00:00:00 Intro - Mark's MSI experience & movie chat 00:12:48 MSI drama-llama-rama 00:26:50 Michael thinks the MSI format is fine as it is 00:42:28 Alienware break! 00:44:13 Lord-Audie's hot take: the current MSI format does a huge disservice to minor regions 01:04:33 Simon's take: inflating everyone else's ping for RNG is catering to Chinese fanbase 01:16:55 Brief B.Sanderson chat & tech issues 01:25:18 Grubhub break! 01:27:29 Jake's take: T1 is making MSI look easy, can win undefeated 0...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 222
00:00:00 Intro - Mark's in Germany! 00:14:45 Regi/DL WaPo stuff 00:24:53 ChezBurglur's take: it doesn't matter who wins this MSI, this will be the most scuffed/controversial tournament in league history 00:45:06 Alienware break! 00:48:02 Inscrutiable's take: the way the fans are flaming young NA players is unacceptable 00:58:07 Brakthir's take: if Danny/Jojo continue to do poorly at MSI, the hype around them will do more harm than good 01:13:58 Timmychanga trolls the new LoL Paramount+ TV show 0...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 221
00:00:00 Intro - Revenge returns! Roster changes, Summit's departure 00:25:46 Wizard's take: Winsome wasn't LCS ready and Summit was a poor teammate after LS left 00:43:43 Alienware break! 00:45:38 Oscar's take: despite C9 looking better on paper, TSM will be in a better position as an org by the end of summer 00:58:04 PapaDon's take: TSM's effort to finish top 3 instead of rebuilding feels pathetic and bad for LCS 01:16:41 Squizzomatic's take: 100T needs to replace 2 of these 3: Huhi, Closer, A...
May 03, 2022•2 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 220
00:00:00 Intro 00:17:40 Travis's fan polls 00:31:09 Fez wants to talk about how Danny and Jojo were the worst 2 players on EG 00:45:10 Alienware break! 00:46:32 Snailchip thinks this is the first time in a while the LCS has storyline potential 01:04:30 Timmychanga says EG did NOT prove that NA talent is the future of LCS 01:15:47 Grubhub break! 01:19:15 Izzdaer's take: Jojo at MSI in his first split will be a buff 01:32:05 LooterJoe's take: 100T should blow up the team after summer split 01:42:2...
Apr 28, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 219
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Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 218
00:00:00 Intro - EG heading to playoffs! Welcome back, Peter Dun! 00:07:50 The strength of EG 00:20:23 TLITA thinks EG has ramped up, will win Finals, make a splash at MSI 00:35:34 Alienware break! 00:38:20 Old Cosmic Drive Stan wants to promote EG Files 00:54:02 PulledPork says if EG/TL ban both Lee Sin and Jarvan, they'll 3-0 100T 01:04:07 iscaf's take: a 100T-EG Final would prove that franchising worked. 01:16:15 Grubhub + LIVE HLL! 01:19:20 gechao's take: C9 shouldn't make any roster changes...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 217
00:00:00 Intro - Stuff we've been watching and eating, some league news sprinkled in 00:16:39 DaddyPlsSpankMe believes CQ drama has been blown way out of proportion 00:51:20 Travis travel plans + Alienware break 00:53:20 Ptrck's take: Isles over Winsome gets C9 to finals, they lose to TL 3-2 01:07:53: finalnintendokid's take: EG or C9 going to Houston would be bad for their growth as a team 01:28:55 10TRAVIS Grubhub code! 01:29:45 Ben n Jerrys predicts 100T 3-0s TL because 3 out of 5 players are...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 216
00:00:00 Intro - Papa Smithy's back! 100T's progress since last year 00:18:24 What would Papa Smithy do to fix TSM? 00:21:40 rudiferr's take: 100T just gave EG the blueprint to win their eventual C9 match 00:39:45 Horizon's take: TL are in trouble vs 100T 00:52:28 Alienware break! 00:54:41 Franz's take: 100T looked better than their actual level against C9 01:06:00 treethan asks Papa about the 6-man roster 01:18:30 Grubhub break! HOTLINE LEAGUE LIVE DELIVERED BY GRUBHUB! 01:22:36 Zeenithu asks P...
Apr 05, 2022•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 215
00:00:00 Intro - TL STEVE! 00:06:25 LCS updates 00:08:27 Travis asks Steve how this split felt 00:18:49 EG Peter Dun thinks Travis should vote for Jojopyun MVP 00:31:47 pfwangs's take: TL's mid game throws will cause them to lose a bo5 to EG, win out loser's bracket, and then lose to c9 in the finals 00:41:30 Alienware break! 00:43:46 lilbonaparte asks Steve how HE would fix TSM 00:56:26 bluejay rants: CLG subbing in CLGA for last game of the split just sucks 01:10:58 Grubhub break! 01:13:22 xsp...
Mar 29, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 214
00:00:00 Intro 00:11:50 more TSM drama into a 2-0 00:24:45 Hexblast's take: GGs are a top 4 team and will challenge 100T for last spot in Finals 00:34:30 Alienware break! 00:37:45 OddenBjornsen's take: Bwipo is the problem 00:47:09 SirAstien thinks Summit should NOT win MVP 00:58:43 elliot agrees with FBI: C9 is overrated 01:14:20 Grubhub break! travis10 to save money ASAP! 01:16:23 Guttler's take: CLG getting 9th place and at-risk? 01:31:17 SpoTric's take: there's a whole generation of new play...
Mar 22, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 213
00:00:00 Intro 00:13:54 Themothersauce's take: Biofrost Spring MVP 00:23:06 Razenkin's take: even with Champion's Queue, pros aren't playing enough games. 00:39:13 Alienware break! 00:42:41 finalnintendokid's take: CLG making playoffs over EG 00:52:48 cyberhealer's take: 100T is starting to re-establish themselves as a top team 01:03:00 Phil joins the stream! 01:05:10 slushie's take: 100T's Tenacity experiment has failed 01:18:20 Marty joins the stream! Marty's background in esports 01:21:30 Phi...
Mar 15, 2022•2 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 212
00:00:00 Intro + Broadcast changes and challenges 00:31:40 Lord-Audie's take: teams should provide translators for post-game interviews 00:43:50 Alienware break! 00:47:00 Bluejay's take: if Jensen is considering a return to pro play, he should avoid TSM 01:02:10 tako's take: it's time to accept Fudge as a top 3 mid laner in LCS 01:15:50 KSM's take: orgs shouldn't protect players if they're at fault, ie. Shenyi 01:37:08 Grubhub break! 01:40:07 akoreanguy's takes: EG is overrated, it's surprising ...
Mar 08, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 211
00:00:00 Intro - LS joins HLL, what was that CLG pause? And other LCS news 00:18:19 Rance's take: C9 will make it to Worlds bc of player diff, but won't get past quarters without LS drafts 00:34:14 Moe's take: developmental rosters for top orgs is one of the worst things they could do 00:57:49 Alienware break! New stuff?! 01:00:15 Wizard's take: player retention is not currently an issue for the LCS 01:21:26 outsane predicts GG will surprise people and make Spring Finals vs C9 or TL. 01:33:08 Gr...
Mar 01, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 210
00:00:00 Intro - LS in the chat - speculation on what happened 00:30:32 Neath speculates LS's departure is due to visa issues 00:37:03 Ospraey's take: Jack not being transparent is the cause of all the drama 00:48:18 Hex Blast's take: It's lazy to say C9's struggles this weekend were due to LS's departure. 00:58:30 Alienware break! 01:01:07 Ika's take: casters talking down to fans fosters contempt 01:12:57 Mahmoud returns to say: after stint with C9, LS has shown a tease of what he can accomplis...
Feb 22, 2022•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 209
00:00:00 Intro 00:15:40 Zemelci's Emily Appreciation Take (extremely wholesome) 00:23:26 Basil's take: CLG is currently better than TSM, TSM will fail to make playoffs Spring & Summer 00:46:55 Alienware break! 00:50:25 Alex's take: C9 first-timing champs with success is a good sign 01:11:00 Travis's poll 01:15:25 Anzaii predicts a big meta shift in the near future 01:25:22 GrubHub break! 01:29:00 Max's take: we need to ban talking about Worlds from the LCS broadcast 01:44:52 Saint's take: EG...
Feb 16, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 208
00:00:00 Intro 00:14:10 Champions Queue 00:23:13 Bluefrost wants to talk about glaring flaws with Champ's Q 00:40:27 Themothersauce's take: DIG is statistically a top 3 team in the LCS 00:51:35 Alienware break! 00:54:57 Roonie222's takes: Smite Janna top is healthy for LoL; FLY/CLG game was GOTY? 01:05:00 TheGreatClockwyrm's take: Berserker is the greatest generational/franchise talent since Bjerg 01:17:40 OkeyDokie's take: C9, TSM, FLY and DIG will be top 4 Spring Playoffs 01:35:20 GrubHub brea...
Feb 08, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 207
00:00:00 Intro / Spica waiting room 00:36:20 Spica joins 00:37:40 How are TSM scrims going? 00:40:05 Spica breaking a TV 00:42:09 Spica's reaction to DIG series (Huni's sitting next to him) 00:43:40 Hyuse's take: TSM will be a title contending team possibly in spring but definitely in summer & they are heavily underrated 00:56:40 Bluejay's week-old take: it's easy to forget TSM exists 01:05:35 Rapid fire questions for Spica 01:14:13 Zemelci's take: jungle pool is far more stacked this year 0...
Feb 01, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 206
00:00:00 Intro 00:15:20 Caperx thinks the community has been way too toxic towards players like Blue. 00:30:27 Sully, average LCS fan, wants to sell Travis on the broadcast. 00:52:55 Funeral service for Chemtech drag with BigAngryHobo and Moghal11 01:12:55 Gazzolith's take: Fudge will follow a similar arc to last year and become best mid LCS, and C9 should not start this roster 01:30:12 Franz's take: Jojopyun and Fudge would be less hyped if Jensen, Perkz, Jiizuke were still playing in NA 01:43:...
Jan 25, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 205
00:00:00 Intro: Lock In week 1 results and news 00:15:00 Treethan's take: Guilhoto leaving IMT is going to leave them at the bottom of the pack this season 00:25:40 BreakingDreams's take: it seems the Church of LS's ideologies are already taking hold 00:35:20 Alienware break! 00:37:25 IMT Revenge asks Guilhoto some spicy questions... 01:03:13 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 01:08:45 NoGameSense wants to talk about Jinx meta 01:15:30 AntiPhoenixNA's take: 100T DOOMED? 01:29:10 Guilhoto addresses the EG Doublel...
Jan 18, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 204
00:00:00 Intro 00:10:00 Will LCS teams be running their full rosters for Lock In? 00:15:19 Co-streaming changes 00:23:12 Rawnblade believes EG has taken the biggest risk of the offseason 00:40:03: JKJuicyKim's hot take: in Group A, C9 will emerge 1st, but GGS close 2nd. 00:53:15 Alienware break 00:56:50 Lil_Bonaparte asks Mark and Travis if they're disappointed with lack of roster info 01:09:35 glimmerglen wants to discuss Riot's events for female players, ie. Game Changers 01:25:35 TomShoe want...
Jan 11, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 203
00:00:00 Intro: holiday recap, rumors and news 00:25:50 Dr. Nollie predicts TL will NOT win Spring OR Summer, will miss out on Worlds 00:41:23 Nowak's take: the decision of C9 to keep Zven will go down as one of the smartest/best moves of the year. 00:49:05 Alienware break! 00:52:22 TomShoe returns to say Riot should start forcing teams to bring their main rosters to Lock-in 01:07:30 iscaf's take: the LCS should have a loan system 01:17:33 Gazzolith's take: There was a lot of misunderstanding ar...
Jan 04, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 202
00:00:00 Intro 00:14:15 LilBonaparte's take: Doublelift was right about TSM 00:25:30 Moghal's take: NA improved over 2021 and will only continue improving 00:32:10 Alienware break! 00:34:30 Basil's take: CLG unfairly ruined Broxah's career 00:43:15 The Dream's take: the LCS has proven it could survive a total shutdown 00:52:30 mendoc's take: 2021 had the most zero-to-hero's of any LCS year 01:02:00 Game Fuel break 01:05:20 Old Cosmic Drive Stan's take: MSI needs to expand to allow more teams to ...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 201
00:00:00 Intro 00:16:25 Community wants to talk about the Carlos/Mikyx drama 00:36:05 Hex Blast says 5Fire's retirement shows the downside of franchising 00:47:10 Alienware break! 00:50:25 deXfactor777's take: C9 has the highest ceiling of any LCS team ever 01:03:15 Treethan predicts TSM will be bottom of the standings 01:21:47 iscaf6's rediction: CLG for top 4 in Spring 01:35:25 Game Fuel break! 01:38:12 Red Panda's take: EG is slowly becoming the new C9 01:50:24 Mogul's take: Bjergsen will hav...
Dec 07, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 200
00:00:00 Intro 00:21:03 Felipe asks Kelsey what she thinks is the best format for Academy 00:35:55 Tim thinks the changes to Academy and Amateur in 2021 were a massive success 00:47:51 Gengariffith's take: if TSM imports mid, their roster is the biggest disappointment of the offseason 01:08:07 Beora asks for Kelsey's take on the CLG roster 01:26:50 Caper (not Kaper but I wrote it like that cos that's how Travis said it last time) wants TSM Jensen 01:42:50 TomShoe wonders how teams are supposed t...
Nov 30, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 199
00:00:00 Intro: Arcane finale party and Undercity Nights stories (no spoilers) 00:17:30 Bluejay's take: the new pro superserver is really exciting and terrifying 00:32:58 GraysView says Mark got his dream roster in C9 00:45:00 Alienware break! 00:46:56 Rico Suave's take: All these high-buyout deals are good for the LCS 00:55:34 Wooden Post brings a no-spoiler Arcane discussion 01:07:50 Zemelci's take: with EG and 100T's rosters, this year continues "the battle for the soul of the LCS" 01:26:45 N...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 198
00:00:00 Long intro/news/rumors/predictions 00:48:30 Alienware Black Friday deals and more! 00:51:00 Zextrap's take: TSM getting MikyX is a mistake. 00:58:00 EinWaltz's take: Nisqy being jobless is the biggest disappointment of the offseason 01:06:06 Prophet's take: because of focus on new talent, this is the end for a lot of veteran pro League players 01:14:30 Beorn's take: C9 lost the offseason 01:22:05 Wooden Post's take: C9 fans need to chill out and trust Jack 01:29:29 Game Fuel break 01:31...
Nov 16, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 197
00:00:00 SUPER SHORT Intro 00:06:00 JKJuicyKim wants to talk TL's offseason superteam 00:18:10 Alienware break! 00:19:40 LCS Wooloo believes TSM, C9 and 100T should go all-out with spending in preparation for NA Worlds 00:30:42 TheDog says 2021 Worlds has been the best yet 00:46:25 C9 Blaine thinks this is the WORST LCS offseason 01:00:30 Kaper thinks TL is making a mistake replacing Jensen with Bjergsen 01:16:54 Bluefrost isn't convinced Arcane's success will have any impact in the NA competiti...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 196
00:00:00 Intro 00:13:27 TheGreatClockwyrm's take: if you're a fan of NA/C9, you should be happy with this year and Perkz's accomplishments 00:27:50 Alienware break! 00:29:59 Bluejay returns to ask: should we worry about LCS being able to import talent ? 00:45:35 Lionation's take: TSM announcing that they want to rebuild is the biggest LCS news that no one is talking about 00:59:23 Dave wants to address streamers' roles in negativity 01:15:34 Jin's take: an NA vs EU tournament would be better for...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 195
00:00:00 Short intro, news and rumors 00:14:45 Quick interlude and then back to LoL content 00:26:43 CloserByTomorrow wants to talk about the C9 games. 00:38:38 Niting wants to discuss Reddit thread about Perkz and Alphari being on the same team 00:48:50 Alienware break! 00:51:51 Aika brings up how the emphasis on international success has developed NA 01:04:35 David notes the differences in NA and EU infrastructure 01:18:55 Grand says NA dropped the ball harder than ever before this year 01:33:...
Oct 26, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 194
00:00:00 Short intro, news 00:21:52 CloserByTomorrow thinks 100T got the actual Group of Death 00:38:45 Alienware break! 00:41:22 Blaine's take: EZ Quarterfinals - C9 can take it all!! 00:57:05 J's take: adding a 4th team from LCK and LPL made this the best group stage ever 01:14:52 Emulator's thoughts: LCK is not a significantly stronger region; carried by mid laners 01:29:00 Game Fuel break! 01:32:00 TomShoe predicts Tactical to leave TL after his performance 01:43:53 Scott thinks LPL's declin...
Oct 19, 2021•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 193
