Rogue finished 1st in the 2020 Summer regular season and went to Worlds but still struggle to get much recognition in public narratives. The team's General Manager, Tomislav "flyy" Mihailov, joins the show to talk about his experience in 2020, building the team's 2021 roster, negative community sentiment around Top laner Finn, and much more.


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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
2:23 flyy’s background in esports
4:38 Reflections on Rogue’s 2020
12:45 Rogue’s performance and experience at Worlds
16:28 The value of attending Worlds (event experience, Chinese solo queue, scrims against Asian teams)
27:09 Did Rogue’s performance at Worlds influence their offseason choices?
29:00 Odoamne and Trymbi - Rogue’s roster changes for 2021
39:15 Negative coverage and narratives around Finn
42:35 How does Rogue help players handle negative community sentiment?
45:35 Insights into Rogue’s Academy team, AGO Rogue
52:20 Listener Questions - I_am_not_the_nsa: “What goes into the decision to bring up an Academy player like Trymbi vs. looking at other existing LEC talent?”
58:34 Thoughts on Fnatic’s 2021 roster
59:42 Parting thoughts and predictions for 2021
1:02:20 Outro

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