Ep. 4 - Joseph "Sygh" Pomroy, Lead Analyst for FlyQuest, on Worlds, Level 1s, Santorin's jungling style, and more

Joseph "Sygh" Pomroy, the Lead Analyst for
FlyQuest's LCS team, joins the show to talk about the
team's experiences at the 2020 World Championships, what it's like
working on level 1s with IgNar, how Santorin approaches jungling,
and what makes PowerOfEvil so unique as a Mid laner. Follow Sygh at
twitter.com/Sygh_lol Follow Tim at twitter.com/TimSevenhuysen
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on Discord Show Notes 0:00 Introduction 2:10 Sygh’s background in
esports 4:15 Designing a Twisted Treeline speedrun for CLG 6:50
Transition to FlyQuest 8:53 Experiences working with FlyQuest 11:18
Players’ receptivity to feedback 12:16 Sygh’s responsibilities as
Lead Analyst - how does he help FlyQuest win? 17:00 FlyQuest’s
experience at Worlds 18:57 Adapting to the Worlds meta 28:00
Example insights on facing Top Esports and DRX 30:25 Thoughts on
Fnatic vs. Top Esports 33:45 FlyQuest’s creative level 1 strategies
39:16 Importance of people skills in working with players 40:16
Prepping against unfamiliar opponents 44:45 Jungle expression and
individuality 54:10 “Player gaps”; how to handle big individual
skill differences between teams 55:22 Finding the most value out of
scrims. Did FLY scrim against Damwon? 1:01:03 Questions from
Patreon Angus Lockhart: What’s the balance between VOD review and
stats analysis for analysts? From what I can imagine, it's
presumably mostly VOD review, but is there a place for stats on the
team side or are they currently most just for viewers to enjoy?
1:09:20 Outro