Esports Media Roundtable featuring Victoria "Riningear" Rose and Chris "Chhopsky" Pollock

On today’s special episode of the Rough Drafts Podcast, Chase “RedShirtKing” Wassenar is joined by Victoria “Riningear” Rose, head of the DOTA 2 website The Flying Courier, and Chris “Chhopsky” Pollock, founder of Chhopsky.tv, to discuss the current state of esports media! The three discuss their path into the esports scene, why many sites struggle to keep the lights on, the narratives esports writers don’t tell enough, the struggles of trusting unsourced offseason news, and what you should do if you want to enter the esports scene today. Time Stamps Victoria Rose Flying Courier Background: 2:35 Chris Pollock Chhopsky TV Background: 5:25 Slingshot Esports Memoriam and Why Many Sites Struggle: 9:35 The Role of Third Party Funding: 15:10 The Stories Esports Needs to Tell Better: 20:55 How to Make People Care: 23:45 How to Bring Out Personalities Better: 30:30 How to Handle Unsourced News Reports; Amateur vs. Professional: 35:05 Where Are the Full Time News Writers: 42:00 Learning How to Deal with Online Readers: 46:55 What Do We Want for the Future of Esports Coverage: 53:20 Advice to Future Writers/Content Creators: 1:01:15 Closing: 1:06:55 Follow us on Twitter Chase “RedShirtKing” Wassenar: https://twitter.com/RedShirtKing Chris “Chhopsky” Pollock: https://twitter.com/chhopsky Victoria “Riningear” Rose: https://twitter.com/riningear You can read Chase’s pieces here: https://news.unikrn.com/author/chase-... You can read Victoria’s pieces here: https://www.theflyingcourier.com/ You can find Chhopsky’s website here: http://chhopsky.tv/ Keep the conversation going by joining the Rough Drafts Discord: https://discord.gg/NycBaXV Go to http://www.unikrn.com today to bet alongside all your favourite esports matches for the chance to win awesome prizes.