100 Thieves GM Reveals How to Build a LCS Team

Thanks to Junglejuice for taking the time to talk to me; catch him and 100 Thieves Summer Split debut on the weekend of June 15th!
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Timestamps (Courtesy of ‪@LettucePlate‬ )
1:05 How did you become a GM?
9:30 What does a calendar year look like for a GM?
15:06 Do you ever get to go on vacation?
18:08 What’s the day to day like during the regular season?
21:30 What’s the balance between managing the teams/players/scouting and more of the business side and managing staff?
25:00 Scouting hit rate.
31:30 What’s the pitch to upper management to get approval to sign a player?
38:05 Dignitas new roster/player commitments.
43:44 Do other leagues impact roster building?
47:32 Ssumday to Tenacity with Sniper waiting to join.
54:41 Whats the most common misconception with being a GM?
1:01:12 The community identifying problems vs solutions for those problems.
1:04:34 How new people can get into GMing.

[@LettucePlate]

1:05 How did you become a GM? 9:30 What does a calendar year look like for a GM? 15:06 Do you ever get to go on vacation? 18:08 What’s the day to day like during the regular season? 21:30 What’s the balance between managing the teams/players/scouting and more of the business side and managing staff? 25:00 Scouting hit rate. 31:30 What’s the pitch to upper management to get approval to sign a player? 38:05 Dignitas new roster/player commitments. 43:44 Do other leagues impact roster building? 47:32 Ssumday to Tenacity with Sniper waiting to join. 54:41 Whats the most common misconception with being a GM? 1:01:12 The community identifying problems vs solutions for those problems. 1:04:34 How new people can get into GMing.

[@DavidSzajnuk]

You're amazing for this, thank you!

[@Juiiciferr]

Middle of watching this and his promotion got announced! Great interview

[@Jose-cr3zn]

Saw the short and had to find this video.

[@ThexCatmanx]

Hearing him talk about how many hits they had in academy over the last few years it bums me out they dont have a Challengers team

[@DavidSzajnuk]

Yeah and in case it wasn't clear from our conversation for people reading this: they aren't getting back into NACL. You can tell JJ wants to but money doesn't seem to be there

[@asdfhjklacew]

Awesome interview, thanks as always, David! Don’t like him talking a little down on Tenacity though. Super unprofessional from how I see it, especially considering how he was just sort of dumped, but perhaps others see it differently. (52:10)

[@DavidSzajnuk]

There was enough meat there to tell that something was up behind the scenes that he won’t say to not damage Tenacity’s brand. It’s a sign of respect while also defending the org IMO; from there we can all have our own opiiions.

[@jdingo]

Great unique content, as a graduate working in the industry in Asia it's inspiring/ useful to hear from people like Junglejuice on these topics

[@dirtyneptunemain917]

I dropped a like and subscribed 😎

[@DavidSzajnuk]

Appreciate it!

[@LBUKid01]

Any chance for timestamps?

[@DavidSzajnuk]

If someone wants to do them, currently at the Vet with Luna for an emergency and don’t have the time before media day later. Will pin the comment of whoever can do it unfortunately I can’t

[@LettucePlate]

I posted some :)

[@LBUKid01]

Thank youuu ​@@LettucePlate