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Jordan

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2782 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

Right. No, it's cool. I mean, it is the great thing. It's actually, I'm too old. I'm aged out. I used to be decently competitive at a few titles where I'd be master ranking or diamond or whatever it may be across multiple titles from multiple different genres. But now I get in there and it's, yeah, like you said, I'll have my 10-year-old to 12-year-old nephew is now kicking my ass at Fortnite.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I'm just like... It used to be my thing. All right, we're playing zero build now. You don't get a build. We got to go and we'll just be shooters. But the thing that they were describing to you is, I think, one of the things that gets under- valued for gamers is most of these games, a lot of these games are about problem solving.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I'm just like... It used to be my thing. All right, we're playing zero build now. You don't get a build. We got to go and we'll just be shooters. But the thing that they were describing to you is, I think, one of the things that gets under- valued for gamers is most of these games, a lot of these games are about problem solving.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I'm just like... It used to be my thing. All right, we're playing zero build now. You don't get a build. We got to go and we'll just be shooters. But the thing that they were describing to you is, I think, one of the things that gets under- valued for gamers is most of these games, a lot of these games are about problem solving.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I kind of look at them as almost like, you know, digital kind of more fun to play chess in that capacity. Because again, gaming is a massive genre. But for the most part, you're trying to understand the mechanics of a game and problem solve on how to have like the best outcome for it. Right.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I kind of look at them as almost like, you know, digital kind of more fun to play chess in that capacity. Because again, gaming is a massive genre. But for the most part, you're trying to understand the mechanics of a game and problem solve on how to have like the best outcome for it. Right.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I kind of look at them as almost like, you know, digital kind of more fun to play chess in that capacity. Because again, gaming is a massive genre. But for the most part, you're trying to understand the mechanics of a game and problem solve on how to have like the best outcome for it. Right.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And there's some that are just straight puzzle games, you know, like a like a Lara Croft Tomb Raider type game. And then there's other ones where, again, like they were saying, hey, if you run this play, you have a better chance of getting it because this is how the game works. And I think a lot of gamers actually should do that more than they probably do.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And there's some that are just straight puzzle games, you know, like a like a Lara Croft Tomb Raider type game. And then there's other ones where, again, like they were saying, hey, if you run this play, you have a better chance of getting it because this is how the game works. And I think a lot of gamers actually should do that more than they probably do.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And there's some that are just straight puzzle games, you know, like a like a Lara Croft Tomb Raider type game. And then there's other ones where, again, like they were saying, hey, if you run this play, you have a better chance of getting it because this is how the game works. And I think a lot of gamers actually should do that more than they probably do.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

They probably just play the game and not trying to identify like where the mechanics of the game that I could like be better at. Because I do think it's one of those things where you can train your brain certain ways to like be more analytical and using that where you're like, okay, hey, I'm going to look at gaming as more problem solving than just entertainment.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

They probably just play the game and not trying to identify like where the mechanics of the game that I could like be better at. Because I do think it's one of those things where you can train your brain certain ways to like be more analytical and using that where you're like, okay, hey, I'm going to look at gaming as more problem solving than just entertainment.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

They probably just play the game and not trying to identify like where the mechanics of the game that I could like be better at. Because I do think it's one of those things where you can train your brain certain ways to like be more analytical and using that where you're like, okay, hey, I'm going to look at gaming as more problem solving than just entertainment.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I mean, it kind of began when I was, I had left the restaurant industry. I worked my way up from like a bartender to a GM and then. kind of wanted to get out of the restaurant industry.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I mean, it kind of began when I was, I had left the restaurant industry. I worked my way up from like a bartender to a GM and then. kind of wanted to get out of the restaurant industry.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

I mean, it kind of began when I was, I had left the restaurant industry. I worked my way up from like a bartender to a GM and then. kind of wanted to get out of the restaurant industry.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I became an account executive for a software company that was kind of more explained to me that I was going to be like more like marketing, but it was like cold call marketing type thing, which wasn't, you know, my cup of tea.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I became an account executive for a software company that was kind of more explained to me that I was going to be like more like marketing, but it was like cold call marketing type thing, which wasn't, you know, my cup of tea.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

And I became an account executive for a software company that was kind of more explained to me that I was going to be like more like marketing, but it was like cold call marketing type thing, which wasn't, you know, my cup of tea.

Mick Unplugged
The Evolution of Esports with Industry Leader Jordan Rambis

So then I had an opportunity to be a production assistant on a TV show and just kind of fell in love with that process of a bunch of people just kind of sitting in the room, Being like, hey, wouldn't this be funny or wouldn't this be entertaining? It was with Craig Kilborn, who's a legend to say the least.