The Return of Trash Talk #1
295Trash Talk is a back after a long hiatus, Richard Lewis hosts as people call in an give their opinion on eSport related topics!
01:40 intro and topics
06:50 Jonathan McDaniel - how Reddit hate causes players leaving teams: Nien, Amazing etc.
25:30 Eric Cherry KeSPA/OGN 1 team rule discussion
38:30 KeSpa salaries
40:30 Azubu deal with KeSpa
43:40 Chinese teams offering big $$ to Korean Players
49:10 Logan Mahoney name jokes
50:00 Alliance/EG 1 team rule, Alex Garfield and Good Game agency, CLG
1:01:20 Liquid122 statement on EG/Alliance and being forced to sell Curse
1:07:10 The potential of collective team bargaining with tournament organizers
1:10:25 break with some nice music
1:15:25 break end.
1:16:50 StarCraft region locking in WCS
1:30:30 Should Blizzard be like Riot? who should run e-sports in general? Player Unions?
1:42:10 UKeSA story by Councilman Lewis
1:45:30 behemoth size jokes
1:46:00 financial model of StarCraft vs free to play games
1:55:30 Valkyrin joins the show
1:56:30 Issues with scouting new LOL players and tryouts in NA, Velocity and Vileroze, Dyrus and Sheep examples
2:15:00 Valkryn rant about reddit and /r/leagueoflegends becoming a TMZ like outlet
2:24:15 Info on the upcoming First Blood episode (23:00 CET)