaching brands?

24:52 Who is the best person to ask for when you approach a stand at an event?

26:05 Nerves of approaching stands and asking about sponsorship

26:50 Favourite events to attend each year?

30:30 TwitchLDN discussion

32:25 How important are the numbers such as following, viewership and demographics?

37:00 How do you quantify ROI and a general discussion around ROI

Q&A

40:35 How important is multiple social channels?

42:30 Do you give feedback on failed applications and should people resubmit applications after failing?

45:50 What KPIs should be included in a deck?

48:35 Is using social blue book a good way to gauge payment value?

49:30 Don't cheat your way to getting more followers

50:50 Talking about different types of sponsorship from affiliate to paid sponsorship

53:30 Whats the best way to approach a sponsor you are already with about increasing the benefits you get with them?

55:08 Should a viewer contact you if an influencer does something that could damage a brand?

56:20 How to get a free chair

58:00 Should partnerships be that the brand helps grows the influencer as well as the influencer growing the brand?

59:50 How big should your brand be before you start looking for sponsors?

1:02:00 How much Haribo does overclockers send out?

Check out our attendees on social media:

🎙️ Endpoint COO - https://twitter.com/EndpointPete

⭐ Business Development Manager at noblechairs - https://twitter.com/fiveub

⭐ Ecommerce Marketing Manager at OverclockersUK - https://twitter.com/racinosky

0:00 Introductions

0:30 Over all thoughts of this season and how playing 200+ maps has affected you?

2:10 Do you feel the team needed this player break?

3:50 Any plans for the player break?

4:20 Just qualified for Dreamhack Open, what are your goals for this event?

6:50 Difference for you playing MDL this season compared to when you previously played in it?

9:35 Whats the biggest learning curve for you this year so far?

12:05 Favourite moment so far this year with Endpoint?

13:25 Worse moment so far this year that you had to overcome?

16:08 Favourite moment of career overall?

18:00 How have you started to deal with nerves and how do you improve on being nervous in officials?

21:33 What have you improved on most as a player since the start of this team?

26:30 How has MiGHTYMAX's impacted the team and the effort he has put in?

27:25 What is your advice to younger players on how to improve at a decent rate like you did?

30:45 When you were grinding up what did your schedule look like? (smooya influence on Thomas)

34:00 Whats the difference between the core 3 UK Endpoint players and other UKCS players in the scene?

36:00 How should a UK player looking up to you frame their mindset to be similar to yours?

39:35 How was your mindset when you first started in team play?

42:00 Do you think UK players just want it handed on a plate for them?

45:00 What do teams need to do to get the investment back into the scene?

47:10 Which events should you be prioritizing as you grow through the ranks as an up and coming team?

49:40 What are your ambitions for the rest of the year as a team?

50:50 Missing out on LAN events in the covid climate

52:00 Is there something you want to approach differently as a team after the player break?

53:15 Favourite teammate in your career?

54:30 Any player you looked up to when improving and still look up to?

56:05 What was the biggest thing smooya taught you?

57:28 Do/did you enjoy playing FPL?

58:40 What do you do in your day to day routine with cs outside of practice?

59:20 Any teams that surprised you when playing them?

1:00:28 Whats the best team you have played against in practice or officials?

(Timestamps below) Get to know two of the most exciting players in the world right now, RAISY and vengeurR. As usual with the awesome zoot and Av3k!  

0:00 Introductions (co-host av3k) 

1:30 vengeur, how did you get into quake? 

2:38 RAISY, how did you get into quake? 

4:45 RAISY, did fragmovies get you back into quake? 

6:10 Av3k, at what point did you start becoming aware of these guys in the scene? 

9:10 vengeur, funny story for Av3k and first time meeting Av3k and RAISY 

11:00 zoot thinking RAISY used to cheat and everyone thinking strenx cheated at first 

13:10 Are there any pros you looked up to when you learned quake and/or guided you? 

14:56 vengeur, at first playing vs these champions of the game that you looked up to, did you struggle to overcome the name in front of you? 

16:05 RAISY, other than me (zoot) was there anyone else you looked up to in quake live? 

17:20 Similarities of strenx and RAISY 

18:35 Alot of young players mechanically strong, often get criticizes with you don't know the game but just aim 

19:52 Av3k, talk a bit about the play styles vengeur and RAISY have 

24:20  RAISY, talk about how you have changed your play style  over the years and how you can do non-ordinary plays that others might not make 

30:00 Differences between Quake live and Quake champions time limits 

31:17 vengeur, simlar to k1llsen at the moment and we have seen lots of different play style types, was PGL a turning point where you changed your style? 

32:55 Av3k, lots of people saying you need a lot of experience to gain success but there have been anomalies such as vengeur and RAISY, whats your thoughts on this? 

36:45 Whats the most important thing you concentrate on in a quake match? (funny Av3k analogies) 

42:50 RAISY lost to cypher in stage 3 final when he should have won, reasons for this? 

48:10 Do you use any breathing techniques to help calm you before games? 

49:40 What do you do with your schedule a few weeks before events? Sleep, health, supplements? 

52:40 All of you guys are streaming on twitch at the moment, are you enjoying creating content, any pros or cons with strategies getting leaked to other pros?

57:54 Discussing changing of sensitivity and other settings

1:02:30 vengeur, how are your map tutorials that you are creating going and are you giving away too much information?

1:04:10 Av3k discussing his start to streaming with new PC and social media

1:07:56 Why does vengeur like pineapple pizza?

1:10:05 Discuss QPL this weekend with Av3k vs vengeur and RAISY vs k1llsen

1:11:48 Whats the vibe like in myztro, is it like a family? Has it helped playing together in the same organisation, is it more of a rivalry or friendship?

1:17:40 Av3k, do you think vengeur and RAISY is almost becoming the new el classico or not quite yet?

1:19:00 Diabotical, similarities between quake and would you play it?

1:20:50 RAISY, how would you approach Quake live if you went back, did you time in quake live?

Q&A

1:23:15 Strongest map?

1:24:55 When you first started playing quake, who did you look up to most?

1:27:35 Opponent with the hardest style to counter?

1:30:00 Tower of Koth, have you guys tried it yet? 

1:31:10 If you got rid of a map what would it be? 

1:32:35 What is your opinion on aim trainers? 

1:34:25 Best way to improve LG accuracy? 

1:35:40 Would you guys like to see 2v2 back? (funny base/vengeur story)

1:38:55 RAISY, does your low sens give you issues when on the run and then turning around to deal damage back? 

1:39:45 Discussing crouch sliding champions

Whitey delves into a lot of detail with Endpoint IGL MiGHTYMAX about Endpoint and best practices to improve as a team and IGL!

Check out timestamps in our Youtube description here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0_7WIUlMg