Insights from Doublelift on his stream about the creation of his team (Talks about Tyler1, why TF Blade, their goals, etc)

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Source from DL’s stream, starts at around 01:18:00 and ends at around 01:39:00: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2379513866

Goals:

  1. To increase their viewership, the main objective of the team
  2. Make a run for LTA(Part of the content)
  3. Making content no one has seen before
    1. They will show scrims, team meetings, reviews, 
    2. Wants to be as transparent as DSG - show how much money they make off merch, sponsors 
    3. But cannot promise this, maybe some sponsors are going to not be comfortable, but he will give as much access.
  4. Could be the greatest content ever because either they will stomp everyone or it is a complete sh*tshow

Formation of the team

  • Happened in the last 72 hours
  • Started with DL talking to Pobelter and Spica about playing in Open qualifiers for fun. To do something different on stream
  • Then it turned into a thing where they needed 5 people for a team, then it turned into a way bigger thing where a lot of people and “moving parts” are interested in collaborating and doing stuff because they would be very popular
  • All that he has been working on for the last couple of days
  • Has not talked to Caedral about a potential show match with Los Ratones but thinks it's a cool idea

Why no Tyler1?

  • Originally ghosted DL
  • Later said that “My first time playing in 3 months was yesterday I would get embarrassed”
  • So just hasn’t played a lot and isn’t confident

Why TF Blade?

  • Talented
  • Does not think he  will be toxic in a serious team environment 
  • Has lots of viewers and fans
  • Controversial which will bring attention to their matches
  • Need a wildcard on the team
  • Like Baus in how there is a question about whether they will be good in a competitive environment
  • DL thinks he will do good 
  • Not a 1-trick, has a wide pool and can learn new champions really well for a solo-q player
  • DL thinks that he’s more mature than people give him credit for 
  • They will not change the roster at all

What happens if they make the spot in LTA?

  • He will see, but he is not interested in competing or playing seriously. Does not want to live the lifestyle of a proplayer anymore.

Scrims

  • Tomorrow at 12-5 pm PST against supernova
  • Friday at 12-5 pm PST against ??? with sub for Biofrost

Leena

  • Will be running the business side of the team
  • 3 orgs are already interested in sponsoring them

Is it fair for the rest of the NACL?

  • NACL has lots of full-time players and coaches that scrim as much as the LTA teams
  • They will not be scrimming full time, maybe once or twice a week
  • But the plan is to make it to NACL
  • “Would be embarrassing to lose to us because I am almost 32”

Team name - 2 rules

  1. While they are like NA Los Ratones does not want to be cringe and be like a derivative of them like The Rats or The Exterminators
  2. Unnamed player does not want to be reference being washed or Old (Says to please not point fingers at anyone)
  • Fantastic Five or FF (DL’s chat does not like it and wants UNC Academy)
  • Not important will come up with it later

Coach?

  • Not sure that they will have one
  • Will have guest coaches at times like for tomorrow’s scrims (Meteos, LS, etc.)

Why not go the Caedral route and coach?

  • He would have preferred to coach and have a random challenger or academy ADC

  • But he thinks that the fans will much rather see him play then coach the team