RLAfterShock

It's the dawn of a new episode of RLAfterShock (and finally one we can publish to the platforms. After our small hiatus, we're catching up with the Superstar League and the latest news, including the announcement of The Field by Psyonix and Rival Esports. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro --News-- 2:52 - GoldRush Revival's draft pool announced 5:09 - Mousesports leave Rocket League 11:04 - David Beckham's new esports org hints at picking up an RL team 15:42 - Jason Lake of Complexity discusses why his team left RL 34:53 - Turbo hints that he's coming back to Europe 41:17 - Nicecactus announce Monthlies, revamp their weekly system 47:14 - The Sabo drama 1:00:48 - Psyonix and Rival Esports announce The Field --Mailbag-- 1:16:30 - Intro 1:17:17 - Failius: Where should the line be drawn before conflict of interest between a TO and a team comes into question? 1:22:36 - Failius: From the TO end, what is your opinion on how seeding should work? Is objectivity and transparency through a points system the way, or is outsourcing seeding enough? 1:24:40 - Exa Cognition: To build on the question aboce, if TO's build an objective and transparent seeding system, do you think it would still be wise to have a level of adjustment that is still somewhat subjective? --Tournament Roundup-- 1:28:33 - Rising Stars League talk 1:31:41 - Rising Stars League playoffs Results 1:33:16 - JorJaJo's future 1:38:47 - RJM make good on their promise 1:43:40 - Outro RLAfterShock: Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/HyKUXAm Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLAfterShock

Another week goes by, and we're taking another detailed look at the Bubble Scene. Plus we're recapping the latest rumours on roster transfers and answering the regular fan mailbag questions. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro --News-- 3:33 - Noly Tries out with FC Barcelona 12:33 - BDS Seek tryout with Kash 18:23 - Aztral speaks out about leaving Dignitas --Mailbag-- 25:04 - Intro 26:06 - Velixo: A lot of esports journalists and representatives push that an esport needs to start from the grassroots scene. Why is that? 46:57 - dex: How would you structure a tournament if the gimmick was a mixture of game modes? 52:02 - Velixo: CloudFuel and Lawler have both mentioned that while Psyonix has been seriously shitting the bed over the recent years, they have been hearing/seeing positive stuff indicating that Psyonix will be stepping up soon. Any clues or guesses for what they might be referring to? 59:44 - Breaking News: AS Monaco release roster --Tournament Roundup-- 1:04:21 - Iberian League results 1:06:19 - Canyons taking the expected top spot 1:08:26 - Big tie up for 2-4th 1:13:40 - Los Hombres pulling rear, but contextually it's not worrying 1:16:22 - Next weeks games 1:18:17 - Superstar League results 1:19:50 - SUPRMODE take  a big leap into the top spot 1:24:50 - JorJaJo, WMB and Totalschaden in a race for 3rd place 1:29:16 - Next weeks matches 1:33:22 - Outro RLAfterShock: Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/HyKUXAm Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLAfterShock

We're into a full silly week in Rocket League, as roster moves are set, and drama unfolds. This week, we're giving our thoughts on the Richard Lewis vs Liefx drama, as well as the controversial seeds on the Fusion tournament. Plus, we're taking a look at all the rumours and moves in the start of the offseason and going into Fusion. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro --General News-- 2:55 - Richard Lewis vs Liefx 13:45 - Fusion EU Qualifier seeds get released 30:18 - Psyonix receive a letter of Grevience from organisations 53:13 - Snaski officially retires --Roster Rumours-- 57:41 - Intro 58:12 - Joreuz set to join Dignitas 1:03:31 - Fruity in Tryouts with Mousesports --Roster moves-- 1:12:24 - Intro 1:12:51 - Seeb stands in place of Flakes on FCB 1:22:40 - Servette pick up Justuszzz 1:27:53 - Tree of a kind feat. Awkward Turtles and eekso 1:29:40 - Al0t, Mognus and Tigree team for Fusion 1:33:07 - Veloce replace Freaki with Archie for Fusion 1:39:01 - BDS remove ClayX 1:47:32 - Singularity bring in Scrub Killa 1:50:49 - Triple Trouble try out Kash --Mailbag-- 1:55:06 - Intro 1:55:32 - Aspect: How do you guys feel about teams that have just promoted to RLCS making a change? 2:00:15 - Trox: Half Yearly "What does RLEsports needs to do to propel the game forwards?" 2:09:32 - notblondmonkey: When do you see the next region being added to RLCS? 2:12:35 - John_aka_Always: Thoughts on CloudFuel's rant against roster leaks 2:18:45 - Velixo: What do you suspect is wrong at Psyonix? And what do you think needs to happen in order for Psyonix to rethink their handling of the esport? --Tournament Roundup-- 2:27:00 - Superstar League results 2:29:13 - Quality Control dominate early 2:32:08 - Spain's best fo top and bottom of their groups 2:38:59 - RJM realise expectations 2:43:44 - Outro RLAfterShock: Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/HyKUXAm Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLAfterShock

The final week of the Spring Series sees Europe take the stage. We're breaking down all the top teams through the open bracket and the top 8 squads of the series. Plus roster shuffles continue to move on the scene, and JohnnyBoi announces FusionRL with some interesting stipulations. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro --News-- 2:06 - ex-Reciprocity signed by Oxygen esports 4:35 - Mognus to team with Al0t for next season 11:35 - gReazymeister announces retirement 19:02 - RJM part ways with Justuszzz 24:18 - Triple Trouble trying out eekso 28:23 - AS Monaco trying out Kash 32:02 - Notorious Legion drop their team 36:11 - JohnnyBoi announces FusionRL --Mailbag-- 51:55 - Chewie: What are your thoughts on the open qual system that pros have been complaining about? 59:27 - Yens: We all know BR games are terrible to cast, but how does RL compare to other esports? What's harder to cast: RL or CS:GO? 1:08:58 - velixo: I've slowly but surely been seeing more and more hype around Joreuz. Who is he? 1:15:42 - velixo: How come the podcast is named RLAfterShock? --Tournament Roundup-- 1:18:23 - General Points around the Spring Series 1:30:49 - The ever Slumping Oxygen team 1:38:16 - Singularity made a huge mistake 1:42:25 - Veloce disappointing? Or getting unlucky? 1:48:38 - Other notable teams 1:52:02 - Final results 1:53:28 - FC Barcelona throw it away once again 2:03:46 - BDS also fall last 2:08:26 - Mousesports unhappy 2:14:12 - The Canyons run 2:20:27 - Endpoint with almost the right moves 2:28:40 - Dignitas and Ring Rust 2:43:07 - Vitality are the best team 2:50:21 - Outro RLAfterShock: Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/HyKUXAm Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLAfterShock

In this special edition of RLAfterShock, we're revisiting a topic from the start of last year. We're addressing the scene as we talk about everything that's been on the communities lips. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro --News-- 3:45 - Godsmilla officially benched from Singularity 8:18 - Al0t, Remkoe and Greazy potentially teaming together 12:35 - Bluey might ditch tadpole, according to Scrub 21:55 - Metsanarus to Triple Trouble 27:03 - Endpoint bench Nachitow --Mailbag-- 30:57 - Intro 31:21 - Velixo: Any chance you could elaborate on Esportsia? Saw Virtuoso mention being dodgy as well, can barely find anything about them other than they're endorsed by a bunch of orgs/companies, nevermind anything negative about them. 43:19 - Chewie: I know this is an NA question but just go with it. First killer made a comment about how he "just gotta survive one more season and make another upgrade," clearly saying he plans on kicking kro. Do you think this will cause another situation like Complexity where Flakes wanting to kick Greazy seemingly destroyed the team? And what effect do you think this could have on First's career as a whole? 51:19 - Juicy: €1 million bet on the discussion moving to how stupid the current 2/3rds system is 56:53 - Trox: What's your guys' take on Psyonix once again trying to adhere to the average American sports viewer with that kida interesting screening on ESPN2? --State of the Scene Address-- 1:10:14 - Intro 1:12:00 - In Game Org Items 1:23:43 - Third Party tournaments 1:36:31 - The Bubble Scene 1:51:17 - Career Viability for Pro members of the Scene 2:14:15 - The Direction of the game 2:17:44 - Viewership 2:31:47 - Communication with Psyonix 2:39:23 - Outro RLAfterShock: Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/HyKUXAm Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLAfterShock