The True Sight Podcast by Oracle's Elixir Tim Sevenhuysen
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In-depth analytical coverage of professional League of Legends and the rest of the esports world, from Tim "Magic" Sevenhuysen, founder of OraclesElixir.com.
Support the show at Patreon.com/OraclesElixir.
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How will EG's championship win change the LCS? - Tim's Takes
Evil Geniuses won a championship with a couple of North American teenagers. What kind of ripple effects will that have on the league, and how should other orgs respond?
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Rating fan-suggested LCS roster changes - Tim's Takes
Some of you really like living in a dream world. ;)
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American and Canada national LoL teams, today and all-time - Tim's Takes
Tim picks his current and all-time American and Canadian national teams.
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Predicting the entire LCS Spring Playoffs - Tim's Takes
Tim predicts the entire LCS 2022 Spring Playoff bracket.
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What I got wrong about Cloud9 - Tim's Takes
Tim's current-strength power rankings: https://youtu.be/gB04_ljv5Dc
Tim's preseason power rankings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM990wD4F4A
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Ep. 48 – LCSPA Exec. Director Phillip Aram on transparency, trash talk, Champions Queue, and more
The Executive Director of the LCS Players' Association, Phillip Aram, joins the show to talk Champions Queue, the ways LCS players share contract details with one another, how he coaches pros on trash talk, and a lot more.
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Show Notes
0:00 Intro
2:24 Phil's background in esports
5:45 How Phil became the LCSPA Exec. Director
9:40 The LCSPA board
15:05 The LCSPA's player leadership
21:05 How the LCSPA's success has achieved greater player buy-in
24:00 How LCS players share salary info with one other
27:45 How the LCSPA helps players navigate the tension between players and teams
33:10 How does the LCSPA advise players around appropriate/inappropriate agent behaviour?
37:30 Champions Queue
49:30 On trash talk
54:20 What's next for the LCSPA? A secret project!?
56:30 Outro