Thomas and Matt break down the last month of esports and how different publishers are approaching co-streaming, followed by the biggest story of the year: Riot Games’ LCS faces its first ever player walkouts after a contentious rule change. Thomas challenges other Matt to recreate the thumbnail in MS Paint (I did great).
Show Notes:
“Most popular tournaments of April 2023”: https://escharts.com/news/most-popular-tournaments-april-2023
“CSGO streamer Gaules reveals he has paid millions for rights to tournaments”: https://www.dexerto.com/csgo/csgo-streamer-gaules-reveals-hes-paid-millions-for-rights-to-tournaments-2147886/
“CSGO’s most-hyped Major held hostage by the Gaules show”: https://www.dexerto.com/csgo/csgos-most-hyped-major-held-hostage-by-the-gaules-show-1984788/
“Riot delays competitive League of Legends season after players voted to walk out”: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/30/23743198/riot-games-delays-league-of-legends-lcs-summer-season-split-walkout-lcspa
“Sources: CDL teams already designing custom Modern Warfare 3 Operator skins & cosmetics”: https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/sources-mw3-cdl-skins-development-2147875/
“Exclusive: How Call of Duty developers try to create maps around CDL pro player feedback”: https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/exclusive-how-call-of-duty-developers-try-to-create-maps-around-cdl-feedback-2148791/
“The Adulation of Bobby Kotick”: https://www.jacobwolf.report/p/the-adulation-of-bobby-kotick
Timestamps:
1:00 April ESCharts recap
5:52 The evolution of co-streaming
16:36 “Important” Microsoft news
21:30 The LCS walkout
43:40 The Activision-Blizzard corner
