Jason Lake, CEO of Complexity Gaming, on the History of Esports

05/26/20 • 38 min

Jason Lake is one of the true founding fathers of western esports. Few companies can touch the run of Complexity Gaming from being founded in 2003 until now. Through that time, Lake has seen different eras of esports come and go.

According to Lake, we are currently in Esports 3.0. Here's how he breaks down the history of esports and the lessons he has learned along the way.

In the podcast the conversation refrences a few articles where I talked with Lake. Here's his answer to the question "Are Esports Fans Spoiled? How to find Paths to Profitability" and "Herman Miller's Esports Entry is a Welcome Fight Against Gamer Chairs."

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Special Guest: Jason Lake.

According to Lake, we are currently in Esports 3.0. Here's how he breaks down the history of esports and the lessons he has learned along the way.

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Special Guest: Jason Lake.

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Aydan Conrad is one of the best controller players Fortnite has ever seen. The 20-year-old had a lot of success with Ghost Gaming before becoming a free agent in April. Now he is focusing on streaming and YouTube creation around battle royales like Fortnite and Warzone.

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On this podcast we talk about the importance of giving back, Warzone trying to unseat Fortnite as the top battle royale and the latest chapter on the debate about aim assist.

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Special Guest: Aydan 'Aydan' Conrad.

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Sizzle Brings SportsCenter-esq Highlights to Esports

Sizzle.gg is a newly launched company that uses AI to compile the top highlights from various esports. In this episode, the CEO and CMO come on to talk about the launch of the website, expanding to new esports and a partnership with Esportz Network that puts Sizzle on the home page of the website.

Check out Sizzle's website or the Esportz Network home page to get the top clips in Fortnite and League of Legends with more games coming soon.

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Special Guests: Daniel Yoo and Vijay Koduri.