'Til Good Game Do Us Part

In this episode, Troy interviews an anonymous game tester about his time as a game tester, what gaming testing consist of, treatment of quality assurance testers, crunch hours, and co-workers dating.

In this episode, Henry wasn't feeling well, so Troy put on a one man show to provide a run down on this week in esports. The topics discussed this week were: Ninja tweet vs 2K community, oLarry winning "Best Esports Moment" at ESPY awards, SNK adds $30K to Samurai Shodown's Evo prize pool.  Activision Blizzard announces new commissioners: Johanna Faries as Commissioner of Call of Duty Esports & Pete Vlastelica as Commissioner of Overwatch League. He also discuss former OpTic Gears roster signing to TOX Gaming and TOX Gaming's intents, Lil Nas X headlining Twitch Con, Father taking son out of school to become pro gamer, nominees of the Esports Awards 2019, and Team Liquid CSGO winning the Intel Grand Slam. 

In this episode, the guys discuss Nike sponsoring Furia, Pay-per-view esports & subscriber-only streams, and the DOTA 2: The International prize pool. They get into the rumored details of Grand Theft Auto 6 and the appeal of GTA RP. The boys also discuss Optic gaming buying the Los Angeles CWL franchise spot, Optic gaming releasing their Gear's roster and the Ally dating history situation.

In this episode, the guys give condolences to the passing of Etika and discuss their views of mental wellness. They talk about Furia roster signing a five year contract, H1ghsky's Tfue diss track & deep dive into gamer culture biting rap/hip-hop culture, Anheuser-Bush attempting to become the "The Official Beer of Esports." They roast the hideous Team Liquid x Marvel jerseys and discuss if a battle royale game type would work in Modern Warfare.

In this episode, we gave Henry the day off since he had to work and needed his rest. So friend of the show, Shidosha, stepped in talk recent gaming news. Shidosha and Troy discussed women streamers and egirl streaming troll, Tempo Axe won first tournament at Smash Summit 8, 100 Thieves outslayed in Hardpoint despite winning CWL Anaheim, Epic Games blog post to address tournament payout issue. The guys also speculate when the industry will see player/streamer signature peripherals. They also speak on "Loot boxes aren't loot boxes, they're surprise boxes", Apex Legends 2 speculation, and Slasher's misleading ban report on FaZe Aitzy.

In this week's episode the guys discuss Immortals officially buying out OpTic parent company, H3CZ speculated to buy Houston Outlaws and start new org, TSM Reginald v OpTic Di3sel beef. Henry expresses his hot take on Kingdom Hearts series. They also talk about Dr. Disrespect discrediting mobile games & getting banned for E3 bathroom scandal, streamers being the marketers of gaming, and FaZe Banks claiming FaZe broke no laws signing H1ghsky/ Tfue's lawyer speaking out.

In this episode, Troy spoke with Esports Performance Engineer, Taylor Johnson, during Dreamhack Dallas to discuss player performance, jet lag, building lasers, earliest gaming experiences, and his transition from traditional sports to esports.

Socials:

Twitter/IG: @CoachT_Johnson

Twitter/IG: @InsideIPI

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorjohnsonperformance/

The jetlag website: https://www.jetlagrooster.com/

In this episode, the guys dive straight into the iGumdrop controversy (02:45). They discuss Kaceytron owing the IRS (24:41), Nickmercs leaving 100Thieves and joining FaZe Clan (33:34), Xbox partnering with Axe (43:37), Dreamhack Dallas Recap (53:05), Immortals officially buyout OpTic (57:30), Overwatch alternate jersey roast (63:35). Also they guys big up Nicole LaPointe Jameson (69:25).

In this episode, Troy sat down with Kimberly Yee & Dhara Avila of Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas during Dreamhack Dallas to discuss their journey working in esports,  earliest gaming experiences, and women in esports.

Kimberly Yee Socials:

Twitter: @kimyeehaw

Instagram: @kimyeehaw

Dhara Avila Socials:

Twitter: @xarthiona

Instagram: @xarthiona

In this episode, Troy rants about Tfue vs FaZe Clan, plain & simple. Tfue bias rant but we stand by the players.