The Gold Card Podcast

Episode 17 - Long shots for the bar!   Recorded on: June 20th, 2019   The Gold Card Podcast welcomes it's first ever guest to the show! Xing Li ( @XingtheLi ) is a freelance journalist covering LoL eSports for @DotEsports   He also hosts The Smite Steal Podcast ( @SmiteStealPod ) and the No FFs Pod ( @NoFFsPod ). His material is awesome be sure to check it out!   We talked everything from dental a...

Episode 16 - DP Moneyline   Recorded on: June 13th, 2019     We recap and discuss some takeaways from week one and touch on a few teams we think we should jump ship on and a few we should adjust upward. And then we dive right into our first full slate weekend with every region in action again.   Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince 8 - 6 (+3.27u)   John 5 - 8...

Episode 15 - Opening Weekend 2: Echo Fox Boogaloo   Recorded on: June 6th, 2019   Apologies once again in advance as we had some audio issues on this cast. We're working on figuring out a more permanent solution!   We recap and discuss some takeaways from week one and touch on a few teams we think we should jump ship on and a few we should adjust upward. And then we dive right into our first full...

Episode 14 - NA LCS and LEC Power Rankings/Tiers and Summer Week 1 Picks   Recorded on: May 30th, 2019   Apologies in advance as we had some audio issues on this cast. We're working on figuring out a more permanent solution!   As Summer's opening weekend approaches the gang goes over our NA LCS and LEC power rankings and tiers to help give some context to our week one selections. We also talk abou...

Episode 13 - MSI Recap and Pre-Season Power Rankings for LCK and LPL   Recorded on: May 23rd, 2019   The full crew assembles to discuss our takeaways from the outstanding MSI Knockout Stage as well as lay out our pre-season power rankings and tiers for the upcoming LPL and LCK Summer Splits. We have a few fun digressions including talking way WAY too much about Jin Air, why it's important to have...

Episode 12   Recorded on: May 15th, 2019   The full crew assembles to discuss our takeaways from the group stage of the MSI Main Event and our picks and thoughts on the knockout stage this weekend.    Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince 7 - 4 (+3.48u)   John 5 - 6 (-0.54u)   Chris 5 -5 (+1.28u)   Kalvin 0 - 10 - 1 (-10.0u)   As a cast: 17 - 25 (-5.78u)     To...

Episode 11 - BuT gUiZe, fLaSh WoLvEs ArE tHe KoReA sLaYeRz!!   Recorded on: May 8th, 2019    The over/under for times that some iteration of "Flash Wolves are the Korea Slayers" on broadcast is set at 3.5.   Heading into it, this is shaping up to be the most interesting MSI to date. The gang tries to give some granularity on what the differences between these teams are, how they measure up relativ...

Episode 10 - Back in my day...   Recorded on: April 28th, 2019     The full squad discusses the MSI Play-In Stage and picks for the tournament outright. John and Vince are disgruntled at old men saying "back in my day" about sports and esports and stuff in general, Chris really feeling DFM, Kalvin cheers for the home team, superstar slugger Chris Davis makes an appearance, and man oh man do those...

Episode 9 - Spring 2019 Regional Finals Review   Recorded on: April 17th, 2019     Three quarters of the cast discuss the major region finals, how we each did, what lessons and information we can get from them, and what could be misinterpreted without watching the games. Vince really loves Kindred in theory and hates Kindred in practice, we all hate the game one curveball, and, oh yea.... Vince th...

Episode 8 - Paradigm Shifts   Recorded on: April 10th, 2019    *Apologies in advance for some of the audio balance we didn't have our normal audio setups across the board so Chris was a little on the quiet side*   The full crew is back together this week to talk about a bigger picture, philosophical concept after a jarring week of "upsets." When do you abandon a sinking ship? When do you stay the...

Episode 7 - The Panera Lane   Recorded on: April 3rd, 2019     Chris is back from his NOLA adventures, Kalvin got eaten by a dog.... a really big dog, Vince can't figure out his mic, and John wants to get flamed for liking Dread. We each do our "Best of the Worst" All Star teams for the Spring Split where we build a "super team" out of the non-playoff teams and see how it measures up. We also disc...

Episode 6 - The eSports DogCast   Recorded on: March 28th, 2019     Chris is on the road to NOLA and Kalvin was without his normal setup so there were some audio balance issues BUT... the show must go on. We talk about the final weeks of the regular season in the LCK and LPL in nitty, gritty detail, have our usual semi-useful digressions, this time on DFS lineup construction as well as why not to...

Episode 5.2 - March Badness   Recorded on: March 20th, 2019 This episode is dedicated to Betty from your office.... you know who we're talking about. Vince can't unmute himself so you're getting episode 5.2 .... consider it a bonus episode! Since we don't have EU this week we go really really deep on the LCK and LPL and touch on week 9 in the NA LCS. Vince needs his balls broken, regional defense,...

Episode 4 - The Misfits Whisperer   Recorded on: March 14th, 2019   The sky is falling with all these four digit underdogs winning this week! WHATEVER WILL WE DO! ... The show must go on! We open with a short topic before diving into the picks. How we approach VOD review, closet weebs, EDG stock at an all time low, we still question BiliBili, Victory Five are apparently 3-200 according to Kalvin w...

Episode 3 - Imp to NA? Recorded on: March 6th, 2019   Mithy is still bald, Kalvin is annoyed with old people, Chris brings the ladies back to the podcast, guest pupper doggos, the return of FlappyBird, and Vince struggles to edit audio. We also talk about the playoff pictures in each of the major regions for those that care about that. Topics (in order): 0:01:50 - LCK: Tier List/Playoff Picture 0:...

Episode 2 - Rogue is Top 5 NA?   Recorded on: February 28th, 2019 Discussion, analysis, and strategy for betting in professional League of Legends. Chris was unfortunately out this week and John apparently isn't allowed to stand up without his computer trolling him (probably because he thinks Rogue would be Top 5 in NA). We immediately get sidetracked discussing arbitrage and that leads to another...

Pilot/Episode 1 of The Ignite Podcast (tentative name)   Recorded on: February 21st, 2019 Discussion, analysis, and strategyfor betting in professional League of Legends Hosts: Vince C @GelatiLOL John George @TheEsportsPlug Chris C @Prim3_T1m3 Kalvin @RulerrSama