001: The Rivalry Cooldown w/ SirScoots, Nahaz, and Richard Lewis

November 27, 2018

Chief Content Coordinator that is mildly obsessed with Dota 2. Other video games are cool too. Master of BioChem in my other life.

Take a Breather, Recharge, and join us on The Rivalry Cooldown, where we give you an unfiltered view on the current topics in esports from the experts. This month we have SirScoots, Nahaz, and Richard Lewis to talk about esports integrity, esport league structure, developer choices & support, and some of the top news stories they are currently following.

Follow our Guests on Twitter:

👉 SirScoots - https://twitter.com/SirScoots

👉 Nahaz - https://twitter.com/NahazDota

👉 Richard Lewis - https://twitter.com/RLewisReports

1:10 - Realm Royale Cheating Issues?
2:30 - HRX is like Hi Rez Blizzcon
3:50 - What happened in the Realm Royale cheating issue?
8:00 - Nahaz "You need to give a shit about the integrity of your game"
8:14 - Soundproofing issues at Dota LANs
9:00 - Richard "Players are guilty of going to Twitter first"
13:40 - Overwatch League
14:00 - Which developer is doing it right?
16:00 - Nahaz "There is no best model"
17:00 - Overwatch League is an investment property
19:48 - You. Can't. Force. A. Game. To. Be. A. Successful. Esport.
20:29 - Where is Fortnite in 5 years?
23:00 - Richard "I DON'T WANT VCs in Countestrike"
26:30 - Rainbow 6 as a League/Franchise
27:30 - We won't know if OWL works for YEARS
29:45 - Would you want to work with Riot right now?
30:30 - Riot & awful PR
32:00 - Tencent is getting involved
35:00 - Riot ruins Coca Cola deal
36:00 - Riot Leadership
38:00 - OWL / League of Legends - Owners pushed for franchising
40:00 - NFL as a franchise, Riot/Tencent lacks similar checks and balances
42:40 - Jersey Merchandising in OWL
43:45 - OWL franchises not playing nice with each other & regionality development
47:00 - What stories are you paying attention to right now?
47:30 - Nahaz: Artifact
48:30 - SirScoots: H1Z1 Pro League Failure
53:00 - Richard: CSGO league saturation

Check out some of the relevant tweets as they discuss 👇

Imagine being @RealmRoyale and hosting a $25,000 Tournament where the main spectator POV and IN GAME MAP are on display IN REAL TIME with NO DELAY, right in front of the competitors. I was advised by admins there will be NO CHANGES OR DELAYS added. pic.twitter.com/D29swhL6KP
— Brian St. Pierre (@Kephrii) November 18, 2018

I was advised by @RealmRoyale if I continued to tweet I would be removed from the tournament. I said I wouldn't stop tweeting about it. @Gale_Adelade and I are officially out of the tournament.
— Brian St. Pierre (@Kephrii) November 18, 2018

You do realize cheating is cheating right and if anything the non pro types will cheat more as they have less to lose if they get caught? Not sure how who is IN the tournament has anything to do with properly setting up the player environment to preventing ghosting.
— Scott Smith (@SirScoots) November 18, 2018

Conflicting reports on the exact dollar value, but for Nike to spend $100M+ on a 5 year deal is massive both for League of Legends and esports in general. https://t.co/pnKtBvjoei
— Bryce Blum (@esportslaw) November 19, 2018

Riot Games and @Marvel have partnered to bring you League of Legends comics. Our first series, Ashe: Warmother, launches in December! Read more: https://t.co/WT5IYQBunw
— Riot Games (@riotgames) November 19, 2018

More stuff coming out about the farce that was the h1z1 league courtesy of @LadyHardcore and @VPesports https://t.co/xWuMQuPD5M
— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) November 20, 2018

And @Kevin_Hitt did a deep dig into an even crazier component of the h1z1/Daybreak Games story, the alleged Russian ties that saw the company hit with US sanctions.https://t.co/73Ow9VQZAZ
— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) November 17, 2018

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