Talk of the Rift
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -Eli, Logan, and Kubes talk all things League of Legends from patch notes to pro-play, and whatever we feel like on the Summoner's Rift.
The show is uploaded on Fridays at 6am CST on most weeks.
Eli is really bad at being consistent on that and he apologizes profusely for his lizard brain.
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Episodes
TTR 79: "Gods Can Bleed" + Milio
March 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBA chaotic week in the LCS last week sparks some interesting storylines leading up to playoffs. It could get dicey battling for the 5th and 6th place seeds in the tournament. Oh, also, we talked about Milio :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 78: New Kids on the Block
March 02, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBThere are/were some new faces in the LCS! We talked about them and all the other teams this week. Spoiler alert: a few teams have big reasons to be concerned going forward --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 77: Mid Terms
February 23, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBOne round robin of the LCS is in the books and we're halfway to spring playoffs. Find out who's hot, who's not, and who's seemingly going to just keep getting better --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 76: LCS Superweek!
February 15, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB15 LCS matches this week and boy did we talk about em. Are Golden Guardians underrated? Is 100 Thieves overrated? Will CLG ever win again? All that and more inside this week's Talk of the Rift! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 75: LCS Week 2 and Dirty Laundry
February 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBBroadcast got a little spicy this week with a, shall we say, controversial decision to walk us all through the Doublelift TSM drama once again. We'll talk about that, as well as our week 2 assessments and week 3 predictions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 74: Reactions and Overreactions
February 02, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBWith one week of the LCS in the books, the guys review each team's performance and react (sometimes OVERreact) accordingly. Also, Pyosik might be compared to Tom Brady, and not in a good way. So be prepared for that. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 73: The Start of the 2023 LCS Spring Split
January 26, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBThe LCS is back! Pickems are back! We're back! Everything is back except for the things that aren't. We also talked about patch 13.1B at the end for all you numbers lovers out there. Plenty in store for the kickoff of spring split, so buckle up and enjoy the ride. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 72: Riot Backpedaling and the Future of ESports
January 19, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBHey, all. We sat down and talked about the NEW new LCS schedule. There also might have been some talk about the future of the industry, and how much sponsorships mean to each level of professional League of Legends. Oh, and Eli designed a new champ that's super cool and would be fun to play. All his friends are saying so. Check it out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 71: Is Riot Games Trying to Kill League of Legends??
January 13, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBRealistically the answer is no, but we spent an hour going over what we think is actually going on over at Riot Games HQ lately. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 70: Big LCS Schedule Changes
December 30, 2022 16:09 - 41 minutes - 32.2 MBRiot's moving the LCS to to a different time slot! Find out how we feel about it with this week's episode where we have nothing else to chew on. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 69: Way Too Early Spring Predictions
December 18, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBDo you want to know how we think the spring split will shape up? No? Well we did it anyway. And there was definitely no confusion at all about what we were supposed to be doing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 68: Finishing Report Cards and Patch 12.23
December 09, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBPretty much the title. Oh also the game awards were this week. We didn't talk about it on the pod because it happened after we recorded, but that kid at the end was crazy right? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 67: Grading the Off-Season
December 02, 2022 13:15 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBWe're taking a stab at grading the moves each team has made this off-season. Will your team be graduating? Or will they be getting held back? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 66: On Pokemon and Black Friday
November 25, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 31 MBIt's a holiday week, and Kubes isn't here, so Logan and Eli mostly just talk about Pokemon this week :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 65: Preseason First Take
November 18, 2022 04:55 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWe spent a night playing preseason with the new changes, and we're here to talk about it. Also some other stuff :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 64: World Finals Recap and the LCS Roster Rumor Mill
November 11, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 43.3 MBQuick recap of the World Finals and then we take a stab at organizing the "will they? won't they?" of LCS roster changes. Pretty good chance that some of the roster stuff will be wrong, but that's okay. So strap in and enjoy the ride with us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 62: World Semifinals
November 04, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThe gang take a look at what was quarterfinals, and what will be semifinals. Logan leads the group through a tour of the top half of NA and what they should do to improve their rosters next year --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 63: World Finals
November 04, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 34.6 MBA look back at semifinals, and a look ahead at the freaking World Finals, baby! Oh and we try to fix the rosters for the bottom half of the LCS :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 61.1: A Quick and Dirty Rundown of the Things That Happened Since Last Week
October 21, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBWhen the boys are away, Eli is left to fend for himself. This can't possibly go well --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 61: North America is Very Bad at League of Legends
October 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBThis week's episode is packed with Worlds Group Stage week one reactions, a brief commentary on League of Legends casters, and a rundown of preseason item changes. You don't want to miss it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR: 60 NA Hopium and a Sneak Peak at Preseason
October 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBYou only really need to know 3 things. 1: Play-Ins are over. 2: NA > EU. 3: Preseason is right around the corner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 59: Play-In Stage Has Begun
September 30, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBThe boys run through their lolesports crystal ball predictions, talk about more juicy LCS and LEC news and drama, and Eli apologizes to Florida. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 58: The Calm Before the Storm
September 23, 2022 11:02 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBThe boys talk about the strength of each group in worlds, why G2 will NOT have a pro Valorant team, and a grab bag of other things. Check it out --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 57: Setting the World Stage
September 16, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBEli and Logan sit down and have a lovely little chat about the LCS Finals, the worlds group draw, and just a bit more --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 56: Eli Was Almost Right About Everything
September 09, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBPickem has come down to the final week and Eli was so close to getting them all right. As it stands, he got all but one wrong. We talk about that and a whole lot more on this week's Talk of the Rift. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 55: Cloud 9 is Peaking at the Right Time
September 02, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThe boys talk about C9 playing their best League of Legends of the year and take a deep dive on playoffs. Has one of them gone off the deep end with picks this week? Only time will tell --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 54: Is the LCS Really Dying?
August 26, 2022 12:45 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this week's episode, the guys talk about week one of the LCS playoffs, Bjergsen's comments on if/why the LCS is losing viewers, and the merits of drafting better on paper vs drafting better for the individual players. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 53: Summer Split Finale
August 19, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis week, the boys talk wrap up the Summer split pickems, look ahead to playoffs, and a whole lot more. Did Eli defend his pickem's belt? Did Kubes have a profound take on the difficulties of winning LCS vs winning worlds? Did Logan talk about Spider Man for a really long time? Find out on this episode of Talk of the Rift! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 52: Final Week of the LCS Summer Split
August 12, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThis extra large serving of Talk of the Rift has a little bit of everything from the LCS to the next preseason changes (allegedly). So settle in and get comfy, because this is a long one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 51: River Gets Shipped Up River
August 12, 2022 08:17 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBElephant in the room: This one was late. By a lot. But that doesn't mean it isn't good. Doesn't mean it IS good either, I suppose. I guess you'll have to listen in and find out :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 50: Big Objective Changes Incoming
July 22, 2022 11:01 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBCan you believe we made 50 episodes? Neither can I, and I was there for at least most of them! Enjoy episode 50 (sans Kubes) where we do... honestly, the same stuff we've been doing :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 49: The TSM Roster Shuffle Continues
July 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBOn this regularly scheduled episode, the boys talk about TSM a lot and then there's like patch notes? Idk, man. You'd better check it out. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 48: The Lost Episode
July 15, 2022 07:39 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBSo this episode is being uploaded 2 weeks after it was recorded. Eli, who edits the podcasts, got Covid right after this and was pretty out of it for a while. Logan was on vacation so we didn't record in the week between this episode and the next one. Regardless, enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 47: Oh the Misery
June 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThe boys break down an abysmal opening weekend of the LCS summer split for our favorite teams. We also go over the new champ, Nilah, and Logan gives a review of the first episode of the new "Based on the LCS" show "Players". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 46: The LCS is Back! Mostly.
June 17, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 44.6 MBThis week's pod brings the return of the pick em's challenge (and we all remember who won the last one), what to expect from patch 12.12 and a bit more --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 45: Cut the Cord
June 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBIt's a patch notes week and Kubes isn't here. Also, we talk about C9 being basically banned from the country at the moment, and what to expect from the Xbox showcase this weekend --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 44: The Episode That Had 43 Episodes Before It
June 03, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes - 47.6 MBThe boys wrap up EG's overall performance at MSI. They also talk about how massive the changes are that Riot has been putting out for League and also, Eli couldn't think of a title. I'd cut him some slack on that, though. It's not like the description got totally off track, right? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 43: The Durability Patch
May 20, 2022 21:51 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThe boys discuss the upcoming durability changes coming to the rift, and give an honest assessment of EG at MSI. Things get a little spicy when talk turns to LCS Academy... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 42: The Return to Normalcy
May 13, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBLogan's back this week, and with him comes the sanity of the other podcasters. There's a dash of everything this week so sit back, relax, and enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 41: Things Get Weird
May 06, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBLogan is out sick, Eli struggles to fit two complete thoughts together, and the podcast is a hot mess. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 40: Spring Playoffs 1st and 2nd Round Review
April 25, 2022 05:53 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBThe boys talk about the meteoric fall of Cloud 9 vs Evil Geniuses, and talk favorites to win it all --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 39: LCS Playoffs First Round Recap
April 09, 2022 00:14 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThe boys talk about the total collapse of C9 and the heroic showing of Evil Geniuses, and what the early look at patch 12.7 could mean for the current meta --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 38: The End of the Spring Split
April 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBThe guys recap the spring split for C9, Dignitas, and TSM, and take a look ahead the upcoming playoffs and summer split; as well as analyze some comments about the C9/LS drama that were made by MonteCristo this week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 37: Yes, We're Talking About TSM Again
March 27, 2022 01:50 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBFresh on the heels of firing their second coach of the split, TSM goes 2-0 to keep their playoff hopes alive. The boys talk about that, a little bit of the past, and a little bit of the future on this episode of Talk of the Rift. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 36: The Forgotten Episode... Kinda
March 27, 2022 01:50 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBThis episode is a little all over the place, and by the end, devolves into an Elden Ring podcast. So you know, be ready for that, I guess. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR 35: A Grab Bag and the Death of Duo Queue?
March 15, 2022 05:16 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThe boys are all back together again with a variety of smaller topics, the weekly pickems update, and the possibility of Riot moving duo queue to flex and having a pure solo queue experience. Also, Eli tried to add the song of the week to the end of the podcast this week. Will it work? I really hope so! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 34: "TSM Should Blow Up Their Roster. Sooner Rather Than Later."
March 07, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes - 43.6 MBEli and Logan talk about just how bad TSM is, and Kubes isn't even here to defend them. Not that he would, since he told the group he was off the TSM copium. That and more on this week's Talk of the Rift --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 33: Church Has Been Canceled
February 28, 2022 10:44 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThe boys talk about LS's sudden removal from Cloud 9, make picks for the week, and someone doesn't make it to the end of the podcast. I wonder who it is... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 32: Is TSM Dead in the Water?
February 18, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBEli, Logan, and Kubes discuss decisions made by TSM within their roster and organization and go over notes for patch 12.4. Should TSM fans be hitting the panic button yet? Do we actually get around to talking about the new champion? Since when does the podcast description ask so many questions? We answer at least one of these questions on this weeks Talk of the Rift. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message
TTR Episode 31: The LCS is Back, and it is Oh So Good
February 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBThe crew talks about their own adventures in solo queue, the newly minted Champions Queue, and the LCS. Also Eli rants about merch --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkoftherift/message