100Talk - 100 Thieves Podcast

Easily the most scrutinized signing in 100T's short history, Ryoma has been the subject of much conversation among 100T fans. After a rough start to his tenure in LCS, he found his footing and established himself in the league as a competent midlaner, even having pop-off carry games during playoffs. Excited by his potential, Cole and Jordan secured an interview with the rookie to hear his thoughts on himself, the pressure cooker that is professional esports, and the future of 100T. TIMESTAMPS: 1:35 - How did you deal with the pressure of being a 100T signing and unlock your potential over the course of the split? 4:24 - What was your expectation coming into the split, both of yourself and of your team? 9:25 - What do you feel fans don’t understand about you, 100T, or League in general that you wish you could correct? 11:33 - How much of a difference does online vs stage make? 14:33 - How has it felt playing for 100 Thieves and how does it differ from other teams you’ve played on

In what turned out to be a coinflip series, 100T was eliminated by TSM to finish 5th place in the LCS for Spring 2020. However, the intensely close match was full of surprises: more Ssumday slippage, a Ryoma pop-off, and Cody Sun scorching. Cole and Jordan discuss salty runbacks, a new midlaner making his case for starting in NA, and the daunting task of improving a better-than-expected squad with limited options on the table. TIMESTAMPS: 6:30 - Game 1: Win draft lose game 16:57 - Game 2: The salty runback, Ryoma is mighty 33:43 - Game 3: Ssumday continues to struggle, awaken the Cody 44:54 - Game 4: Everyone has a bad game and TSM is near perfect 50:56 - Game 5: Bjergsen breaks our hearts, again 57:37 - Reflecting on the split. What’s the team’s narrative? 1:03:32 - Listener Takes/Questions: We saw improvement all around, minus support. Do we expect changes, and what changes do we want? What will need to change for Ssumday to stay? What’s next for Ryoma? Limits that

In the not-much-anticipated first round matchup of 100T vs C9, C9 proved to be as good as everyone has been postulating. In a difficult series, Cole and Jordan found little to be surprising. Tonight, they discuss what we learned from matching up against the best of the best in the first five-game series that this squad has had together, and debate whether it’s possible to make a tournament run to secure the honor of getting crushed by C9 a second time in the finals. TIMESTAMPS: 2:17 - Jersey Program Benefit Drop Speedy game recaps 6:50 - Game 1, a thorough stomp 11:29 - Game 2, a disastrous stomp 17:50 - Game 3, a promising start turns into a thorough stomp 21:18 - Mandatory draft analysis conversation 31:27 - Deeper than ever dive on Ryoma. Is he to blame for our failings? Or was he our best player in Game 1? 1:06:08 - The deep dive on Stunt 1:08:44 - The final word (?) on Ssumday v Licorice Spring 2020 1:11:03 - Is this not what was expected against greatest e