100Talk - 100 Thieves Podcast

Looking much better in week 2 of Worlds Groups, 100 Thieves’ invigorated performance still ultimately fell short of getting to Worlds Quarterfinals after a very close loss to RNG and Gen.G’s destruction of a corpse shortly afterwards. The boys finished their 2022 year as members of the Western 1-5 Club, but without much else to smile about. Despite the underperformance being overshadowed by NA’s general impotence on the international stage, 100T quickly reclaimed the headlines by announcing the departure of beloved GM PapaSmithy, whose Twitter statement left a few things to dissect. The 100Talk dads are here to do just that. In this episode, Cole and Jordan dedicate the pod to evaluating the PapaSmithy tenure. Checking performance against goals, the dads give their takes on the reasons for the breakup and what its implications are within 100 Thieves as an organization and for the LCS as a whole. They speculate on the future of the program and lay out the limited options in front of us,

Worlds 2022 got off to a very rough start for 100T fans as the Thieves tripped at the starting gate. Dropping a game to CTBC Flying Oyster was NOT how we envisioned our first groups outing to go, and the loss painted reasonable efforts against Gen.G and RNG in a darker light. With all NA teams on the ropes at 0-3, there doesn’t seem to be much hope to go around for fans. Jordan and Cole work out the frustrations of watching a beloved team underperform and puzzle about a course of action that could salvage at least some of the mess that we find ourselves in. Barring a miracle run this weekend and some favors from other teams in the group, it looks like our Worlds journey will end on Sunday and what will surely be an extremely active offseason begins. With that in mind, the dads give their advice for how to best enjoy what could very well be the final three games with the greatest 100T roster ever assembled… Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:04 - 100T vs CFO 0:24:45 - 100T v

Giving listeners control over which topics come up next for discussion, the 100Talk dads are back and ready to let the hate flow through them after watching a weird, frustrating, and ultimately a little boring play-ins stage of Worlds 2022. On the menu for this night of potshots are Very Unexpected Game Delays™, the problem with the play-in format, casters and analysts viewing Jojopyun with the rosiest of lenses, Cole's everlasting and effervescent hatred of EU, and even a surprise energy drink release from 100 Thieves scheduled for tomorrow. Off the rails is the brand, here. Enjoy your heaping helping of 100Talk. Listen here. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Intro  0:03:17 - Game Delays 0:07:46 - EU Sucks 0:15:03 - Who is the “fun” team? 0:21:28 - The Meta So Far 0:28:05 - The Play-in Format (Plight of the Minor Regions) 0:35:15 - Drink Juvee 0:44:16 - Rose-colored Jojo Viewing 0:52:35 - JLXP’s 100T Blindness 0:59:40 - Outro ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ FOLLOW THE 100TALK DADS: Twitter ► http