Ep. 21 – Spawn on building TL Academy, CoreJJ's influence, and "importing" Oceanic talent

Jake "Spawn" Tiberi shares about the 2021 Oceanic influx,
building the Team Liquid Academy roster, TLA's impressive 7-2
regular season, CoreJJ's influence on the team, and whether top
Academy teams could compete with bottom LCS teams.


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Show Notes


0:00 Intro

0:50 Spawn's transition from the OPL to TLA

4:40 How strong are the Oceanic players that came to NA for
2021?

8:15 Why did TLA sign Eyla and Haeri?

13:50 What convinced Spawn to keep Jenkins and Armao for TLA?

18:20 How do you decide whether to give a player "another
shot" or find a new rookie?

23:00 Is Jenkins a top 3 Top laner in Academy?2

5:30 How good is Yeon?

32:25 Did Spawn expect TLA to be tied for first?

35:55 How much has CoreJJ helped the Academy team improve?

40:05 Listener questions

40:20 IamnottheNSA: What do you think of the influx of OCE
players in both LCS and Academy? Was this merit to the number of
signings, or were they a knee-jerk response to their residency
status, with teams looking to find the next FBI, K1ng, or Lost?

46:00 MagicalQaz: What does Spawn think can be done for teams
that perform well in Academy? Because 9 games and you’re done is
a bit silly.

49:25 PapaSmithy: How big is the gap between the top 3
Academy teams and the bottom 4 LCS teams?

52:20 Edward Greene: What is your favorite international game
you’ve casted and why is it C9 vs Vitality at 2018 Worlds?

54:30 Outro