Episode 35 - Hot Stove Season Part 1

 

Episode 35 -  Hot Stove Season Part 1

 

Recorded on: December 1st, 2019 

During the year we spend more or less every free moment we all have VOD reviewing, watching  the games, and putting the work in for you all and as we mentioned we were going to be taking a few weeks off before diving into the offseason. We hope you've all enjoyed your downtime and the holidays but it's time to start looking at some of the offseason moves and announcements so far!

It's been a few weeks since the finale of the competitive league season with FunPlus Phoenix taking down the Season 9 title against G2. We open the discussion with our thoughts on the finals and try to put a punctuation mark on the end of 2019 and what we liked, didn't like, and more. From there we start going into the confirmed news that we know so far. For this cast we didn't want to spend too much time on rumors or speculation because there's not only a ton of moves but also didn't want to misreport anything to you all.

We have some big plans for this coming year but during the offseason (December and early January) we'll likely be releasing an episode every other week until about January when we have more finalized rosters and can begin to prepare for the competitive season in 2020. 

Intro

 

0:02:11 - Brief Grand Finals Thoughts

 

0:12:35 - Putting a punctuation on 2019

 

News discussion we did by region.

 

0:15:22 - LPL (China)

 

0:34:42 - LCK (Korea)

 

1:00:40 - LEC (Europe)

 

1:14:00 - LCS (North America) 

 

1:38:30 - Pick of the Week Recap for 2019

 

Vince's Picks/Analysis Blog

 

Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):

 

Vince 18 - 15 (+3.72u)

 

John 19 - 13 (+14.13u)

 

Chris 15 - 15 (+6.52u)

 

Kalvin 4 - 23 - 1 (-11.64u)

 

As a cast: 56 - 66 (+12.73u) 

 

 

 

Hosts:

 

Vince C @GelatiLOL

 

John George @TheEsportsPlug

 

Chris C @Prim3_T1m3

 

Kalvin @RulerrSama

 

 

The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)

 

 

The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat"  by The Tea Club (Facebook)