EndGame with Jacqueline Geller Ep. 4 - Complexity Gaming COO Jason Bass

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3:15 - Getting into gaming and e-sports
5:30 - Time at GotFrag.com and most memorable experience
6:55 - Roles in multiple organizations
8:00 - Role within Complexity and where would you like to see it go?
10:05 - Role within the Championship Gaming Series (CGS)
13:30 - Importance of hiring volunteers
14:50 - Other jobs in addition to role at Complexity
15:50 - Why not go back into coverage after CGS?
17:20 - How did you, Jason Lake and Alex Conroy get together to put Complexity back on the map?
19:15 - What happened to Alex Conroy?
20:07 - Plans about starting up a federation; do we really need something like this?
26:30 - How painful was it to stop supporting Counter-Strike as a team? Thoughts on CS:GO?
28:50 - Dota 2 in e-sports vs. LoL/HoN, SC2
33:50 - What kind of support should developers be providing for e-sports?
36:30 - Getting and keeping sponsors; How hard is it to break into mainstream sponsors?
44:55 - Stephano, Naniwa incidents; Any regrets you've had for coL in terms of player signings?
46:45 - Final Boss, Triggers Down rights
49:45 - Do the individual teams feel unified under the coL banner?
50:45 - How difficult is it to evaluate players across the different platforms?
52:25 - Complexity's take on the fighting game community fitting into e-sports
54:05 - Scouting for new players; CatZ's role in scouting up-and-comers
55:05 - coL.MVP partnership; seeking big name players in Korea and abroad
56:40 - Complexity Academy
57:30 - Goswser controversy about recent betmatch with TT1; how coL handles these types of situations
59:30 - Monetary health of the Korean StarCraft 2 scene
1:01:30 - Coaching
1:03:00 - Player salaries being made public?
1:04:25 - Current state of e-sports journalism
1:06:45 - Sustainability of current growth of the e-sports industry
1:08:25 - How are leagues like MLG, IPL, NASL handling their growth?
1:12:20 - How do you balance family, work and esports? Advice?

ESFI TV's first ever show, EndGame, is back with a new look and new host Jacqueline Geller. Episode 4 features Complexity Gaming COO Jason Bass.

Jason Bass is the Chief Operating Officer of compLexity Gaming and one of the most influential people working within the North American eSports scene. He helped create a structured business model for GotFrag.com, taking it from a community based organization to the most popular eSports media company in the world.

After leaving GotFrag, Jason built the Championship Gaming Series website, brand identity, and infrastructure from the ground up. He planned and coordinated live events and produced a live streaming CGS draft event from the Playboy Mansion for which his name was submitted to the Sports Emmy nomination committee. After the dismantlement of the CGS, Jason teamed up with Alex Conroy and Jason Lake to rebuild compLexity Gaming as Chief Operating Officer.

EndGame episodes will continue to air weekly Wednesday nights at 8pm PST on ESFI TV (http://www.twitch.tv/esfiworld)

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[daarkside]

personal marker 49:50

[spawnroom]

Great interview, keep up the good work!

[CCuiu]

good job.and would like something like that with TL

[rotegirte]

Thank you for your work! Great content

[obsKuria]

Wow, love this quality content from ESFI so much! I'm really interested in the business and organisation side of eSports, more of that please! also realistic comparison between Korea and the western world is highly appreciated. Thanks!

And btw Jaq is awesome! ♥

[xXxSecyllxXx]

Keep up the googd work, I love your interviews

[dopingbjarne]

These interviews are amazing. I'm so thrilled that someone is taking the time to do long in depth interviews with some of people who are involved behind the scenes. Keep it up

[AinSoph34]

kawaii (^_^)