100Talk - 100 Thieves Podcast

100 Thieves Academy Director and Head Coach Kelsey Moser joins the dads to 100Talk player development, the NA LoL fan ethos, and how the league might change as our signature talent ages. Special thanks to Kelsey for speaking with us tonight. Follow Kelsey on twitter: https://twitter.com/karonmoser Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Measuring success in 2020 - no trophy but multiple player promotions to LCS 07:35 - The impact of 100X on fan awareness and hype for new Academy talent 15:14 - We have to talk about Solo Queue in NA 23:25 - The direct benefit of and case for more eyes and attention on amateur and Academy 26:23 - Preparing Poome for rapid LCS deployment 30:15 - Are NA teams adequately preparing the next crop of stars to take over from the old guard? 42:17 - What is Reddit and/or the general League fan base typically getting wrong? 48:23 - “Constructive flame” - Kelsey’s take on being critical without being toxic 52:35 - Wrap up and what to watch this offseason F

100 Thieves announced this week the signing of Nirt0, former TL CSGO beast, and also released the entirety of the roster from Highground, leaving just Hiko and his former teammate to build a brand new squad. The dads take on a bevy of topics in rapid-fire fashion about this roster reboot and how it will change the future of 100T Valorant. NOTE: This episode includes a long clip of content that audio listeners may want to skip. You can watch the whole vid here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIO0GlppTrg Join us as we Fast Peek Last Week! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Nitr0 as leader apparent - how will this change things? 4:12 - Hiko & Nitr0: Reunited and it feels so ______? 7:15 - Venerated dishes on the roster breakup 10:30 - The process of building the squad 13:50 - 100T’s announcement video for Nitr0 and its implications 22:00 - Incendiary - Jaskar asks if NA Valorant is going to be the CSGO retirement home 27:30 - Wrap up Listen here . Follow 100Talk on twitter: https://t

It’s official: 2020 is the worst year ever. 100T is bounced in embarrassing fashion from LCS playoffs courtesy of banger-tweet-slinging Evil Geniuses (#LIVEEVIL). 100Kids are left feeling underwhelmed by this year’s results and scrambling for answers to some obvious problems. We’re still rebuilding and it’s still going to be rough. Jordan and Cole come together to talk about toxicity in the NA scene, reasonable expectations for player development, teams “solving” our squad, and the difficulty of rearranging the pieces (or throwing some away in favor of new ones) to position us for 2021. It’s a tough time to be a fan. Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:02 - Toxicity, memeing, and MarkZ - making sense of an extremely toxic reaction 0:13:39 - Criticizing without flaming - taking a reasonable look at performances and fairly criticizing our weaknesses 0:17:16 - 100T vs EG - How to beat a team with two bans. Committing to a style and losing by it. 0:29:01 - What do you do wh

100T bombed out of the FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational, and from what little we were able to see, things are not looking good. The dads come together to discuss Hiko's own criticism of his team, JasonR's opinions on Hiko's leadership, and weigh in on how soon we can expect roster changes. They also contrast 100 Thieves' approach to entering this new esport with Team Liquid's, and the comparison is not a favorable one.  NOTE: This episode includes a long clip of content that audio listeners may want to skip. You can watch the whole vid here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH5C16YsmXA Join us as we Fast Peek Last Week! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Hiko criticizes the team 5:20 - JasonR weighs in on Hiko 9:55 - Predictions for roster change timeline 14:45 - Examining Team Liquid's entry into the space and why it's better 26:30 - Incendiary - BurntCooter wants us to run a developmental team Listen here . Follow 100Talk on twitter: https://twitter.com

100T submits perhaps the most 100T weekend of League of Legends ever, by losing a must-win in a heartbreaking way and then going on to absolutely stomp in an inconsequential match the next day. It’s official - we’re a 7th place team and will be battling through playoffs from the losers’ bracket (with our dear friends Dignitas). Cole and Jordan have a meeting of the dads and complete the 100T picture as we prepare for whatever our crew has in store for us in the postseason. Whatever happens, you can bet we’ll come out of it perplexed! Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:19 - 100T vs DIG: A most demoralizing loss 0:06:52 - Ssumday plays Ornn and we all feel sad 0:14:58 - Not making much of the biggest buff of all 0:22:56 - Did we get out macroed or just macroed? 0:23:44 - Just how bad was Ryoma’s Zoe, actually (when you correct for Reddit vision)? 0:32:56 - Poome’s Bard - it’s not BAD it’s just not as GOOD as his other champs and doesn’t seem to fit our ideal playstyle

As we collect more data on the latest 100T LCS roster, it's becoming clear that making Worlds may just be out of reach. Cole and Jordan talk about which parts of the roster are working and why it seems that we've already been pegged to a single playstyle despite the shakeup. 100T fans are getting frustrated with inconsistency, and decision time is looming. How will Papa proceed? Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:06:02 - 100T vs FLY 00:09:50 - Santorin is mean, targeting Poome 00:12:17 - Ryoma gets it done in lane butttt… nowhere else? Ryoma ceiling discussion. 00:22:27 - Playing without a plan - looking totally uncoordinated 00:25:44 - Poome’s second bad game. How worried are we? 00:32:18 - 100T vs IMT 00:34:04 - Poome’s next great game. Marveling at his TK mechanics. 00:38:38 - Ssumday smothers toplane because he prefers to, not because it’s the plan. 00:43:37 - Performance roundup against a very academy-esque IMT. 00:49:25 - Not phoning it in: A clean and decisive win