Ben Green - In Retrospect [Part 2/2] (AU Esports)

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In Retrospect is a long form video series, featuring players, pundits and other industry professionals within the Asia Pacific esports scene discussing their careers and defining moments in depth.

Episode 3 features Ben Green, who is ESL Australia's Publisher Relations Lead, and one of the OG Australian Esports figures.

This video is Part 2 of my interview with Ben, you can find Part 1 here - https://youtu.be/2RyhoXLaovA

0:00 Hosting at Crown Call of Duty, first 'major' on stage mistake
5:00 Difficulties of Stage Hosting (in general)
13:00 Moving to Sydney, living in the 'ESL House'
20:00 First international trip w/ ESL, food poisoning in Katowice
23:00 Overwatch Launch Celebration Australia
25:00 Trying to get Zen League online
29:30 Ben's first international talent gig, Crossfire Stars Manila Invitational
33:30 Yelling at Malaysian casters, ROG Masters Kuala Lumpur 2016
39:00 Kpop dreams, Call of Duty at OGN Studio
45:45 Pulling off IEM Sydney 2017
51:00 IEM Sydney 2017 Twitch Party
56:15 Talent management/handling at Overwatch World Cup 2017
59:30 The biggest stage Ben's ever seen, Crossfire Stars Grand Finals 2017
1:05:30 Community outcry over Ben casting Overwatch Contenders
1:09:45 Difficulties of getting MEO 2018 off the ground
1:14:25 Sports and Esports merging, Australian Open Fortnite 2019
1:20:45 How Ben's work has been affected by Covid-19
1:25:40 Ben's biggest pet peeve with people in the esports industry
1:28:55 How many times has Ben thought about quitting esports?
1:31:15 Final thoughts

Thumbnail image: ESL
Intro music: Dwilly - Bathtub (ft. Emilia Ali)

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