Proving Grounds Pod

We sit down with the up and coming jungle talent Chad Jungle of 100 Thieves Next for EP 28. For this episode we learn about how Chad Jungle landed on 100T Next, coming together as a team in the summer and qualifying for Proving Grounds, expectations for UGP, and the Mobalytics list.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChadJungleLoL

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chadjungle

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The regular season has finished for all levels of NA play and we're diving into all the playoff scenarios we can as we try to navigate all the brackets (some are easier than others) across LCS, Academy, and Proving Grounds.

We're working with Tim and Mobalytics to provide bi-weekly top prospect lists. You can see the official list going to the link below:

https://app.mobalytics.gg/esports/players

Tim Sevenhuysen + Oracle's Elixir:

https://twitter.com/TimSevenhuysen

https://oracleselixir.com/

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Raafaa: https://twitter.com/RaafaaCasts

Raafaa is on the road once again but he joins us with a caveat (or should I say caviar?) This week's episode, the race to 6th and 8th as well as the byes keeps LCS entertaining. IMTA and TSMA are in a race to see who makes Academy playoffs and who goes to UGP. And EGP and 100X made roster changes which makes EGL more or less interesting.

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

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We sit down with the head coach of Evil Geniuses Prodigies at the perfect time as they're headed to the semifinals of EGL's Summer Showdown, and have just promoted Tomio to their academy squad. Ido walks us through what it's like to coach a 3rd team in an LCS organization, getting mentored and learning to help his teaching, reading books, and reminiscing about the old North & Big10 Conferences makes up EP 27 of the Proving Grounds Pod.

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The Proving Grounds Pod is now streaming on all platforms! Catch the podcast here:

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

With the playoff race tightening across all of NA League of Legends, we're trying to tighten up our show by keeping it at 2 hours and only 1 day late this week. Topics include feeling bad for CLG players (not upper management), the race for 6th and 8th, as well as Worlds in the LCS, Academy...which is going about as we expect (Smax is really excited about TSM though), and the EGL quarterfinals preview. Also Raafaa is indeed somewhat shirtless again but we aren't DMCA'd yet so it's really just adding to the party as we also had food this week as we recorded this at peak degen/nocturnal/graveyard shift hours. Enjoy!

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Raafaa: https://twitter.com/RaafaaCasts

We're back with another episode as we sit down with the winning jungler of the Gateway Legends LAN, and 3rd place jungler with Maryville University in Risen TheOddOrange. We dive into storytime and remember S3/S4 events that don't exist today, lifting regime's, what's been going into Maryville's hot streak, and streaming.

Follow TheOddOrange:

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https://twitch.tv/TheOddOrange

The Proving Grounds Pod is now streaming on all platforms! Catch the podcast here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tPeopHYF1F4jxSYaXoaPu

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

New look for us as we dive into week 6 of LCS, Academy, and semi-pro. Lines have been blurred as FlyQuest's Academy team went 3-0 in the LCS this week, and their LCS team went 4-0 in Academy (with Kumo playing in all those games). We still think the LCS top teams are weak compared to other regions but NA is living up to the entertainment value. In other news 100T Academy and their LCS squads have started to fall back down to earth and we talk about whether it's a slump or returning to form, and Wildcard Red won the 2nd Proving Grounds tournament as they're looking for a 3-peat going into EGL, which we preview. We also go over our updated prospect list for semi-pro.

We're working with Tim and Mobalytics to provide bi-weekly top prospect lists. You can see the official list going to the link below:

https://app.mobalytics.gg/esports/players

Tim Sevenhuysen + Oracle's Elixir:

https://twitter.com/TimSevenhuysen

https://oracleselixir.com/

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tPeopHYF1F4jxSYaXoaPu

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQRaWWzLH6CyfPSfouiwLA

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Raafaa: https://twitter.com/RaafaaCasts

For EP 5 of Raising NA we apologize for missing a week (Raafaa is too cool and is traveling) so we're all going to spite travel and miss another episode on the week of the 4th of July as well.  LCS takes up the majority of our time as we still have no idea what's going on with everyone's rosters. Academy continues to be the most exciting league to watch and honestly not many things about Risen have surprised us so we're kinda going with the flow.

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Raafaa: https://twitter.com/RaafaaCasts

Wixxi joins us for EP25 of the Proving Grounds Pod to talk about his time on Cloud9 Amateur, and their team's improvement going into the summer split. We talk about going out in quarters in Challengers Uprising, patch 11.13, the first 2 days of Risen, transitioning from Harrisburg to C9, warmup games & anime.

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Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Welcome to episode 4 of Raising NA. 2 weeks into the LCS & Academy splits Cubby thinks 100 Thieves are the team to beat in each league. Wildcard Red also won CUP so red is just the best color. We cover week 2 of LCS, Academy, Challengers Uprising Finals, and give our 2nd version of the mobalytics tier list.

We're working with Tim and Mobalytics to provide bi-weekly top prospect lists. You can see the official list going to the link below:

https://app.mobalytics.gg/esports/players

Tim Sevenhuysen + Oracle's Elixir:

https://twitter.com/TimSevenhuysen

https://oracleselixir.com/

All things Raising NA will be posted on the Proving Grounds Pod Channels. You can follow and keep up with all things NA and Proving Grounds below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tPeopHYF1F4jxSYaXoaPu

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/proving-grounds-pod/id1549147079

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQRaWWzLH6CyfPSfouiwLA

Stay up to date with us on our socials:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PGroundsPod

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/provinggroundspod

Discord: https://discord.gg/YDccFdwxKb

Smax: https://twitter.com/SmaxCasts

Cubby: https://twitter.com/Cubbyxx

Raafaa: https://twitter.com/RaafaaCasts