Ep. 42 – Ablazeolive and Inero on Golden Guardians' 2021 and the future

Golden Guardians head coach Nick "Inero" Smith and mid laner Nick
"Ablazeolive" Abbot join the show to look back on GG's 2021
season and share their thoughts on the upcoming LCS Finals and
World Championships and their goals and expectations for 2022.


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Show Notes


0:00 Intro

3:20 Was 2021 a "success" for Golden Guardians?

9:13 Is Academy coaching improving?

19:18 Licorice's influence on GG

22:05 Rookie of the Year results

27:50 LCS Finals weekend and Worlds expectations

46:35 Goals and expectations for 2022

57:25 Listener questions

57:52 Hakei: Does Ablazeolive come up against anyone who just
absolutely crushes him and he's always scared of playing against?

59:42 higherbrow: Inero: You're developing a reputation for
taking low-budget, developmental rosters and overperforming. Do
you prefer this style, or do you someday hope to have a big
budget to gun for a top tier, win-now roster?

1:01:58 zerolimits_gk: is GG planning on going to Europe
during Worlds to maybe scrim/practice more?

1:03:27 Outro