00:00:00 Intro 00:17:40 HyperButter's take: LCS content needs more villains to be successful 00:33:35 ANOTHER NEW SPONSOR!?! Welcome, PrizePicks! 00:44:42 Jim is getting back on board with LCS 01:03:45 Tyler's BIG DIG SUMMER 01:17:23 NZXT break! 01:21:53 Jake's take: Talk Your Split format is corny 01:54:58 KIA break! 01:59:44 Skizzle's take: the Summer Finals venue is one of the worst LCS decisions in a while 02:25:13 Outro
@cedrichofstetter4057
Ай бұрын
For the KIA ad with the EV9: drive around LA making a stop at each teams gaming house/training facility and briefly visit each team (or even just for the teams that are also sponsored by KIA)
@kimjunghoon02
Ай бұрын
very late comment, but just straight up steal the comedians and coffee format. pick up a player, take a small drive, and talk shop in the car or at a boba or coffee spot.
@mbrown7325
Ай бұрын
Apa is not a villain, and it is Dig summer. Asked and answered, thank y’all for coming out tonight. Real talk though I don’t want to lose any two teams from the league. Gonna be a sad time.
@rudedinosaur
Ай бұрын
I will be ok if it is SR and IMT, as long as Inero finds a home
@ReaverMoggy
Ай бұрын
DIGSZN BABY
@mbrown7325
Ай бұрын
@@rudedinosaur I don’t think it can be SR
@MrSlade138
Ай бұрын
True, APA is more of a lovely idiot. A true villain wouldn't have a contrived twitch chat level trashtalk persona.
@theelectricant98
Ай бұрын
Jim's call really resonated with me, as another returning fan who is excited about the changes and personalities in the league right now. And im the same way as a fan of the whole region!
@shinyy5184
Ай бұрын
Same! I came back as a fan after the 2022 DRX miracle run and I've been watching voraciously since
@Dezofmari
Ай бұрын
Firat caller doesn't actually watch the LCS and its content. That jensen and Inspired video they were not flaming each other. And APA has carried several games this split.
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
First caller here, they were definitely flaming each other, just listen to the way they talk, it’s partially pissed off and personal but also for fun. I watch all of lcs content.
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
Apa has carried some games this split, but I want to point out that Corejj is back in form compared to last split, and that team looks ass when he isn’t making plays and pyosik carried them last year. I mainly don’t like apa bc he thinks he is better than everyone but he has no champ pool. Last season what champs he play besides trist, Azir, ziggs, and asol where he actually looked good? (His 1 cass game was good I will say that)
@magikill300
Ай бұрын
If you look up game of legends APA you also notice taliyah is tied for his most played (also we know he has a cassio pocket pick). The champ pool thing was real early last split, but absolutely is not true anymore. Hate apa for trash talk and banter cause it's fun, don't just be objectively wrong and say he can only play X champs (whatever goalpost we want to move to today)
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
@@magikill300like I said I just don’t like the guy. But yes I forgot about Taliyah, that was literally my biggest thing I have on him, he is looking great this split, but that I strongly believe it’s bc corejj is in shape and his jungler again is just good.
@magikill300
Ай бұрын
Yeah totally reasonable to not like him, and I believe without the team around him he wouldn't look as good. Fact of the matter is that we can't separate that now, and even just looking individually he beats up on most or all of the current midlaners (including my goat Jensen in finals sadge)
@BobAndGeorg
Ай бұрын
"There are no bigger haters of the LCS than LCS fans." Preach. Holy moly I can't stand it. Who should get the spot? Another LPL or LCK team? If all you want to do is watch those teams, watch them the rest of the fucking year then! And Cubby is based. Fuck the LEC. If anyone deserves to lose a spot it's those hasbeens.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the super chat! Happy you connected with that thought, haha.
@Ricky-sc2db
Ай бұрын
This episode probably had the best callers. I really liked them all
@CB38096
Ай бұрын
The first guy hating on APA and saying he gets carried but he legit carried some gamers already in summer split on corki lol
@spaghettivase4808
Ай бұрын
His champ pool is so small though, you just gotta ban Ziggs, Asol, Tristana, Taliyah, Ahri, and now Corki
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
Apa has carried some games this split, but I want to point out that Corejj is back in form compared to last split, and that team looks ass when he isn’t making plays and pyosik carried them last year. I mainly don’t like apa bc he thinks he is better than everyone but he has no champ pool. Last season what champs he play besides trist, Azir, ziggs, and asol where he actually looked good? (His 1 cass game was good I will say that)
@Sleeptastic
Ай бұрын
@@spaghettivase4808 Since MSI, when you watch APA on trist you kinda get why ADCs keep going for Malphite plays
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
@@spaghettivase4808not even gonna lie, that’s literally what I was telling myself. I honestly thing the guy is good, but I just don’t like home bc his first split he was talking trash while being carried.
@xben9216
Ай бұрын
@@jacobescalera1great, teams have 5 bans, he have 6 champs in meta. You surely want to waste every ban one ONE guy. 😂😂 Dude is legit the best mid laner atm in NA. Keep on hatin’ he himself said it just boost him.
@cjfoxyboi
Ай бұрын
Travis has a dad confirmed
@codydymco1215
Ай бұрын
I'm crying and shitting myself rn I don't know how to handle this news.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
pls no doxxerino
@sushyisama
Ай бұрын
Travis saying that we're in our villain era gave me serious boomer vibes lmao
@zachschulz7147
Ай бұрын
I Am so happy dude!!! BEEN A BEST OF 3 BEGGAR FOR YEARSSSSSSSSSSS. so happy to have real games in na now!!
@PBosley87
Ай бұрын
god don jake is such a treasure
@theelectricant98
Ай бұрын
Truly
@sushyisama
Ай бұрын
Travis getting a new sponsor every week is my new favorite meta
@tulipqueen4702
Ай бұрын
I miss the one guy that used to hype up the dignitas academy mid laner, Gaaaah I cant remember their names. But his takes were always entertaining, much love to that guy
@Gsyekd
Ай бұрын
I wouldn’t say APA is the villain. FLY is the villain. APA is more like the wit of the league except without the wit.
@tiffanyandmattexplore
Ай бұрын
as a Bostonian the term "big dig" is traumatic
@lestforce4810
Ай бұрын
As the caller who brought up the issue of “LCS trying too hard with trash talk” last season, it absolutely is corny.
@devinosborne3396
Ай бұрын
Travis, I just bought a Kia K5 due to them sponsoring you :).
@devinosborne3396
Ай бұрын
@TravisGafford
@badvertise
Ай бұрын
whoa, had no idea they rebranded the optima to k5. are you in the US?
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
That's awesome! Is there anyway you can share this info with me somewhere on discord or twitter so I can share it with the Kia team?
@Brandonpox
Ай бұрын
Worth watching twice to get to see the vod thanks for the shout out cubby 👌
@Anthulhu
Ай бұрын
Really loved the episode this week, came close to bursting out laughing kn the middle of my office a couple times. Don Jake's eloquence was a hilarious juxtaposition to usual callers, made me feel like i was watching an LS stream when he came on.
@perrygray1417
Ай бұрын
Thinking APA is a villain is mentally ill😂 dude has the biggest under dog story and has overcome more criticism than most people
@crazykillerpanda101
Ай бұрын
?? He is legit in a piece of media last weekend flaming jojo for being overrated and saying he’s going to keep wrecking him. That’s more villainous than not.
@LargeMcBottoms
Ай бұрын
@crazykillerpanda101 what did he say that wasn't true? Not a villain, just someone that speaks his mind.
@perrygray1417
Ай бұрын
@@crazykillerpanda101 I don’t think you understand the difference between competitive trash talk and villain. Inspired/Bwipo villains, JoJo mild villain
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
(First caller here) if someone trash talks other players when they are succeeding on other peoples success like last year (corejj and pyosik carried TL last year) that makes him a villain….. he is only just now proving himself, and corejj still carrying that team btw same with umpti….
@perrygray1417
Ай бұрын
@@jacobescalera1 I get that’s your opinion, but that’s just a pretty off base basement dwelling opinion. Typing in game in league of legends making someone a villain if they aren’t the best player would make 99.9% of league player base villains.
@Auixerre
Ай бұрын
Please get a sponsored shirt since white is really not your color. Raz and Cubby carried the video for this episode. Can't wait for tonight! :3
@zachschulz7147
Ай бұрын
i totally agree with travis about the "slap in the face" being a cliche in titals of articles. same with "slammed". just stop using verbs and start using adjectives when more substantial than a random ass word
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
It drives me crazy.
@xxRockyBxx
Ай бұрын
01:21:53 LEGENDARY caller: He was straight cookin, especially that Onlyfans part lmao
@jaydee4177
Ай бұрын
It was DonJake, right? The guy who does interviews in LEC and at some international events too I think. Dude's hilarious lol
@Reaper-gx6fs
Ай бұрын
Watching Raz swallow a smile after hearing the town name in VA got me in tears. 😂 It’s either that or what he is watching on his other monitor but Idk. Impeccable timing. ❤ Raz one of the best analysts NA has and rightfully so. Him also saying he wants to be the last prediction and wants the boos from the crowd he knows competition and thrives in it. (Sorry for the glaze)
@mountainoceanprojectgalves6274
Ай бұрын
I was at the Houston event and it has been my fav event Ive ever been too
@ryanngo4632
Ай бұрын
First caller is delusional lol
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
What part? (First caller here) I love debating let’s keep it civil!
@shinglelol
Ай бұрын
I am surprised about the prize picks sponsor, but get that bag!! Cool to see they added esports, but only gamble what you can afford to lose :)
@brandonboyce6408
Ай бұрын
they should put more stuff to buy in the client store maybe if i seen a fitted hat of one of the champs that would looks cool on a hat i probably would have bought one by now my address and info is alrdy in there so why not
@badvertise
Ай бұрын
what's the c word reference at 1:09:15 why is it banned in chat lmao
@BobAndGeorg
Ай бұрын
No cats in the apartment.
@zachschulz7147
Ай бұрын
I will say, I watch the vods muted and at double speed. Then i watch the lcs segments that were funny or interesting
@Tfg20Minecraft
Ай бұрын
That's the same way I watch hotline league
@zachschulz7147
Ай бұрын
@@Tfg20Minecraft LOOOOOOOOL
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
🥲
@shadowslightly6759
Ай бұрын
11:10 I mean... the United Center felt pretty full. Not like FULL full, but 12k+ of the 18,000 occupancy was being used. Probably closer to 15k ppl than 12k tbh
@typhon1861
Ай бұрын
I liked Raz before, but I LOVE Raz now. Dude's just hilarious.
@nathanieltownsend1487
Ай бұрын
Sponsors keep travis channel alive… he loves people… people like this needs to stay visible
@BensonLe
Ай бұрын
Does anyone know what the vid where Travis lists out all of NA's boomerang imports is called?
@patrickdement1474
Ай бұрын
Great surprise to have the Don Jake call in.
@MikeyDLuffy
Ай бұрын
How is realizing that 66% of the teams we send to Worlds are worthless to the event being masochistic
@Kokopelle
Ай бұрын
To the first caller: "If you want to trash talk, be as good as APA"
@jamabojuice
Ай бұрын
Skizzle listened to Monte and Thoorin and came straight to HLL to repeat what they talked about on their shows.
@christianwallander2412
Ай бұрын
They are not giving enough props to the europeans for enabeling the "Talk your split". Saying apa and jojo are saving the league for talking shit when neither of them was as direct about their opinions in interviews before inspired and bwipo started it is just a blast narrative.
@fullmetal929
Ай бұрын
I know they just joined, but I'm all for shopify and imt leaving if this is the new dig. I feel like teams usually go big right when they join to try to win over fans, but they just showed up, made a budget roster, and have been suckin ass. IMT almost had the first (and would still be the only) perfect regular split their first split. Honestly, I wish IMT was good because of the great lakes stuff and I liked them that first year, but they've just been suckin too much ass. But, if I were a betting man, I'd put money on IMT and 100t leaving.
@GhostFingers246
Ай бұрын
I honestly thing fantasy LCS was better when it was on lolesports before it moved to sleeper op
@itorres008
Ай бұрын
Wouldn't Riot picking LA for the final have a lot do with lowering costs? Hauling equipment, stage elements to another state, by truck, airplane, maybe they have to rent equipment... Plane tickets, food and hotels for production staff, and whatever else... if everything is local they drive a truck with stuff to the venue and staff can go home to eat and sleep... also teams save on travel, food and lodging... If they are not selling out seats it could be a net loss on the event, no?
@HaramosGaming
Ай бұрын
Travis typing the entire time lol
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
I'm sorry! My typing didn't used to get picked up, I need to see if I can fix that. I'm often typing during the show to handle logistics behind the scenes.
@HaramosGaming
Ай бұрын
@@TravisGafford it really wasn't that bad, but when I noticed I couldn't unnotice. Not trying to be annoying with that comment, but if it's helpful for you to know then good haha
@Ian7herd
Ай бұрын
Amazing episode super unhinged LOL. Appreciated donjake's take don't fully agree but good conversation
@aaronlangley8338
Ай бұрын
That new DIG fan... I am so sorry.
@modded276
Ай бұрын
jake the man lol
@graciaman
Ай бұрын
This first caller is high out of his mind omg 18:20 lol I’m dying
@christianwallander2412
Ай бұрын
If Apa was from eu he would be seen as a villan as much as inspired I think.
@Pallace10
Ай бұрын
Hey, its me!
@diaperamess
Ай бұрын
travis are you a fan of the south park magic episode?
@safetoo2000
Ай бұрын
"nope APA doesnt force the trash talk, he does it to hold himself accountable" -Cubby probably I think Cubby is shit at analysis and casting. I shit talk him to hold myself accountable.
@quantumm313
Ай бұрын
east coast/west coast thing is ridiculous. West coast has to eat timezone shit for literally everything and people on the east coast will still cry over the one thing we've got on the west. FOH lol
@szabel.
Ай бұрын
BIG DIG ENERGY
@tyl1521
Ай бұрын
I made three PrizePicks Travis. If I lose my money do I blame you or NRG??
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
If you used my promo code you can blame me.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
How did they go?
@tyl1521
Ай бұрын
@@TravisGafford I lost all my bets lmao
@tyl1521
Ай бұрын
@@TravisGafford If you have the ear of someone at PrizePicks I would be much more interested in playing more if there were more options than just does x player get x amount of kills. Kills is so hard to base off of because its hard to choose bc you never know the champs being picked.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
@@tyl1521 rip I'm sorry
@johnnyvelez10
Ай бұрын
@cubby is apa the Eli Manning of League of Legends
@Cubbyxx
Ай бұрын
Hasn't won enough yet :)
@darthzombie18
Ай бұрын
Dignitas is my favorite sidepiece #bigDIGsummer
@NinjaScorpio
Ай бұрын
50:55 Is lcs a trap?
@Eric-nx6cp
Ай бұрын
Travis Gafford try not to be condescending to callers challenge impossible.
@rebornthanos
Ай бұрын
I don't watch twitch so I don't get to participate in these. But I really would want someone to really hammer home a question about the lcs fans complete lack of confidence in the league, franchise teams, and players. Them trying to spin the fact teams who they themselves are so unconfident in the success of this league that they are selling their slots for pennies on the dollar, their being no consequences for teams making no effort since franchising started, the fact that marks broom closet he lived in on team liquid is now the size of the venues for games, and not to mention it took the league basically collapsing for best of threes to finally come back and each team only plays one of them, the comment section on nearly every piece of Na League esport content is overwhelmingly negative, player trash talk did come back but since there is 0 consequences it all feels so fraudulent and fake. To be honest the perception is at such a low that anytime people start speaking about even one positive aspects of the lcs that they are disingenuous and ignoring the unbelievably massive flaws that it feels like anyone financially incentivized for the league to grow is trying to shove it all under a rug. Except its like trying to put an elephant under a rug everyone knows it's there.
@user-rv8gn5qf3o
Ай бұрын
Calling the callers by “caller” is hilariously insincere
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
I don't know what this means
@GR1MG0R
Ай бұрын
bro says "varchester United" clearly doesn't watch football and gets his opinions from memes.
@danielm134
Ай бұрын
Why sports gambling man…
@dub2deuce2
Ай бұрын
As a traditional sports fan, I appreciate Cubby's references. The fact that Travis is so negative towards it makes my personal viewing experience worse. It seriously detracted from the show overall. As a long time viewer, this might be the first time I just had to turn the episode off.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
I'm a little confused. I really don't feel like I'm sitting there whining about the references for extended periods of time. Mostly he makes a reference, I joke that people don't care about the reference, and we move on. Is that so bad that the episode becomes unwatchable?
@TheHamoodz
Ай бұрын
The sports fantasy sponsorship is frankly disappointing to me as a very long term supporter and twitch prime sub. Sports gambling is gambling, and gambling is a public health crises.
@klownwithak1993
Ай бұрын
I wish there were more calls on the actual games/gameplay. No I don't want to call in...
@Turbovolver
Ай бұрын
I agree. I feel there has been a trend away from this somewhat recently.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
@@Turbovolver We're trying, I hope more people offer to talk gameplay on the show.
@gengariffith6852
Ай бұрын
APA is literally the best performing mid laner this split so far and the first caller comes in saying he's trash 😂 first caller is stuck in silver because of his teammates guaranteed
@safetoo2000
Ай бұрын
nore like umti is the best performing jg at covering midlane's ass and whenever enemy jg trys to countergank TL sidelanes smash
@jusmk19
Ай бұрын
second i guess
@markmyers8491
Ай бұрын
#bigdigsummer
@crazykillerpanda101
Ай бұрын
Begone Spotify and Immortals
@saaapling7805
Ай бұрын
Dude, I love your content, but sports gambling is not cool. They’re self aware enough to even have an addiction helpline that they’re funding
@raimikarim5604
Ай бұрын
thats a legal requirement lmfao
@woodwest11
Ай бұрын
It’s so uniquely American to care about how other people spend their money
@crazykillerpanda101
Ай бұрын
People can get addicted to online shopping, should he never take a sponsor with an e-shop as well? LCS being sponsored by bud light in the past when alcoholism exists? Relax buddy.
@SpaceZeee
Ай бұрын
You can get addicted to anything. Even League.
@TekuJroyal3
Ай бұрын
We play league bro I’m not sure I see a difference
@badvertise
Ай бұрын
first
@austinblack7020
Ай бұрын
AC C h x
@CarlosCarlangas
Ай бұрын
The callers were too annoying this episode. I dipped 40mins in I'm sorry.
@TravisGafford
Ай бұрын
I think we had only had one caller by that point!
@CarlosCarlangas
Ай бұрын
@@TravisGafford Im sorry to have failed you Travis. I'll try again after work.
@CarlosCarlangas
Ай бұрын
@@TravisGafford I just finished watching it. I stand by my statement. I'll watch next week.
@jacobescalera1
Ай бұрын
OK EVERYONE!!! FIRST CALLER HERE! -PIN THIS!!! let’s have a civil debate on why I genuinely think apa is trash. Comment below me. I’ll start off. Apa has carried some games this split, and he is looking like a player now, but I want to point out that Corejj is back in form compared to last year mid split, but that team looks ass when he isn’t making plays and pyosik carried them last year. I mainly don’t like apa bc he thinks he is better than everyone but he has no champ pool and got carried all last year. Last year what champs he play besides trist, Azir, ziggs, Taliyah, and asol where he was actually looking good and carrying games? (His 1 cass game was good I will say that)
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