From being nameless to winning tournaments to deciding to be a commentator and what he looks for to improve himself and others around him! This week is C4IQ

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The head League of Legends EU photographer for Riot, Michal spends some time with me to talk how he got to where he is now, how busy a week can be, and also forgets some iconic monuments in Berlin!

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Who makes the call on which commentator gets the slot? How do you filter through so many applicants and what should you actually send in? Find your answers with Joycey!

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Joycey - https://x.com/LF_Joycey

He works for a company you will have seen on streams at US events and if you've been to these events, you know how much they bring with them!

Drift - https://x.com/0drift

Website - https://zero-drift.com/

Mike - https://x.com/themohawkmike

Gaming Generations - https://gaminggenerations.com/

He is one of the UK's most well known Street Fighter 6 commentators, how does he do it? Find out here!

Drift - https://x.com/0drift

Jammerz - https://x.com/HdJammerz

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/hdjammerz

What is a talent strategist? How does one start with WiiU Smash end up working at a place like Team Liquid? Important questions need answering and Josh might be able to answer them for us!

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Team Liquid - https://linktr.ee/TeamLiquid

Have you ever wondered how brackets are made and what goes along with that? Well then this episode is the one! We have the queen of FGC brackets with us this week and Curly tells us all, even with a story about how one of the most infamous melee fights happened! Drift - ⁠https://x.com/0drift⁠ CurlyW - ⁠https://x.com/CurlingW⁠ Abate vs S2J (Big House 5) - ⁠Youtube⁠ Curly's ⁠Github

We got someone that's done it all! From camera operator to bracket runner to running online events! Trinity's done nearly everything! Even messaging an event director during the event for an off the cuff special. Come listen! Drift - https://x.com/0drift Trinity5 - https://x.com/finaltrinity5 Trinity's Youtube - @finaltrinity5 Trinity's Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/trinity5 Hoopsquad - Discord

This week we talk about streams, streaming and a multitude of roles you can and probably should do before you get behind producing a stream! Shout outs to Atlanta too. Drift - https://x.com/0drift Funky P- https://x.com/ATLFunkyP Funky P Youtube - ⁠ @ATLFunkyP ⁠ Ten-O Media - https://x.com/tenomedia

We're back and it's crazy I've had four guests already. Kid Liquid, who's worked at multiple different companies talks through social media, the intern mentality and how to go forward. Drift - https://x.com/0drift Kid Liquid - https://x.com/KidLiquid

We're going strong! This week we have Esteban, Head of Videography at Combo Breaker and Evo. We dive in with Esteban's things he looks for in people's mentality, how he got started as well as shoe choice! He's also a slam poet. Drift - https://x.com/0drift Esteban - https://x.com/TheBesteban Hold Back To Block -  @Holdbacktoblock  HBTB Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/HoldBackToBlock EVO Events - @EvoEvents EVO FGC - @EvoFGC

This week we have Robert Paul, a seasoned esports photographer veteran who has been doing this for quite some time. In this episode we talk about what he looks for in building out his team of photographers as well as some information around socks! Drift - https://x.com/0drift Rob - https://x.com/tempusrob Rob's EVO Gallery - https://gallery.rmpaul.com/Esports/Evo-2024

From getting scouted whilst at University to working at Twitch-con as well as ALGS. Freelancer Tournament Operations extraordinaire Arin is on this week to talk about how he got started in the esports industry and how you could get there too.

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The very first episode of Behind The Stage! We kick off with Visual Platform's own Marc Denton. He's created SETS as shown on Capcom's social media channels as well as creating a new offline Capcom Pro Tour event Kings of the World. Drift - https://x.com/0drift Marc - https://x.com/VPmarcUK Visual Platform - https://x.com/visual_platform Kings of the World - https://www.start.gg/tournament/kings-of-the-world/details

He's created a lot of things you might not have realised, you might even be wearing some clothing he's designed! From fighting games to esports, he's just an all round nice guy, keeping it honest! We got Drew!

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Back to back amazing photographers? We got them! Adela has been one of the most influential photographers within the EU we talk about where she started, getting to cover TI AND Worlds plus other random topics!

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She's one of the best to do it in the FGC and esports! From going to events off her own back and now shooting for Red Bull, Blast, Evo and many other events! Check out this episode with Vex Drift - https://x.com/0drift Website - https://zero-drift.com/ Vexanie - https://x.com/Vexanie Vexanie's website - https://www.vexanie.com/

You've definitely seen his work especially in NA fighting game events. He's korean backdashed his way in CEO 2024 and has covered so many events in a short space of time. From cooking to helping create an Evo Award nominated online scene. Don't miss this episode!

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She does a lot of wonderful art, has been published by Udon Ent and has tabled at both anime and fighting game events! Just don't get her started on T-Spins...

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Website - https://zero-drift.com/

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Enerjax's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/enerjax

They've done a lot within the esports scene, from being an observer to stream producer to be a talent manager! But what is a talent manager and what do they do? Whilst no longer working within esports, they have asked to drop the following for further reading -

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IWGB Game Workers Union - https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/

He's commentated Evo, helps run UFA and Brussels Challenge, an absolute world warrior and a great guy!

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Damascus Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/zdamascus

Damascus Youtube -  @zDamascus