The Esports Combine is a networking and recruiting event designed to help college esports programs find players who are good enough to compete on their teams, and potentially earn scholarships. Students get the chance to learn about the esports industry while showing off their skills in front of the recruiters in charge of filling out rosters. Esportz Network has signed on as the official network of the event and in this episode Bill Dever, the Chief Creative Officer of Harena Data, the company behind the Esports Combine joins the show to talk about the event and the college esports space at large.

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Gamelancer, a freelance platform where streamers and celebrities can play matches with fans, talks about why gamers need better revenue pathways. They also operate a four TikTok channels including @gaming and @gamer with a combined total following of over 7 million. We talk streaming, the rise of TikTok and what other gaming platforms could learn from the controversial short form video app.

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Up North, a gaming management agency, founded by two brothers, has quickly become a major player in the scene. The agency has brought new brands into gaming while working with longtime gaming partners, has signed massive Fortnite content creators and has figured out how to leverage the rush of traditional sports athletes onto Twitch.

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Special Guests: Cody Hock and Cole Hock.

Adamas Esports is a leading clinic working with esports organizations, leagues and players to help get them the most out of their games through healthy habits. Adamas has licensed practicioners in a number of different medical fields focusing on the world of competitive gaming. Jake Middleton, Esports Performance Manager at Adamas Esports, joins the show to talk about how Adamas helps players improve their games through fitness, the balance of being a modern day esports athlete and how lifestyle, health and psychology are all intertwined.

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Special Guest: Jake Middleton.

In this special episode, my brother joins the show to share his vast library of League of Legends knowledge.

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Special Guest: Sam "Riff Raff" Reames.

PlayVS became the go-to option for high school esports quickly after being founded in 2018. PlayVS has partnerships with most major developers, is working with the National Federation of State High School Assosciations and has raised over $96M to date. The company also has recently expanded to colleges, offering competitions in three titles. They also expanded to Canada for the 2020-21 school year, marking the first time the company's esports leagues are available beyond the US.

This podcast first appeared on the College Esports QuickTake feed as part of our weekly content schedule. If scholastic esports are something you are interested in, you can subscribe to that feed to get first looks at all our college and high school esports content.

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Special Guest: Aakash Ranavat.

Esportz Network contributor Devon and Mitch talk about the roles of esports coaches, how they've evolved and why they still have a ways to go. This was recored in mid-summer but held as it wasn't as time sensitive as other podcasts. With that being said, some of the statements don't make a ton of sense timing wise but the majority of the conversation about esports coaches still makes sense.

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Bear streams under the name UNLV and currently works for Smash.gg, he was a strong smash bros player who has become one of the top ranked Mario Kart players in the world. Milo is the CEO of 8-Bit esports and he talks about how an organization that started as a college club was able to expand into professional esports by signing a Rocket League team and competing in the new Rocket League esports structure. The two talk about how their time in college prepped them for esports careers, how collegiate rivalries are still driving esports adoption and what they reccomend for tying esports into a college pathway.

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GenG's Head of Revenue Operations Jordan Sherman joins the show to talk about GenG qualifying for Worlds, the organizations focus on diversity and GenG's work in colleges.

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Special Guest: Jordan Sherman.

Everyone wants to know how to break into this industry. Esportz Network Editor in Chief Justin Amin joins the show to talk about his path into the industry, what he's learned about it since he entered and how his time in college helped him prepare for a job in the industry.

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Special Guest: Justin Amin.