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True Sight Podcast Ep. 4 – Joseph “Sygh” Pomroy, Lead Analyst for FlyQuest, on Worlds, Level 1s, Santorin’s jungling style, and more

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Joseph “Sygh” Pomroy, the Lead Analyst for FlyQuest’s LCS team, joins the show to talk about the team’s experiences at the 2020 World Championships, what it’s like working on level 1s with IgNar, how Santorin approaches jungling, and what makes PowerOfEvil so unique as a Mid laner.

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Show Notes

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 2:10 Sygh’s background in esports
  • 4:15 Designing a Twisted Treeline speedrun for CLG
  • 6:50 Transition to FlyQuest
  • 8:53 Experiences working with FlyQuest
  • 11:18 Players’ receptivity to feedback
  • 12:16 Sygh’s responsibilities as Lead Analyst – how does he help FlyQuest win?
  • 17:00 FlyQuest’s experience at Worlds
  • 18:57 Adapting to the Worlds meta
  • 28:00 Example insights on facing Top Esports and DRX
  • 30:25 Thoughts on Fnatic vs. Top Esports
  • 33:45 FlyQuest’s creative level 1 strategies
  • 39:16 Importance of people skills in working with players
  • 40:16 Prepping against unfamiliar opponents
  • 44:45 Jungle expression and individuality
  • 54:10 “Player gaps”; how to handle big individual skill differences between teams
  • 55:22 Finding the most value out of scrims. Did FLY scrim against Damwon?
  • 1:01:03 Questions from Patreon
  • Angus Lockhart: What’s the balance between VOD review and stats analysis for analysts? From what I can imagine, it’s presumably mostly VOD review, but is there a place for stats on the team side or are they currently most just for viewers to enjoy?
  • 1:09:20 Outro