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

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

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

Arsh, Maya, Delfi, and Elaine take a look at every single roster announcement from the LCS orgs so far and discuss them!

~~TIMESTAMPS~~  

0:00 intros  

1:10 Golden Guardians  

5:35 Cloud9  

11:17 Immortals  

16:17 TSM  

18:08 CLG  

21:51 Team Liquid  

28:35 what can be learned from mad lions roster announcement  

32:30 what can be learned from Valorant roster announcements  

37:45 Evil Geniuses  

47:46 FlyQuest  

51:21 100 Thieves  

59:55 outro/shoutouts

Andrea, Maya, and John are joined by special guests Collamer and Summer to discuss the NACL format, the newly promoted LCS players, and more!

~TIMESTAMPS~ 

0:00 Intro  

2:04 From Academy & Proving Grounds to NACL: What's exciting about the new format?  

15:30 The qualification process for Provisional teams  

22:46 Is this format going to push out amateur orgs?  

40:42 What are the storylines for the Academy players that recently got promoted to LCS? Summer talks about Eyla, Tenacity, Busio, Haeri and Yeon.  

47:48 Players to watch for that might or might not be in NACL  

48:22 Maya: Copy  

49:46 John: APA  51:00 John: Fakegod  

52:00 Collamer: FlyQuest Challengers roster  

54:13 Collamer: Dragoon, Fanatiik, Doxa, Shogo, Rovex  

57:10 Summer: Miya  1:01:18 Shoutouts

Arsh, Amanda, Numiii, and Maxi break down the LCS offseason for every team, and give their thoughts (with many your mom jokes) on the results of the LCS offseason.

timestamps:

0:00- intro

1:12 - C9 roster thoughts

7:40 - EG

14:03 - 100T

25:29 - Team Liquid

32:44 - CLG

39:19 - Maxi’s special announcement to NAmen

40:36 - TSM

44:40 - Flyquest

52:53 - Golden Guardians

55:44 - Immortals

59:04 - Dignitas

1:02:50 - Closing thoughts

Delfi, Arsh, Elaine, and Andrea are joined by Peter Dun for an episode that touches just about every topic! What Hogwarts houses are the EG players? What did Peter see in jojo? How will Busio do if he ends up with Doublelift and Spica? 

timestamps:

0:00 Intro & how is offseason treating our favorite players/teams?  

9:20 NA work ethic discussion.  

23:43 NA acad / amateur players to look out for  

32:25 Sorting EG players' Hogwarts houses  

40:26 Peter Dun shares fun stories about the EG 2022 players!  

Q&A time! 

53:30 If EG (& Peter Dun) were animals, what animals would they be?  

57:38 Will Busio be successful in LCS? 

1:04:28 What did Peter Dun see in jojopyun 2 years ago? 

1:10:17 Does Peter Dun think LCS should have more non-gameplay-related content? Was it hard to get players to do content?  

1:15:20 Shoutouts

Numiii and Arsh are joined by special guests Church of Danny and David Szajnuk for a recap of the Finals Weekend in SF, the incredible series we saw, and more!

Timestamps:

0:00- intro

1:46 - starting thoughts about DRX vs T1

4:17 - 50k suite + seat ticketing ideas

8:05 - ACTUAL thoughts about finals

10:41 - EG Rigby discussion on DRX and EG team adaptation

17:00 - T1 Keria closeup shot

27:44 - riot fanfest experience

32:34 - Orgs and sponsored activations

36:14 - Merchandise at the venue

42:54 - most memorable worlds moment?

56:02 - shoutouts

Delfi, John and Andrea discuss Worlds semifinals as well as off-season news with special guest @opqwid.

Timestamps:
0:00- intro

1:05- collegiate experience

5:28- experience at semis

11:04- delfi on HLL

13:00- pickems rip

16:55- thoughts on the geng vs drx series

19:55- thoughts on t1 vs jdg

25:40- finals predictions

32:45- cloud 9 roster

33:25- maya statement

38:00- c9 decisions

41:25- 100t rumors

42:55- lcs rumors

53:05- shoutouts and outro

Arsh, Maxi, and Delfi are joined by special guest @Seanatonin to discuss the quarterfinals matchups and give their thoughts on the amazing semifinals this weekend.

0:00- intro

1:15- rogue vs jdg

5:35- lpl teams discussion

8:03- t1 vs rng

23:30- t1 vs jdg

30:55- dk vs geng

40:55- edg vs drx

52:50- geng vs drx

54:30- pickems and finals narrative

1:00:20- final thoughts and shoutouts

Delfi, Maya, Elaine, Numiii, and Andrea discuss NA's Group Stage performance, LCS offseason moves and wishes, and why we can still be positive about the LCS. 

0:00 intro, how our weeks have been, coping with "NA doomerism"  

10:36 Worlds Group stage IRL Experience (Maya & Elaine)  

26:52 NA Team Performances @ Worlds  

33:26 Most interesting Quarterfinals matchups  

38:54 LCS offseason moves & wishes  

51:54 Shoutouts   *apologies for some random buzzing sounds in the middle, not sure why that happened, hope its not that bothering :<

Arsh, Delfi, John, Numiii, and Andrea discuss everything about Playins, the start of groups, the recent development in NA vs EU, and more!

Episode sponsored by Travis Gafford Industries! Check out HLL Live, following all the Worlds host cities for the next month! https://twitter.com/TravisGafford/status/1574603217807155201 

0:00- intro

1:40- sponsor segment

2:47- eg worlds video

4:49- playins results

7:47- world’s jerseys

13:15- andrea experience at playins

15:10- na teams at worlds

15:15- 100t

19:20- c9

19:41- pickems

22:40- which na team makes it out

27:15- issues with playins

28:45- ticketing

32:20- cq

39:49- jojopyun and kaori

46:55- na hopium

48:20- na vs eu

53:30- maya message

55:20- elaine pfp shoutout

55:40- shoutouts and episode end

Andrea, Maxi, Delfi, and Elaine bring you a special, bing chilling breakdown of the Cutest & Hottest LCS Players bracket, along with their thoughts on breaking news in LoL esports ahead of the start of Worlds 2022.

0:00 Intro, how we're dealing with lack of LCS

3:46 News (Hans sama, play-ins schedule, worlds song, G2 Carlos)

17:43 LCS Cutest & Hottest Bracket

20:16 Cutest Bracket (jojopyun, Berserker, Danny, Biofrost, toucouille, Contractz, Ssumday, Philip)

36:39 Hottest Bracket (Vulcan, aphromoo, Dhokla, Closer, Solo, Santorin, Abbedagge, Bjergsen)  

53:31 Inspired was robbed??  

57:16 NAmen Announcements (Elaine's worlds stickers, #NAmen, jojospired video, #PositivityForPrinceDanny reminder)

59:50 Shoutouts

Delfi, Maxi, Andrea, Numiii, and Arsh discuss the LCS heading into the start of Worlds, breaking down all of their favorite moments and overdosing on copium for their favorite teams heading to Worlds.

~TIMESTAMPS~

0:00 Intros

1:01 LCS Finals weekend Reaction

11:35 Thoughts on EG going through Play-ins

18:56 Group Draw reaction; hope for NA

28:01 Bets on which eastern team will flop?

38:25 Team Liquid leaked changes

43:58 Delfi’s 100T Hopium

46:50 Andrea’s EG Hopium

47:57 Arsh’s C9 Hopium

50:40 Numiii’s NA Hopium

51:25 Delfi’s Down Bad segment: Tenacity Rant

54:10 Outro / Shoutouts

Delfino, Elaine, Maxi, Andrea, and Arsh sit down for the first episode of NAmen, a fan podcast about the LCS from a casual perspective, bringing you good vibes, your mom jokes, and hot takes (in more ways than one).

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intros

1:55 Thoughts on recent roster moves

25:02 LCS Finals Weekend predictions

35:24: “Matchup to watch” for both series

46:10 Chicago Teasers / Closer is Hot Rant

53:30 outro / shoutouts