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

• Patreon

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

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