Episode 100 - Story Time with John.... oh and playoffs too I guess

Episode 100 - Story Time with John.... oh and playoffs too I guess

 

Recorded on March 30th, 2021

 

We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel 

 

The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast

 

We made it to Episode 100! Thanks you all of you that have listened throughout the years and here's to many more!

 

The show opens with some story time with John, a listener review, and then the gang dives head first into the playoff slates for this weekend across the globe. 

 

I found some mistakes in the POTW spreadsheet that should be corrected now (I hope so...). Sorry if the numbers look all whacked out but I was missing a week and had ... it doesn't matter Vince screwed up but it's fixed now.

 

We had to kind of improvise a little on hypothetical matchups for the Friday-Sunday slates but we touch on everything.

 

0:00:40 - Story Time with John

 

0:11:10 - Introduction

 

0:13:00 - Listener Review from WhipDole

 

0:16:20 - News: MSI Group Draw Announcement

 

0:19:10 - News: WildRift launch, DotA banning "smurfs"

 

0:21:25 - Playoff Slate Wednesday 3/31 and Thurs 4/1

 

0:45:40 - LPL Friday (Suning/LNG) and hypothetical LCK matchups

 

0:53:10 - LEC Friday: Fnatic vs Schalke

 

1:04:00 - LEC Saturday: G2 vs MAD Lions

 

1:10:15 - LCS Saturday: Liquid vs Cloud 9

 

1:14:40 - LCS Sunday: TSM vs 100 Thieves

 

1:25:06 - Pick of the Week!

 

 

 

 

Pick of the Week Records (full sheet linked)

 

 

 

 

Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!

 

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John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !

 

Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st

 

2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):

 

Vince:  4 - 8 (-2.22u)

 

John:  6 - 5 (+3.2u)

 

Chris: 5 - 6 (+1.23u)

 

Josh: 5 - 6 (-0.47u)

 

Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)

 

Listeners:  7 - 4 (+4.67 units)

 

 

Main cast: 21 - 25 (+4.03 units)

 

ROI (main cast): +8.76%

 

ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%

 

 

Hosts:

 

Vince C @GelatiLOL

 

John George @TheEsportsPlug

 

Chris C @Prim3LoL 

 

Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49

 

 

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)