'Reflections' with TheSlaSH

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Alexander 'TheSlaSH' Müller, Managing Director of SK Gaming, is the star of the eleventh episode of 'Reflections'.

What is the role of CS:GO in SK's plans? Why doesn't SK have a Dota2 team? What does he think of Evil Geniuses' approach to building their SC2 squad? Would ocelote have eventually been a Managing Director of SK Gaming? What are the expectations for the new SK LoL team?

Time line of topics discussed:

• 00:06 Intro
• 00:16 Why did SK outlast their rival teams of the early days?
• 02:41 What is the identity or core philosophy of SK?
• 03:58 How does he think of the SK site and community aspect?
• 06:06 CS' role within SK.
• 08:48 Why SK doesn't have a Dota2 team.
• 10:48 If rapha wasn't in SK, would Quake still be in SK now?
• 13:13 Did SK never want a full SC2 team?
• 16:40 Evil Geniuses's philosophy in terms of recruiting a lot of big star names.
• 19:49 How much of EG's success stems from having access to the North American marketing region?
• 22:42 Is he still skeptical about the rise of LoL salaries?
• 29:12 SK competing with all-in one game teams like TSM and CLG.
• 34:55 Is it not worth SK being the highest bigger to get an elite LoL team?
• 39:21 ocelote's comment that he would have been the Managing Director of SK Gaming eventually.
• 42:43 Regardless of results, could ocelote have stayed as a player in SK, due to popularity?
• 45:17 Why ocelote had so much streaming success.
• 48:32 ocelote saying he makes 600,000 Euros per year.
• 51:11 How close the public perception of how big esports is to how big it actually is.
• 56:00 Expectations for SK's LoL team.
• 58:38 Picking rock stars as equivalents to the SK LoL team members.
• 1:02:56 Final words/outro.