Show notes
Mute Your Mic - Episode 1 Shownotes
Introducing:
Ginny - New Zealand, freelance journalist for Gamespot, Fanbyte and more
Froskurinn - Berlin, freelance caster with the likes of Riot Games
Amanda - New York, freelance esports journalist covering FGC and more
COVID-19 and its impact on esports
Articles referenced: Majority of LCS Players Association reportedly voted to cancel 2020 Spring Split
- esports as a gig economy
- The impact on the FGC scene and journalists who cover it
- How the FGC grassroots scene is coping with COVID-19
- The impact on contractors and specifically casting talent
- The impact on freelance journalists
- esports funding being impacted by COVID-19
- The run-on effects of funding withdrawal and the investment response to COVID-19
- Common mainstream misconceptions about the esports economy
One positive thing since lockdown
- Putting this podcast together
- Hitting our funding and Patreon goals
- Keeping cool heads during a crisis and how we’re coping with it
Our socials
Amanda: @AmandaTNStevens
Froskurinn: @Froskurinn
Ginny: @ginnywoes
- Recent work: The Castlevania Season 3 Guide to Being in a Healthy, Queer Polycule / What Your Granblue Fantasy Versus Main Was Like in High School
Audio
Let You Go (feat. Tara Flanagan) (Instrumental) by Spectrum https://spoti.fi/2ZLAORn
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_let-you-go
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/of6rlIM0AZA