The Gold Card Podcast

  Episode 42 - LCK Pre-Season Tier List Spring 2020   Recorded on: February 3rd, 2020   Chris, Vince, and eventually Kalvin break down all ten rosters and lay out their tier lists as we prepare for the LCK Spring season starting on February 5th.    Intro   0:01:55 - Tiers Defined     0:04:05 - LCK Pre-Season Tier List    We all somewhat agree that there is a clear top 7 and bottom 3 teams in the L...

  Episode 41 - The (not so) Wild World of Week One   Recorded on: January 29th, 2020     Intro   0:01:15 - LPL delayed due to coronavirus, LCK will play but with no live audience   0:03:31 - Update on The Plug DFS Challenge: Chris vs John   0:05:45 - Week One Takeaways from the LEC and LCS   0:28:42 - LEC Week 2 Slate   0:54:33 - LCS Week 2 Slate   1:21:43 - Pick of the week!   1:31:30 - Sign Offs...

  Episode 40 - LEC and LCS Opening Weekend   Recorded on: January 21st, 2020   We've been delivering content all offseason in anticipation of the season finally starting up! The LPL started last week but is on break for the Chinese New Year but we have opening weekend in the West to keep us pumped up!    The guys briefly talk about their offseason and what they did in their time off, how they feel...

  Episode 39 - LEC Pre-Season Tier List Spring 2020   Recorded on: January 19th, 2020   We hope everybody had an excellent holiday season but it's time to get back to work as we gear up for the 2020 competitively League of Legends season! We'll be doing our pre-season tier lists and power rankings for the four major regions (LPL, LCK, LCS, LEC) over the next couple of weeks to get them to you all...

  Episode 38 - LCS Pre-Season Tier List Spring 2020   Recorded on: January 19th, 2020   We hope everybody had an excellent holiday season but it's time to get back to work as we gear up for the 2020 competitively League of Legends season! We'll be doing our pre-season tier lists and power rankings for the four major regions (LPL, LCK, LCS, LEC) over the next couple of weeks to get them to you all...

  Episode 37 - LPL Pre-Season Tier List Spring 2020   Recorded on: January 8th, 2020   We hope everybody had an excellent holiday season but it's time to get back to work as we gear up for the 2020 competitively League of Legends season! We'll be doing our pre-season tier lists and power rankings for the four major regions (LPL, LCK, LCS, LEC) over the next couple of weeks to get them to you all b...

  Episode 36 -  Hot Stove Season Part 2   Recorded on: December 19th, 2019    In our second episode of the offseason we dive into the news and announcements that have happened since our last recording (December 1st) and give you our thoughts and commentary. With the Demacia Cup starting on December 20th in China we give a quick betting run down of the four games on the Friday slate as well. This w...

  Episode 35 -  Hot Stove Season Part 1   Recorded on: December 1st, 2019  During the year we spend more or less every free moment we all have VOD reviewing, watching  the games, and putting the work in for you all and as we mentioned we were going to be taking a few weeks off before diving into the offseason. We hope you've all enjoyed your downtime and the holidays but it's time to start looking...

  Episode 34 -  Worlds 2019 Grand Finals   Recorded on: November 7th, 2019   We made it all the way through the year! Grand Finals on Sunday will mark the end of the competitive League season but we will be continuing to bring you content in the offseason! Hot stove discussion, some bigger picture topics, guests, and more! We haven't hammered out a schedule entirely yet but we'll let you know on t...

  Episode 33 -  Worlds 2019 Semifinals   Recorded on: October 27th and 29th, 2019   Due to some scheduling and technical issues we had to record this episode in two parts. I put them both together for this so it shouldn't be a big deal. The first portion was recorded more or less immediately after the matches Sunday and the second on Tuesday afternoon. In the first hour John and Vince recap the qu...

  Episode 32 -  Worlds 2019 Quarterfinals   Recorded on: October 23rd, 2019   Chris eventually made it even through a work emergency. That's dedication folks! Kalvin, John, and Vince open the cast up by breaking down the second round robin of the group stage. We go over some of our surprises, disappointments, and some ideas looking forward for these teams next year. We go on a bit of a tangent abo...

  Episode 31 -  Worlds 2019 Group Stage   Recorded on: October 15th, 2019   The full gang breaks down the first half of the Main Event Group Stage, major takeaways, what matters, what doesn't, and looking forward to the next half and who we think is getting out of groups. This episode ran quite long but we really wanted to figure out what everyone thought mattered and what didn't and we're all jus...

  Episode 30 -  World Championships 2019 Play-In Recap and Main Event Group Stage   Recorded on: October 8th, 2019   Chris, John, Vince, and eventually Kalvin break down their takeaways from the Play-in stage including disappointments, surprises, and a lot of big picture philosophical concepts like not drawing conclusions from 4-6 individual games about an entire region and some other misconceptio...

  Episode 29 -  World Championships 2019 Play-In Stage   Recorded on: September 28th, 2019   John, Chris, and Vince break down some news leading up to the tournament, Patch 9.19 changes and meta considerations, the slate for Wednesday and Thursday of the 2019 World Championship Play-In Stage, and some general predictions and futures for the Main Event. Discussing emerging regions, players to watch...

  Episode 28 -  Playoffs? You kiddin' me?   Recorded on: September 3rd, 2019   The full cast recaps this past weekends' matches which included LCK Finals, LPL playoffs, and LEC playoffs and looks forward to upcoming gauntlet matches in Korea and North America as well as European and LPL semis and finals.   Intro   0:01:07 - Recap of this past weekends' matches.   0:31:30- LCK Regional Qualifer Gau...

  Episode 27 - What a weekend...   Recorded on: August 28th, 2019   Chris, John, and Vince discuss the ridiculous weekend of upsets, Vegas food, life advice, and expectations for the remaining playoff series in the four major regions.   Intro   0:01:42 - IMMEDIATE DIGRESSION   0:03:12 - Recap of last weekends playoffs   0:37:00 - LEC Playoffs Round 2: Schalke vs Rogue   0:48:42 - LEC Playoffs "Jug...

  Episode 26 - Planes, trains, and playoffs on the brain   Recorded on: August 21st, 2019   Chris, John, and Vince discuss the playoff series for the weekend in all the regions.     Intro   0:01:34 - LPL Playoffs Round 1: EDG vs Suning   0:07:00 - LPL Playoffs Round 1: Invictus vs LNG eSports   0:17:05 - LCK Playoffs Round 2: SK Telecom vs Sandbox   0:26:35 - LEC Playoffs Round 1: Splyce vs Rogue...

  Episode 25 - The Garvey Kool Aid   Recorded on: August 14th, 2019   The full cast discusses the final regular season weeks in the LPL, LCK, and LEC as well as NA Playoffs along with the typical digressions and a listener question! We spend a lot of time breaking down playoff scenarios in this which can get a little weird through audio but we try to simplify everything. I'd encourage you check ou...

  Episode 24 - Dinged On by JingDong   Recorded on: August 7th, 2019   Remember when JDG made Spring finals just months ago? Oh we remember but it all feels a bit like a fever dream at this point. Chris was out this week but Vince, John and Kalvin sat down for a marathon show discussing a couple listener questions (KEEP THEM COMING!), one of the last regular season weeks in some of the major regio...

  Episode 23 - Garen: A Staple of Competitive Integrity   Recorded on: August 2nd, 2019    Chris and Kalvin were only able to hang for the first half but hopefully our scheduling issues improve in the next few weeks as schedules normalize. We talk about the LCK, LPL, NA LCS, and LEC weekend slates on Saturday and Sunday, playoff pictures, Sinbad, Garen, and even assemble our hypothetical regional...

  Episode 22 - FeelsBadeMan   Recorded on: July 24th, 2019     The gang (minus Kalvin) answers listener questions, covers some side topics like Aatrox as a champion and futures bets, and then does their usual dive into the weekend slate in the four major League of Legends professional regions.     Timestamps:       0:01:10 - Listener Questions   0:09:00 - LPL Slate   0:48:24 - LCK Slate   1:29:25...

  Episode 21 - We just JDG'd our way through a power outage!   Recorded on: July 17th, 2019     Xing Li's article about Gorilla/Rush to KT speculation   Gelati's Blog Post on Results Oriented Thinking   Breaking news, listener questions, a juicy value slate,a power outage, and a lot of digressions as always!   CORRECTION: I said Fear isn't really playing anymore, it turns out he is on J.Storm!   T...

  Episode 20 - Gen. G Strikes Again!   Recorded on: July 12th, 2019   Didn't take the time for time stamps this week because I wanted to get this out to you all in time for picks in the morning but the whole gang covers topics in the following order:   LCK Slate LPL Slate LEC Saturday LCS Slate Listener Questions Sign Offs   Apologies for the slacking but we'll be back in form next week, our sched...

  Episode 19 - So you're saying I'm not James Harden?   Recorded on: July 3rd, 2019   Injury Report: Kalvin (day to day)   Kalvin returns to the cast, Chris unfortunately had some car trouble shortly before we recorded so he's absent this week. We talk about Rift Rivals Asia and the NA LCS. That's about it. We go deep on the 22ish games on the slate so far for the weekend! I don't have anything cl...

Episode 18 - Proper footwear and not reaching for the stars   Recorded on: June 26th, 2019   Injury Report: Kalvin T (ankle fracture)   Our first injury report of the podcast leaves us unfortunately lacking in spicy underdog selections as we look at a fairly chalky weekend with a couple interesting matchups in the LCK and LPL. We spend a big chunk of the show talking about Rift Rivals NA vs EU and...