NAmen - An LCS Podcast

Numiii, Arsh, Delfi, and Sock talk about the LCS and NACL seasons starting! It's going to be a fun season :)

Arsh, Numiii, and John talk about what's been on everyone's minds -- is the LCS going to be canceled? timestamps: 0:00 intro 02:54 LCS Week 1 didn't happen yet (https://lolesports.com/article/an-update-on-the-2023-lcs-summer-season/blt175d929f90a4804d) 06:40 EG hasn't announced their LCS Summer split roster right 07:24 Org content is being pushed because of LCS delay 08:10 Riot's response to LCSPA's demands and thoughts 13:08 Fan sentiment to LCS walkout and mindsets 18:13 Interpretations to LCSPA's demands (https://twitter.com/NALCSPA/status/1661066290906251294) 21:29 People still want to watch LCS 24:10 Success of NACL players 32:40 Trying to be positive 42:13 Criticism vs Bashing 46:50 What does Riot want from negotiations? 50:19 Orgs, players, and teams are trying for LCS 54:44 Outro

Arsh, Delfi, Numiii, and Maxi talk about the recent news about partnered teams in the NACL, because many people, including the LCS Player's Association, think it may signal the death of NA talent development. timestamps: 0:00 intro 2:52 Challenger rosters now optional for LCS orgs 13:45 Orgs dropping staff + players with this change 16:52 Challenger changes are good? 17:21 Teams going remote vs being in California together 22:07 What does Riot what to do with NACL? 23:11 Collegiate is the next ground for LoL development scene? 25:47 LoL tier systems vs Valorant tier systems 28:34 Fan frustrations with Riot decision 36:00 Esports Coaches Guild statement (https://twitter.com/coaches_guild/status/1657121516109156365?s=20) 39:33 Copy and Tenacity retiring from pro play 44:41 What should fans do now? 50:10 Doomer tweets vs reality tweets 55:19 Tell Challenger players' stories 57:23 LCSProfiles to learn about fun player facts 58:15 Fans should give feedback to NACL announcement 59:54 League will survive 01:01:43 outro Riot's statement "Our Announcement to the NACL" https://lolesports.com/article/our-commitment-to-the-nacl/blta77d13f68bd0293b LCS Players Association Response to Riot statement https://twitter.com/NALCSPA/status/1657111385392795666 Delfi's piece on Cincinnati Fear https://medium.com/@giaan.maynard/fearus-the-story-of-cincinnati-fears-2023-nacl-spring-run-e0d66792dd2b

Arsh and Delfi are joined by Mihir, MadMagical, Tree, Summer, Tuft, Seanatonin, and JohntheHo to show off their MSI brackets, have fun discussing the tournament, and more! timestamps: 0:00 intro 16:07 lolmihir's bracket 36:10 MadMagical's bracket 53:30 treeandthings' bracket 1:05:20 Smax's bracket 1:17:00 Tuft's bracket 1:28:50 Seanatonin's bracket 1:43:50 JohntheHo's bracket

Arsh, Amanda, Elaine, and Numiii mourn the sudden separation of the SIJFV (EG) roster and reflect on how their ranking of favorite LCS players changed or stayed the same over spring split. timestamps: 0:00 intro 01:43 EG letting go of most of Spring 2023 roster (https://twitter.com/EvilGeniuses/status/1652360161426644994) 04:35 EG earlier announcement about roster changes (https://twitter.com/EvilGeniuses/status/1649807833041362953) 16:20 Where will these EG players go? (Inspired) 23:12 Quick LEC discussion 26:50 Vulcan DON'T LEAVE NA 32:49 LCS Bias List (Before vs Now) 33:14 Arsh's list before: Fudge, Spica, Bjergsen, Berserker, Chime vs Busio (now) 35:58 Amanda's list: Vulcan, Berserker, Fudge, Bjergsen 37:36 Numiii's list before: Philip, Spica, Jojo, Berserker, Targamas Numiii's list now: Dhokla, Spica, Jojo, Prince, Vulcan 42:49 Elaine's list before: Jojo, Inspired, Huhi, Doublelift, Busio, Ssumday Elaine's list now: Jojo, Inspired, Vulcan, Huhi, Busio, Impact, Ssumday 48:00 LCS is thriving 52:20 Elaine's tribute to Vulcan, Inspired, and Jojo (https://twitter.com/fluffjwi2/status/1652377301122953220) 55:01 Arsh's simp session for GG MSI Jerseys 57:41 Outro

Andrea and Delfi are joined by Summer and Hawk to discuss the most interesting storylines from the just finished season of NACL/NACLQ and to tell you why you should tune in to the upcoming NACL promotion tournament- which team defied expectations? Which player was an international trendsetter? Why is Delfi so angry about the MVP award? Which team in the promotion tournament has the most hilarious branding? timestamps: 00:00 intro 2:18 spring storylines 13:40 who's your mvp? 25:52 promotion tournament 26:40 AOE vs SN 33:15 MU vs TLD 37:54 TACO vs TLF 44:11 TTT vs FLYF 55:05 delfi's simping segment 58:22 shout outs

Numiii and Delfi are joined by the NACL's BeatDownBoulevard and GG's Ryan Lau to gush over LCS SPRING FINALS - Delfi got hand hearts from WHO? How excited was GG Inero after their win? BeatDownBoulevard got hugs from which C9 player? timestamps: 0:00 intro 02:10 What did we did of North Carolina? Food, people, traveling there 07:34 The Esports Advocate article "LCS Spring Finals Create $1.6M in Economic Impact for Raleigh" (https://esportsadvocate.net/2023/04/lcs-spring-finals-raleigh/) 10:48 Finals weekend games (Fly vs GG, C9 vs GG) 14:53 GG knowing Fly Winsome was starting before news dropped 17:23 Fly Winsome and Fly Eyla discussion 21:30 GG locking in 2nd NA MSI spot 22:39 GG game discussion + player mindset 25:25 PNC Arena was NOT empty 28:02 Jackie Felling resigning as LCS commissioner 29:54 Crowd chants for the teams 31:40 Ryan's thoughts on Day 2 Game 4 draft from GG 35:51 MVP thoughts 39:33 GG Inero after Day 1 games 42:43 GG Huhi Jarvan IV pick 43:40 Huhi cam 45:50 C9 Emenes winning spring split 49:40 Fanfest discussion (https://lolesports.com/article/everything-you-can-expect-in-raleigh-at-the-lcs-spring-finals-delivered-by-grubhub/bltbe14466d3acbd96e) 53:52 GG staff giving out merch 58:14 outro

Numiii, Amanda, Delfi, and John talk about CLG and TSM leaving esports, the future of the scene, LCS Spring finals (Stixxay does NOT go in the wheelchair), and Challengers/NACL finals timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:47 CLG leaving LCS (Travis Gafford video reporting on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsd1kaDOZbo) 8:10 TL Steve's Hotline League take on growing sustainable esports businesses (https://youtu.be/3ML54I_UF0M?t=3095) 17:27 TSM pulling out of esports (https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/03/31/Esports/tsm-esports-league-of-legends-championship-series) 17:59 Former TSM Solo looking for work (https://twitter.com/SoloLCS/status/1641923511412473858) 26:53 LCS Spring Finals thoughts 39:24 Sock's GG tweet (https://twitter.com/sockO_O/status/1626045358748098560?s=20) 43:24 LCS Spring Finals fanfest (https://lolesports.com/article/everything-you-can-expect-in-raleigh-at-the-lcs-spring-finals-delivered-by-grubhub/bltbe14466d3acbd96e) 47:27 NACL Finals DIGC vs C9C 55:21 outro

Delfi, Elaine, Sock, and Arsh go over the heartbreaks and joys from round 1 of playoffs, complete with eulogies to the fallen teams, banger Sock Stats, and fangirling over LCS' fun magazine cover promos. Delfi and Elaine also talk about the highs and lows of their first time ever going to LCS irl and meeting up during the last superweek. timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:27 Opening question: how is everyone doing after week 1 of playoffs? ~~PLAYOFF SERIES~~ 7:48 FlyQuest vs 100T 12:14 C9 vs CLG 16:07 GG vs 100T 22:17 EG vs CLG 28:22 Sock Stats! 34:04 Eulogies and Reflections for 100T and CLG 39:48 Playoffs Magazine Covers & Season Kickoff Emotes 45:25 Delfi and Elaine’s trip to LA (first-time LCS irl) 57:33 Outro/Shoutouts

Andrea, Arsh, John, and Maya discuss the end of Regular Season & give out their very special NAmen style All Pro Awards to highlight the best of the LCS. Superlong Superweek left us all emotionally scarred and very tired, let's cope together and look forward to playoffs! Timestamps: 0:00 intro 4:10 What was the biggest surprise of Week 8 Superweek? 9:53 How is Arsh's bet with David Szajnuk going? (https://twitter.com/arshgoyal13/status/1628188960660033536?s=20) 14:40 More superweek thoughts 16:10 NAmen All Pro lists! 16:37 Arsh's All Pro (Fudge, Blaber, Jojopyun, Prince, Busio) 25:38 Maya's All Pro (Licorice, Blaber, Emenes, Prince, Vulcan) 37:45 John's LCS All Dig List (Armut, Santorin, Jensen, Tomo, Biofrost) 45:25 Andrea's list (Summit, Bugi, Bolulu, Yeon, Fleshy) 52:57 Who is going to win LCS Spring 2023 playoffs? 56:45 outro

Numiii, Maxi, and Delfi discuss everything women related in the esports/gaming scene - how they feel about joining the space, their perceptions, individuals they admire, and how to be more welcoming in esports and gaming with a small LCS Week 6 and 7 recap at the end! Check out LCS Profiles for your favorite updates on LCS and NACL players: https://lcsprofiles.com/ 0:00 Intro 02:28 What got us into esports/gaming? How did being a woman affect our introduction into this space? 10:16 Being a female in this scene 21:00 What does it mean to be a fan?  25:33 Individuals that have inspired us 31:22 How can people be more welcoming to women in esports/gaming?  37:00 Shoutout to women! 37:18 Give women opportunity and they will work hard 39:31 How can women get into esports/gaming? 49:00 LCS recap week 6 and week 7 57:00 Outros

Arsh, William, and MadMagical discuss the fan experience at the Riot Games Arena, including the new afterparties during superweeks, check in on the viewership and fan sentiment around new broadcast times, and recap the shocking upsets of superweek! timestamps: 0:00 intro 06:18 Lunar Revel Celebration introduction 06:19 William's thoughts 15:08: Magical's thoughts 16:10 Which orgs did what activities? 21:48 Spring split day and time change thoughts 35:30 Superweek Recap (Week 4) 36:07 TSM vs GG 41:04 CLG 45:34 Dignitas 48:54 Flyquest 53:53 Arsh simping for QTCinderella?? 58:08 outro

Numiii, Arsh, Maxi, and Amanda tell each other cheesy LCS pickup lines preparing for Valentine's Day. Who is the most profilic rizzler of them all? A week 3 LCS recap and the search for their LCS valentines! Donate to help alleviate the devestation in Turkiye and Syria: https://riot.com/donate timestamps: 0:00 intro 01:52 LCS / League Pick up Lines 30:07 LCS Week 3 Recap 30:15 Flyquest thoughts + Travis Gafford interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw6zUJNlbtg) 34:05 Golden Guardians thoughts 40:42 100T Thoughts 46:59 CLG thoughts 51:37 NACL highlights in LCS Waiting Room + DIG Spawn vs TL Yeon Raafaa piece 55:07 Outro

Delfi, Numiii, Maxi, and Arsh come together to discuss LCS team captains- was 100T Closer robbed of his title? Does GG Huhi really give off dad vibes? Why will Arsh be banned from the Riot Games Arena?? (jokes) Timestamps:  0:00 intro 1:25 LCS Team Captain Intro ~Responses- 100T- Bjergsen Cloud9- Blaber CLG- Contractz DIG- Santorin EG- Vulcan FLY - Impact Golden Guardians- Huhi IMT- Revenge TL- Corejj TSM- Maple and Solo 02:52 100T 05:46 Team captain definition 08:26 Team Liquid 11:00 TSM 16:42 Flyquest (Prince/Impact Post Game interview, Week 1 Day 2: Fly vs Dig https://youtu.be/kQfwHR1sbew?t=3169) 20:02 Golden Guardians 24:52 Dignitas 26:55 Evil Geniuses 29:05 CLG 32:20 Cloud9 36:06 This Week In LCS! 36:30 Delfi's Player of the Week Pick: Fly Prince 37:00 Delfi's favorite game: 2/3 100T vs TSM  42:01 Arsh's Friday experience at Riot Games Arena 44:55 Week 2 Overreactions: Best Player in Each Role 48:11 Maxi's favorite game: 2/3 Flyquest vs C9 51:48 TSM Segment on Broadcast 56:03 Friday Audio Issues + LCS not dying 59:07 Outro

Arsh, Delfi, Numiii, and Andrea discuss the barrage of LCS content we received in the last week, talking about their favorite moments from the huge variety of videos and promos released by nearly every team! Timestamps! 0:00 Intro 02:09 LCS "It Starts Now"/ "Lucky Day" promo (https://youtu.be/JG-rfX7JEzE)  13:00 Flyquest "Saviors of the LCS" with Ovilee and Dash (https://youtu.be/vO_e_6dx434) 20:04 Golden Guardians "A Message from Golden Guardians" (https://youtu.be/OVIeL2qoE6k) 23:38 Evil Geniuses "The Dark Truth Behind The Evil Geniuses Offseason" (https://youtu.be/ZKn3XzGwic0)  30:04 Immortals "Introducing the Immortals 2023 Pro Kit' jersey reveal (https://youtu.be/u0ZUXxcvJMc)  35:07 Team Liquid "Squad Episode 1" (https://youtu.be/IaCXVeQhOK8)  40:28 CLG "Defend the Faith" featuring Kangas (https://twitter.com/clgaming/status/1618384595438665728) 45:55 LCS player goals (https://twitter.com/LCSOfficial/status/1618373201054007299)  51:44 100T Closer "Closer with Closer" (https://twitter.com/closerlol/status/1619165963685101568)  53:40 Travis Gafford "Do Pros Know ANY LCS history at ALL? - LCS Surprise Test" (https://youtu.be/ud5GjaqprH4)  59:20 Outro

Arsh, Delfi, and Andrea are joined by special guests Raafaa and Cubby to discuss the NACL rosters ahead of the league's debut this weekend, breaking down the title contending rosters, dark horses to overperform, and cover the most exciting players in the NACL and the NACL Open Qualifiers! **Sorry for the random clicking noises! Recording mistake :)** Timestamps! 0:00 intro 03:01 Discussing top contending Challenger teams 03:14 100 Thieves Challengers 13:23 C9 Challengers 22:30 EG Challengers 30:35 Dignitas Challengers 38:35 Twitter question time ~ 39:09 Seanatonin's question "Who is the dark horse NACL team?" 39:18 Andrea + Delfi choosing Immortals 42:40 Arsh with TLF + Raafaa with TLC 47:39 Cubby's 2nd dark horse Flyquest 48:52 Cubby's first dark horse team - Team Liquid Challenger 51:26 Raafaa with Flyquest 56:38 NACL Open Qualifer Teams - which team is the strongest? 57:10 Native Gaming 59:37 Downbad segment: IMT Revenge Vlog (https://twitter.com/Revengeleague/status/1615836990607622145) 1:01:25 LCS Spring Split Teams and thoughts 1:03:07 Raafaa and his LCS caster announcement 1:09:30 Outro

Numiii, Delfi, John, and Maxi discuss the recent changes to MSI and Worlds, gush about our favorite pro players, and more in the latest episode of NAmen. Who would win in a Best-of-5 between Team Liquid and MAD Lions? Was the Kick-off event everything we wanted it to be? Why is Delfi suddenly a Fudge fan? Learn the answer to all of these questions and more throughout Episode 17 of the NAmen podcast.  Timestamps ! 0:00 intro  1:23 how is namen doing so far?   04:25 MSI 2023 format changes thoughts  11:33 Worlds 2023 format thoughts  19:05 LCS Kickoff Team Boomer vs Team Zoomer and Riot Esports Arena  33:31 Beginning player perceptions vs current   34:14 Delfi about FUDGE   40:00 John about Armao  41:43 Numiii about Blaber  48:08 Maxi about Jojopyun  50:10 Korean bootcamp content discussion  56:33 Maxi's special announcement part 3  1:01:06 outro

Delfi and Sock are joined by special guests Mihir (@lolmihir) and Mrs Chim Chim (@MrsChimChimLOL) to discuss the importance of LCS player branding, such as through social media presence and streams, and which players and teams have been doing a good job at this.

Andrea, Delfi, Elaine, and Maxi present NAmen’s Very Serious and Prestigious Awards for LCS 2022 players! Who is the best doggy midlaner (you won’t believe who won this)? Which award caused beef between Delfi and Elaine? How many awards can Elaine give jojopyun? Which LCS player does Maxi most want to be chokeslammed by? What sound does a goat make? Find out all of this and more bangers in the last episode of 2022. See you next year! *NEW* NAmen Podcast youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@namenpodcast timestamps: 0:00 intros 1:29 New Years resolutions ~~VERY SERIOUS AND PRESTIGIOUS LCS 2022 AWARDS~~ 4:25 Delfi Awards (Best tiktok, best instagram, best twitter, best social media game, best cq grinder, best trash talk, prettiest lcs, cutest lcs, best duo, cutest academy player, prettiest academy player, kindest boy, funniest cq duo, best doggy midlaner, most babygirl, best 6th man, biggest arms, biggest heart, most mysterious, my little meow meow, best mispronunciation, cutest size difference, most pinchable cheeks, cutest curly hair, most attractive mvp) 25:46 Elaine Awards (best hair glo up, your mom award, cute boy award, mvp of my heart, surfing in eyes award, best older bro vibes, king of twitter, best dog dad, best acting gamer, most iconic onstage fashion, #1 mid jungle duo in the world, #1 soccer(football) lcs duo, best redemption story, best birthday performance, cq discovery award, serial capper award, best irl support, best soothing deep voice, #1 grindset, grass touching award, lcs fanboy award, next up-and-coming lcs player-to-caster-pipeline award) 45:44 Maxi Awards (coolest homie, nicest dimple, tainted his reputation with rent-a-girlfriend, cheese, best dad ever, poggest biceps, best son ever, cutest cheeks, second greatest filipino to ever exist, lcs speedrun, #1 person i would allow to chokeslam me to the ground) MISC AWARDS (contributions from friends not on the episode) 52:51 Helena Awards (GIGA ULTRA CHAD, best lcs mercenary, best wet look, honorable elo hell warriors) 55:28 Maya Awards (all-around sweetest and coolest boi, best love-hate relationship, mis reyes latinos, mera hindustani raja) 57:52 Sock Awards (best jinx, fastest zeri, best selfish jungler) 59:59 Outro/shoutouts

NAmen’s gift to you this holiday season! Maxi, Delfi, Elaine, and Andrea go over the results of the twitter polls to determine the "totally official" animal mascots for every LCS team. In this "educational" episode by "N(ationalGeographic)Amen", learn why each mascot was chosen, actual fun facts about animals and saving the environment, and why your mom's an animal. Afterwards, we talk about what animals are associated with our favorite LCS players. In addition, we meow, bark, and howl for North America. Link to the twitter polls: https://twitter.com/fluffjwi2/status/1604708319951998976 ~~TIMESTAMPS~~ 0:00 Intros 1:09 Explanation of the episode 2:23 100 Thieves: Raccoon (hyena, magpie, squirrel) 5:00 Cloud9: Crab (Bluejay, butterfly, lion, pomeranian, polar bear) 7:10 CLG: Monkey (tiger, chameleon, peacock, ostrich, ant, flamingo) 12:45 Dignitas: Burrowing owl (owl, prairie dog, sloth, otter) 17:18 Evil Geniuses: Fox (snake, dog, wolf, “your mom”, “cheese”, Jojo the Eagle) 22:43 FlyQuest: Sea turtle (parrot, bee, crab, tree frog, coral) 27:06 Golden Guardians: Golden retriever (golden eagle, cougar, goldfish) 29:47 Immortals: Armadillo (immortal jellyfish, carabao, salmon, shark) 34:09 Team Liquid: Horse (jaguar, seahorse, axolotl) 38:18 TSM: Orca/killer whale (zebra, skunk, seagull, panda, penguin, rat, snow leopard) 42:14 Delfi explains Arctic fox Busio and Sharknacity 46:00 Maxi looks over some players’ animals on lcsprofiles.com 49:22 Elaine explains Dogopyun and Wolfspired 54:30 Andrea doesn’t know her favorite players’ animals 56:35 Wrapping up ft meowing/barking/howling for NA 58:21 Shoutouts