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Nothing Gold Can Stay - PapaSmithy Exit Pod / 2022 Worlds Recap

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, while paying tribute to both the players (who may soon be leaving) and the staff that made this wonderful 3-split run possible.

It is the most bittersweet of 100Talk episodes. Get your tissues ready.

Listen here.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:28 - Papa’s Exit Statement 0:15:06 - Papa’s Vision for 100T LoL 0:24:20 - Evaluating Papa’s Tenure 0:33:10 - The LCS Trajectory 0:45:13 - What Comes Next? 1:01:19 - Hoping for different, not worse 1:09:44 - Listener Takes 1:40:33 - Outro







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