FORGE - Your esports industry podcast

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FORGE are Zack and Jan: friends, former work colleagues and dwarven enthusiasts. In this podcast they discuss recent hot topics, events and business of the esports industry. They also interview guests. Join them now to get one of the most exclusive glimpses behind the scenes of the esports industry.

  1. 10/11/2023

    E18 - Worlds & TI format (p)review

    Brace yourselves. Two world championships are coming. The International 2023 is around the corner and the Worlds Playin stage already started. This year however, both tournaments feature a slightly different format compared to the years before. We'll talk about the format and do some predictions.

  2. 10/04/2023

    E17 - Sponsorships in the cold esports winter

    On another solo episode, Jan is diving into esports sponsorships and the two main reasons why we have not seen big sponsorship announcements in the esports industry in a while: restrictions and the economic situation. Some insights into what organizations and brands have to keep in mind when forming a partnership.

  3. 09/28/2023

    E16 - The return of the Forgedi: LEC Salary Cap & Valorant Drama

    After some downtime due to our personal circumstances, Forge is back this week with another episode. Unfortunately Zack is unavailable, but Jan still wanted to talk about the news of the brand new LEC salary cap and recent Valorant Contract Drama surrounding the world championship roster of EG.

  4. 09/06/2023

    E15 - The VCT drama that requires a Ben Affleck movie adaptation

    Although a week too late, we're spending time this week to talk about the latest Valorant drama involving professional esports team The Guard. What happened, how did Riot solve the issue and the stance on the Tier 2 scene in general gives us a good topic for conversation. All that and more on this week's episode of FORGE.

  5. 08/30/2023

    E14 - VCT Champions: where Elon Musk buys children

    This week, we recap VCT Champions and talk more about other recent news and results. Zack is back to join the show

  6. 08/23/2023

    E13 - Recent Results & Guild entering CS

    Zack is not here this time. Jan is going into recent results of the major ongoing esports competitions and looks into recent news in regards to Counter-Strike and creator owned teams.

  7. 08/16/2023

    E12 - Current Event Roundup

    In today's episode of FORGE, Zack and Jan talk about the current ongoing tournaments and their predictions who will take it all.

  8. 08/09/2023

    E11 - The great counter-strike reset

    We're back with an episode to focus on counter-strike. Recent news from Valve will impact the business of tournament organizers, teams and players. We'll dive into the news and discuss our reactions to it. Is counter-strike and esports seeing a great reset? All that and more on this week's episode of FORGE.

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FORGE are Zack and Jan: friends, former work colleagues and dwarven enthusiasts. In this podcast they discuss recent hot topics, events and business of the esports industry. They also interview guests. Join them now to get one of the most exclusive glimpses behind the scenes of the esports industry.

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