Over at IEM I caught up with two of the Aussie casters covering all the action from the Starcraft stage. Usually we only ever get one of these great Australians calling on the world stage at a time, so it was special to be able to catch both Jared 'PiG' Krenzel and Leigh 'Maynarde' Mandalov behind the scenes on the other side of the world.

The guys were great to squeeze me in between Starcraft quarter-final calls, so we were catching up backstage from the great Spodek Arena. And that's why there's a lot of noise in the background.

We explore the state of Starcraft esports, being Aussies behind the casting desk and sharing the stage with a very international line up of talent, and plenty more about what's on their minds.

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Maynarde on Twitter: @MaynardeSC2

Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

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This week I’ve got two of the members of the Fnatic Rainbow Six team - team captain Etienne ‘Magnet’ Rousseau, and coach/manager Jayden ‘Dizzle’ Saunders.

We had a chat about the team’s journey over the past year with their initial success under Mindfreak, joining Fnatic, and the ups and downs of the tournaments since then.

This Aussie team has been building a solid global fanbase under the Fnatic brand and continue to grow in skill and demeanour, so it was great to catch up with them during the big event.

They bowed out at the quarter-final stage so we were catching up in the press room between then and the Grand Finals of the Invitational weekend.

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I sit down with two of the key brains behind Rainbow Six Siege and its smart and steady rise toward the top tier of global esports. Esports Director François-Xavier Dénièle and Brand Director Alexandre Remy. We talk about the road so far, the moves to open up their ecosystem to more third-party tournament partners, and their ambitions for the year ahead (and beyond).

All the latest Siege news here:

https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com/siege/en-au/esports/

Follow Siege on Twitter: @R6esports

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The latest Esports Moment is a chat with Order General Manager Jake 'Spawn' Tiberi and Order Chairman Adrian Giles. From founding the org to the future of the industry, we cover a lot of ground in this latest episode.

You can find Jake on Twitter: @spawnlol

And all things Order here: Order.Army

Read up on the Order crowdfunding in my Australian Financial Review article from when it happened back in November 2018.

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The extended interview with Ben 'DrLupo' Lupo when he was in Melbourne for the Fornite Summer Smash at the Australian Open.

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Seamus was in Melbourne for the Fortnite Summer Smash event at the Australian Open and interviewed a host of streamers, competitors and organisers about the show. And with Fortnite Battle Royale now one year old, how has that year changed the lives of so many people at the event?

Featuring Loserfruit, Valkyrae, MrFreshAsian, DrLupo, Vondle, TheSchnake, Altro47, and Mark Reidy from Tennis Australia.

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