On this week's show... Aiden fights C-long, Atrioc dives mid tier 2, and DougDoug goes fast 9. Featuring Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games.



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Episode: 082

Recorded on: September 29th, 2026



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Segments

0:00 Intro

5:15 Early Mistakes

11:32 Why Marc Came Back

19:15 2XKO Expectations

26:15 Live Games Green

30:54 The State of Gaming

38:11 Scaling into Growth

41:05 Philosophy Around The MMO

50:05 F2P vs $500 Skins

54:10 Tencent Ownership

1:03:00 International Complications

1:13:39 Working At Regional Levels

1:20:35 AI Concerns

1:24:56 Esports

1:37:42 DOTA All Stars Saga

1:48:38 Outro



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