Nick Phan, FlyQuest’s General Manager, talks through building the 2020 roster, the V1per/Solo change, efforts to re-sign Santorin for 2021, developing player and coaching talent in NA through Academy and Amateur, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 0:00 Introduction
- 2:01 Nick’s start in esports
- 3:41 Nick’s role at FlyQuest, past work experience, and key skill sets
- 8:22 Building the roster for 2020
- 10:42 The importance of attitude, approach, and fit
- 12:35 Adding PoE and Ignar
- 15:21 Goals going into spring, and V1per/Solo change
- 23:24 Expectations for summer 2020
- 26:54 COVID-19 and differences in playing from home
- 28:20 FlyQuest at Worlds
- 33:15 Mental aspects of worlds
- 35:45 Playing to your strengths and opponent weaknesses, not just the meta
- 38:16 FlyQuest’s 2020 MVP
- 42:10 2020/21 offseason: what changes are coming?
- 42:58 Will FlyQuest re-sign Santorin?
- 44:05 How much does free agency come down to being the highest bidder?
- 45:15 Would losing Santorin have knock-on effects for other roster changes at FLY?
- 46:40 Importing talent and Oceanic opportunities in the age of COVID-19
- 48:50 Developing talent in NA, and the amateur scene
- 55:40 What are FlyQuest’s goals for Academy?
- 1:00:00 Developing quality staff and infrastructure to feed into player development
- 1:02:40 Listener questions
- Chase Schweitzer: What are the 5 primary skills/factors you look into a player when building a roster? Baseball examples, exit velocity for hitters, spin rate for pitchers, etc.
- Joshua Gutman: Why does it seem that team’s playstyles are so dependent on their roster? Is this because the players aren’t good enough to play multiple playstyles, it’s too hard to learn other playstyles, or do not enough coaches exist that could properly coach players to learn new playstyles?
- 1:11:20 Outro