it is a good point how you dont even have to do much "content" in order to grow to like certain players. even just podcast formats can really showcase individual personalities.@@marjoe32
it also helps personify players. to me tactical was always just the guy that replaced doublelift that one split. this let's me like, understand him as a person.
Recommendation for this segment (it’s great btw!): When players are talking about a specific game, it might help to put up a graphic of the team comps and scoreline of the game somewhere. Especially with superweek, I found myself pausing the video to go back and remind myself about the team comps and outcomes and who was playing. Great segment though! You guys are doing great with content this season!
TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:50 - Thoughts on Super Week and Sniper progressing as a new player 6:45 - Tactical on Mask and Castle 7:18 - Cloud9 decline 9:58 - Not seeing eye to eye with your team 14:40 - What is attributing to the gameplay/champions we have seen so far in LCS 18:50 - Thoughts on Smolder 22:28 - Is Lucian a good pick and the current state of the game 26:48 - What was your "Welcome to the LCS" moment coming into the LCS as an amateur and staying motivated on a bad team 34:50 - Two block vs three block scrims 36:50 - Process to improve as a player 41:38 - What teams/players to look out for in the last half of the Spring Split
Honestly when you watch how Tactical has kept improving each split, versus just giving up like a lot of people do who go from a top team to a bottom team, it's made me believe he absolutely deserves a slot up there over a lot of other people, even people imported sometimes. Listening to this interview confirms that times 10 for me tbh. This is the best content LCS has produced in a long time maybe ever, these are great, and I also like how the hosts are cycling so they all feel fresh and new stylistically.
Literally every monday this split I sit down with my coffee and go through work emails in the morning while enjoying this show. I wish it was longer so I had an excuse to top up my mug!
I love this series. Getting to see the personalities of the pros is a huge W. It makes me want to cheer on their teams even more. So far all the pros have been extremely likable imo.
This episode with raz was very league gameplay focused, while jatt and emily would touch on more topics outside of game, like adapting to LA or talking about lcs as a product with the import debate, wish raz would touch on those as well so we can understand the guests personalities more the next time he hosts PROS. Nice ep though!
When I see him talk, I forget that sniper is still a 17-18 year old kid. Very mature and wholesome. Love the end when he thanked Raz for having him heh.
I could literally watch this kind of content for 3+ hours straight. I love being able to learn about the players, their mindsets, and just seeing them outside the game that brings us all together. This is the same kind of content format that Korea uses to market their k-pop groups, and that is why entertainment is South Korea’s number one export. We get to see them as people and are able to relate to them.
I was really hoping they would tap dgon for this week since they had him as a guest. Still some of the best content the LCS has had in years, keep it up!
Great stuff. Raz brings good energy. Looks like he could use a little more prep/coaching - he often keeps wandering for longer than he needs after he asked a perfectly good question, and doesn't need to do so much to get the players talking with each other.
Great conversation, Sniper seems to always be upbeat and cocky even when hes talking about listening to teammates and improving his play out of lane. The Raz hate is weird, I like the atmosphere he creates with the show. But sure the questions could be more concise lol
This interview really showed how much NA relies on the east to show them what is good on any given patch rather than learn how to identify it themselves.
So glad they stole this idea from Travis, not sarcastic, I think the broadcast has an obviously much easier time getting multiple teams to be able to actually make it happen like he wasnt able to. And it is just a great concept, if this was a 2 hour long episode I would still be watching it, and I am ADHD af so that is a big thing for me
Really fun episode! Just a bit of constructive feedback for Ras, please address people less with “you” and more with their names. A lot of people don’t watch this actively and just leave it on as a podcast so without addressing the pros by name it can be confusing who you’re talking to.
The LCS is always behind the meta and what's being played everywhere else. The LCS tries to play the same style from 10 years ago and never adapts to what's being done. It's honestly easy to fix but the coaches for the LCS are all old school and refuse to make changes. It's not hard to understand why this region is a joke.
I like all the LCS analysts and casters, but damn, Raz cannot ask a simple question. His interviewing skills are terrible. He just rambled every time he talked for the first half of the segment, and never asked a clear question. I want to hear from the players, not the analyst.
I think he’s too used to being responsible for saying something insightful, rather than here, where his insight is supposed to be used to facilitate the players’ conversations.
Love raz but feels like he missed the assignment here. The interview should be more about highlighting the pros personalities instead of only asking game questions.
Jensen getting player of the game on Tristana meanwhile Palafox runs it down on Leblanc like his life depended on it and he has the audacity to say Jensen can't play his champ? What a loser
Constructive feedback for Raz: interrupting a guest's answer with "yeah", "mhm", "mm" while they are talking is very distracting for the listener. Try to let your unspoken reactions take over and let them finish their thoughts before advancing the conversation.
Sometimes palafox is just straight up condescending. Bro said his "Welcome to LCS Moment" was scrimming in academy against the main team, in addition to talking down to Tactical at the end. That wasn't really banter, kinda lame tbh.
his personality is incredibly toxic and fake. I've seen him talk shit about Blaber in an interview, and then later that night be in Blaber's Twitch chat being friendly. He lacks integrity to be a normal human being
Seems wild that you both seem to think that any of that was condescension. Palafox is pretty analytical, and I’ve never heard him genuinely trash anyone before. He didn’t talk down to Tactical, he gave some personal analysis about IMT. I have a pretty hard time believing he was “talking shit” about blaber rather than critiquing something about his play. Which interview was it?? Y’all seem way too sensitive
He's fine, personable and knowledgeable. Just really needs to work on not meandering too much when asking questions. Questions don't need minute-long contextualization (this is a common problem for many American casters imo, Drakos does the same on The Euphoria podcast). The host should make short, simple and open-ended questions and statements to facilitate the players talking, they are the ones we want to hear from
I really don't like Raz on the show. He's not good at interviews, he doesn't really showcase any game knowledge in an interesting way, I'm confused as to why he's been on this show for so long.
@@leozacharydickenson769 to be honest none of them are really good at asking the hard hitting questions, they’re all afraid to offend or say the wrong info so they take no chances at interesting conversation, just pretty surface level stuff, the interviewer doesn’t need to say much, the players should be taking amongst themselves after they have been prompted
C9 beat 2 of these 3 guys being interviewed. They are tied with IMT and only 1 game behind NRG and 100T. Yet they're all talking like C9 is terrible and these 3 guys are insane. Certainly C9 has to work on some stuff, but damn it's not like 3 guys are the beacon of consistency right now either.
problem is that C9 is supposed to be the "super. team" This split when they picked up jojo in mid and proceeded to get STOMPED by Shopify and are sitting at 5th halfway through the split. Thats the part that's suprising
@@MrGoalie2012 agreed they can be a little better, but this idea that they are INCREDIBLY far behind the rest of the league is just delusional. Again they are only ONE Bo1 behind NRG and 100T and TIED with IMT, and yet all 3 players are deluding themselves into thinking they're drastically above C9
@@Adjacent_2a little better? C9 only has to play decent to win the league, these past 4 games they’ve been playing like trash and that’s what people are commenting on the current state of c9 not the state of c9 2 weeks ago.
I could watch this kind of content all day! I love being able to learn about the players, their mindsets, and just seeing them outside the game that brings us all together. This is the same kind of content format that Korea uses to market their k-pop groups, and that is why entertainment is South Korea’s number one export. We get to see them as people and are able to relate to them.
This show might be the greatest show LCS ever created is so nice to see pro interacting with each other and talking about their experience in game
Agreed, it really gives you an insight on the state of the league.
100% these orgs should learn and try to get thier guys in on conversations like this. I like all these guys better than before.
Yeah, it really makes you think about the State of the League™️
it is a good point how you dont even have to do much "content" in order to grow to like certain players. even just podcast formats can really showcase individual personalities.@@marjoe32
it also helps personify players. to me tactical was always just the guy that replaced doublelift that one split. this let's me like, understand him as a person.
As a proud Edward Ra apologist, watching Tactical succeed in any capacity makes me happy
Tactical is my goat will always cheer for him
AMEN BROTHER THE FAITHFUL HAVE BEEN REWARDED
love Tat since TL and its always great to gave the real boys hanging and talking. dope copium for em
WhatsApp Edward ra?
Recommendation for this segment (it’s great btw!):
When players are talking about a specific game, it might help to put up a graphic of the team comps and scoreline of the game somewhere. Especially with superweek, I found myself pausing the video to go back and remind myself about the team comps and outcomes and who was playing.
Great segment though! You guys are doing great with content this season!
While prob true, this is low econ content. No graphics necessary 😆😆
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Thoughts on Super Week and Sniper progressing as a new player
6:45 - Tactical on Mask and Castle
7:18 - Cloud9 decline
9:58 - Not seeing eye to eye with your team
14:40 - What is attributing to the gameplay/champions we have seen so far in LCS
18:50 - Thoughts on Smolder
22:28 - Is Lucian a good pick and the current state of the game
26:48 - What was your "Welcome to the LCS" moment coming into the LCS as an amateur and staying motivated on a bad team
34:50 - Two block vs three block scrims
36:50 - Process to improve as a player
41:38 - What teams/players to look out for in the last half of the Spring Split
doing god's work, @massignite
Bless ypu
I know this sounds kinda cheesy but you can tell how much Palafox likes Sniper and wants him to succeed.
Absolutely, it’s very endearing.
I noticed that too! He seems excited to see where his career takes him.
I saw it too
There was a moment where he looked at him like a proud father looks at their kid haha
This is the best content the LCS has ever made
The Markz effect is real. This content is gold and this is the new golden era of LCS.
Honestly when you watch how Tactical has kept improving each split, versus just giving up like a lot of people do who go from a top team to a bottom team, it's made me believe he absolutely deserves a slot up there over a lot of other people, even people imported sometimes. Listening to this interview confirms that times 10 for me tbh.
This is the best content LCS has produced in a long time maybe ever, these are great, and I also like how the hosts are cycling so they all feel fresh and new stylistically.
This man legit went schizo and gaslit himself into becoming better what a Goat😊
PROS continues to a combination of great insight into proplay and memery from the players. Excellent
I love Palafox vibe men, chill but savage too
WE LOVE THE MARK ERA
Literally every monday this split I sit down with my coffee and go through work emails in the morning while enjoying this show. I wish it was longer so I had an excuse to top up my mug!
I love this series. Getting to see the personalities of the pros is a huge W. It makes me want to cheer on their teams even more. So far all the pros have been extremely likable imo.
This episode with raz was very league gameplay focused, while jatt and emily would touch on more topics outside of game, like adapting to LA or talking about lcs as a product with the import debate, wish raz would touch on those as well so we can understand the guests personalities more the next time he hosts PROS. Nice ep though!
Agree
Yes agreed I liked both Emily's and Jatt's episodes better!
Agreed
Agree, like the episode but preferred the topics jatt and Emily brought up
Hard to watch this week's episode bc Raz is having trouble articulating a single coherent question
PROS is such a great use of the analysts with less of their time on broadcast all of these eps have been so great I eat it up everytime
3 for 3 on NRG players featured. I love it.
same + 0 for 0 C9 lel, maybe if they win again KEKW
When I see him talk, I forget that sniper is still a 17-18 year old kid. Very mature and wholesome. Love the end when he thanked Raz for having him heh.
I really like Palafox's insight on C9 and I hope C9 gets it together because that roster has a lot of potential.
This show has MarkZ big brain idea all over it and it’s REALLY amazing. Best league show since Catching up with DL
48 mins of banger. Let's go!
Really like this show, nice to see different pros have a conversation about the game
Its funny how these are getting longer and longer. Next one is gonna be an hour
They're making them longer to see how long people will sit and watch it, lol
@MKracoon whelp let's hope it gets to 2 hours because I love this content
@@KilogramHours I agree
I could literally watch this kind of content for 3+ hours straight. I love being able to learn about the players, their mindsets, and just seeing them outside the game that brings us all together.
This is the same kind of content format that Korea uses to market their k-pop groups, and that is why entertainment is South Korea’s number one export. We get to see them as people and are able to relate to them.
I like the new direction of the LCS. Think this is the right kind of content
I was really hoping they would tap dgon for this week since they had him as a guest. Still some of the best content the LCS has had in years, keep it up!
Need a counter for the number of times Raz says "That makes sense to me.."
Palafox AND Mr. Edward “Tactical” Ra, banger episode. Also sniper is really fun to finally see in the scene
tactical's gonna go through all of doublelift's former supports in reverse order or what
Aphro unretirement is imminent XD
Bro I wish. He actually convinced me I was a Dig fan for two years 😂
@@tsw9918 tactical/aphro sounds actually pretty solid, i wonder how tactical/biofrost would be though lmao
or tactical/yellowstar or tactical/kaSing lmfao i forgot about kaSing until i just checked
This is my favorite content the LCS has produced
Okay, this is the best concept LCS has produced hands down
An HOUR of this?? Hell yeah!!!!
Great stuff. Raz brings good energy. Looks like he could use a little more prep/coaching - he often keeps wandering for longer than he needs after he asked a perfectly good question, and doesn't need to do so much to get the players talking with each other.
WE LOVE THIS SHOW KEEP IT COMING
I like this ep a lot compared to the others, these 3 seem more comfortable in front of a camera
Great content. Get Bwipo on so we can have a 2 hour episode.
No, Bwipo is always everywhere and completely takes over the conversation, its more fun to see these other players
@@marekcolapro yup 100%
Best content in the West.
Keep up the good work! Been loving all of the episodes!
This just keeps getting better and better!
Tactical so based for saying its funny to see C9 lose
LOVE this series! fantastic to hear more from the pros, but different teams at same table makes it
Keep making this series
This was amazing. Three players with a lot of personality and very different stories.
LCS content has been phenomenal this year!
These are good podcasts
really enjoy this content
That makes sense
This is the content I’ve wanted highlighted from LCS for years. MarkZ doing his best to save this region
This series is very good
great work
Really liked this, awesome getting an insight like this and Raz is perfect for this so chill
Ths is the content we needed
Nothing to say, just want to leave a comment so LCS keeps making these :)
Take a shot every time Razz says, "That makes sense."
Nice to see that Travis Gafford idea and show now days thrives. 😂
Raz is on time , on task keep it rolling. Esports Dad
is this gonna go be on spotify or just youtube?
Kinda loving this show
That makes sense to me.
great content. Love to get to know these players better. Especially since they don't all stream. Hard to know the personalities they all have
Love this content keep it up!
Best LCS content ever!
this show rocks
Ty for this
"I think i had yoy guys as last place in my power rankings?"
"Based."
i love this show
Great conversation, Sniper seems to always be upbeat and cocky even when hes talking about listening to teammates and improving his play out of lane.
The Raz hate is weird, I like the atmosphere he creates with the show. But sure the questions could be more concise lol
I dont mind the finals being in the lcs studio maybe i can get tickets 🤔
This interview really showed how much NA relies on the east to show them what is good on any given patch rather than learn how to identify it themselves.
I absolutely love this panel but I think perhaps one additional desk personality should help drive conversation
I LOVE IT!
flyquest time stamps?
So glad they stole this idea from Travis, not sarcastic, I think the broadcast has an obviously much easier time getting multiple teams to be able to actually make it happen like he wasnt able to. And it is just a great concept, if this was a 2 hour long episode I would still be watching it, and I am ADHD af so that is a big thing for me
Really fun episode! Just a bit of constructive feedback for Ras, please address people less with “you” and more with their names. A lot of people don’t watch this actively and just leave it on as a podcast so without addressing the pros by name it can be confusing who you’re talking to.
Dash would be the perfect host for this show.
amazing episode. Waiting to get 3 people of the same role and see them trash talk each other.
Could do three toplaners and get licorice to host lolol
@@ihave3chihayas Fudge Impact Bwipo and Lico
interesting that all the players in this have won lost against each other in a triangle, NRG beat 100T, 100T beat IMT, and IMT beat NRG
Use my comment as a “Thank You Mark” button
Yeeesss!
🎉
The LCS is always behind the meta and what's being played everywhere else. The LCS tries to play the same style from 10 years ago and never adapts to what's being done. It's honestly easy to fix but the coaches for the LCS are all old school and refuse to make changes. It's not hard to understand why this region is a joke.
This kind of casual chatting leads to some of the best content, loving it @LCS @TheeMarkZ
cool
Let’s go
I like all the LCS analysts and casters, but damn, Raz cannot ask a simple question. His interviewing skills are terrible. He just rambled every time he talked for the first half of the segment, and never asked a clear question. I want to hear from the players, not the analyst.
I think he’s too used to being responsible for saying something insightful, rather than here, where his insight is supposed to be used to facilitate the players’ conversations.
Raz, I love you and this podcast, but please work on your transitions :))))
Love raz but feels like he missed the assignment here. The interview should be more about highlighting the pros personalities instead of only asking game questions.
w
Jensen getting player of the game on Tristana meanwhile Palafox runs it down on Leblanc like his life depended on it and he has the audacity to say Jensen can't play his champ? What a loser
PalaMango
Constructive feedback for Raz: interrupting a guest's answer with "yeah", "mhm", "mm" while they are talking is very distracting for the listener. Try to let your unspoken reactions take over and let them finish their thoughts before advancing the conversation.
Should be named something cool like state of the league. PROS sounds like a rip off
Sometimes palafox is just straight up condescending. Bro said his "Welcome to LCS Moment" was scrimming in academy against the main team, in addition to talking down to Tactical at the end. That wasn't really banter, kinda lame tbh.
his personality is incredibly toxic and fake. I've seen him talk shit about Blaber in an interview, and then later that night be in Blaber's Twitch chat being friendly. He lacks integrity to be a normal human being
Seems wild that you both seem to think that any of that was condescension. Palafox is pretty analytical, and I’ve never heard him genuinely trash anyone before. He didn’t talk down to Tactical, he gave some personal analysis about IMT. I have a pretty hard time believing he was “talking shit” about blaber rather than critiquing something about his play. Which interview was it?? Y’all seem way too sensitive
tbh I'm not a huge Raz fan
He's fine, personable and knowledgeable. Just really needs to work on not meandering too much when asking questions. Questions don't need minute-long contextualization (this is a common problem for many American casters imo, Drakos does the same on The Euphoria podcast). The host should make short, simple and open-ended questions and statements to facilitate the players talking, they are the ones we want to hear from
Yeah he just asks general questions hoping the others pick from there. His inputs just feel robotic and not enough interactive
Neither do I, I have no idea how he's been on the show for so long
Please stop with the live patch spam. It’s literally the same thing.
I really don't like Raz on the show. He's not good at interviews, he doesn't really showcase any game knowledge in an interesting way, I'm confused as to why he's been on this show for so long.
Diversity✨
I feel the opposite, he seems like he's able to get the pros to open up and keep talking. And I like the friendly atmosphere.
@@leozacharydickenson769 to be honest none of them are really good at asking the hard hitting questions, they’re all afraid to offend or say the wrong info so they take no chances at interesting conversation, just pretty surface level stuff, the interviewer doesn’t need to say much, the players should be taking amongst themselves after they have been prompted
C9 beat 2 of these 3 guys being interviewed. They are tied with IMT and only 1 game behind NRG and 100T. Yet they're all talking like C9 is terrible and these 3 guys are insane. Certainly C9 has to work on some stuff, but damn it's not like 3 guys are the beacon of consistency right now either.
problem is that C9 is supposed to be the "super. team" This split when they picked up jojo in mid and proceeded to get STOMPED by Shopify and are sitting at 5th halfway through the split. Thats the part that's suprising
@@MrGoalie2012 agreed they can be a little better, but this idea that they are INCREDIBLY far behind the rest of the league is just delusional. Again they are only ONE Bo1 behind NRG and 100T and TIED with IMT, and yet all 3 players are deluding themselves into thinking they're drastically above C9
@@Adjacent_2a little better? C9 only has to play decent to win the league, these past 4 games they’ve been playing like trash and that’s what people are commenting on the current state of c9 not the state of c9 2 weeks ago.
I could watch this kind of content all day! I love being able to learn about the players, their mindsets, and just seeing them outside the game that brings us all together.
This is the same kind of content format that Korea uses to market their k-pop groups, and that is why entertainment is South Korea’s number one export. We get to see them as people and are able to relate to them.
Lmao this reminds of the awkward C9 interview with Balls and Lemonation lmaooo
Raz = That makes sense.