In this episode Hector Rodriguez AKA HECZ the owner and CEO of OpTic Gaming joins us to talk the history of Esports, Content Creation as a business, his love for sneakers and graffiti, and much more…

 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

1:04 HECZ On Growing Up In Juarez Mexico 

3:28 Buying Unnecessary Things vs. Investments

4:45 Growing Up With Video Games

7:18 HECZ Sneaker Knowledge

8:49 Importance Of OpTic And The Meaning Behind The Name

11:28 Working with HECZ And Starting A Podcast

15:00 How To Navigate The Lil Bro Treatment 

21:34 HECZ On His Love For Graffiti  

30:40 How HECZ Became One Of The First Video Game Content Creators

35:22 Taking The Leap Of Faith To Chase Your Dreams

39:29 Why HECZ Sold OpTic Gaming

41:12 Gaming Tournaments Prize Pool Evolution

43:08 The Secret To Why OpTic Has Been So Successful

47:41 Private Selection Going International

50:01 HECZ Growing Up As A Sneakerhead

52:02 If You Could Design Any Shoe What Would It Be?

53:11 Favorite Musicians And Meeting Raekwon

54:46 Breaking The Nike SB eBay Dunks Live On The Podcast

57:00 Gifting HECZ An Unreleased Pair Of Jordan 1’s

58:45 How Many Pairs Of Shoes Do You Own?

1:03:56 What is OpTic Day? 

1:06:35 Are You Ever Too Old For Streetwear?

1:10:36 The Cultural Shift Of Consumer Brands

1:13:28 OpTic Gaming Coming To Sneaker Con Dallas

1:15:09 Unreleased New Balance Sneakers First Look

1:18:12 Nadeshot Wearing Off-White Chicago’s In Chicago

1:19:12 Ian Knew Virgil Had Passed Away Before Anyone Else In The World

1:22:07 First Impressions From Clothes And Sneakers

1:24:27 Larry’s New Found Golf Addiction

1:25:37 The Rise Of Influencers Becoming Their Own Brand

1:27:54 Kanye West On Leaving Adidas

1:30:20 The Shoe Game Runs In Cycles

1:31:19 Would Kanye West Retro His Nike Air Yeezy’s?

1:33:33 HECZ’s Top 5 Video Games Of All Time

1:35:22 Getting Scump On The Podcast

1:36:16 How Did OpTic Aquire Envy?

1:38:29 Closing Thoughts

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