We're now 2 weeks into Proving Grounds and to help us navigate the amateur invasion, we sat down with Copy, the mid laner for #1 seed Cloud9 Academy. He gave us a great perspective on his close encounter with Zoos, how he's grown as a player since 100 Thieves Next, and we helped him plug some new sponsors and Smax has a new background.

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Week 1 of Proving Grounds is concluded and it's the eve before week 2. We brought in Morgen (ADFX) the head coach of Wildcard Gaming to talk about his team and week 1 results, week 2 predictions, coaching and broadcasting as a whole.

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Proving Grounds has concluded and we're breaking the one rule in NA amateur: tier lists. We recruited Kelsey Moser to join us on this journey as we break down the 16 teams that have qualified for Proving Grounds and where their strength is going into the event.

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We sat down to talk to Shoryu, the ADC for Evil Geniuses Academy, after their 2nd place finish in the Giant Slayer Spring Gauntlet. Topics included the recent dissolution of SolaFide and them dropping out of Proving Grounds, EG and Shoryu's growth on the roster and gaining confidence as the season continues, and his experiences in amateur and academy.

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Twitch: https://twitch.tv/shoryulol

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The king of the burger flippers APA joined us for Episode 13. We caught up about Barrage and their early exit in UGP and expectations going into Giant Slayer, played 90-50-10 for GSSG, talked about Aurelion Sol, expanding APA's champion pool, and improving his gameplay. Oh, and we played "Do You Know Your Champ" with Smax.

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Twitch: https://twitch.tv/alwaysplanahea1

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We sat down with Hooks, the support for CLG Academy, for Episode 12. For this week's episode, we talked about the differences between Academy and Amateur, Hooks' development as a support and a leader, Cubby has tech issues, we expose CLG's chairs, play "Do You Know Your Champ" w/Smax (hooker edition), and try a Popeye's Chicken Sandwich.

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For Episode 11 w/Zeu, the head coach of Maryville University. Zeu was able to drop some knowledge bombs about the challenges that Maryville University faces competing in the amateur scene and also what it takes to not only coach a team but lead a program on campus. We also talk a lot about the format of Proving Grounds from the standpoint of a collegiate team competing and growing the scene in the long run.

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Daption joined us for episode 10, the support for Wildcard Gaming. In this episode, we talked about Wildcard Gaming and coming together after late roster swaps, the state or Rell and why Daption loves enchantresses, we got off topic a lot (which was fun), and of course "Do You Know Your Champ" with Smax.

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For Episode 9 we talked with Prismal, the ADC for Golden Guardians Academy. For this episode, we talked about AP Twitch and how past experiences have aided Prismal in becoming a better leader. We also got his thoughts on how GGA has evolved in their time off and expectations for Proving Grounds & Giant Slayer, and of course "Do You Know Your Champ" with Smax.

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For Episode 8 (the first episode of our super week) we talked with Fanatiik live, the jungler for Barrage. We got his thoughts on dropping out of UGP early and his predictions for the rest of the tournament, his thoughts on how Barrage has evolved in their time off and expectations for Proving Grounds & Giant Slayer, 1 nice thing about APA, and of course "Do You Know Your Champ" with Smax (the item edition).

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