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Oct 2, 2020Liked by Ethan Davison

Will be really interesting to see how adding Do(l)phin as a coach and Snip3 to the roaster will change the dynamic and their comms. I was only able to catch a bit of the GLL yesterday, but it definitely seemed like there was much less tension than before.

Great content as always. Any thoughts on doing interviews with players/coaches/orgs in the future? Would love to get something more directed and in-depth than twitter or random twitch chat from the players.

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Yeah, it's going to be an exciting first tourney for sure. To answer your question, I'd love to do more in-depth content like interviews and such, but to dedicate that amount of time and energy I'd have to monetize this project in some way, whether through donations or going subscriber-only. Something like that is definitely in the works but I'd hate to put that kind of content behind a paywall, so considering my options as this gets bigger and moves forward into actual reportage. I think The Final Circle is going to be a crucial resource for the community moving forward as a non-official news outlet—as I've said elsewhere, you don't hear ALGS casters ever talk about the game's problems or the big-picture financial issues for players, and I really think it's important to have a non-PR news source as the game (hopefully) gets bigger and better.

Thanks for reading!

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Oct 3, 2020Liked by Ethan Davison

Adding Dolphn also gives me some hope since I doubt TSM would do that if they didn’t think comp Apex had a future. After some adjustment period I expect TSM will start having more success again, with Dolphn and Snip3down.

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I remain confident that Apex will grow with crossplay, new ALGS regions opening, and even better Twitch numbers recently. And yeah, I'll eat my hat if TSM doesn't get top 3 in the NA Regional #1 at this point.

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