The Four Horsemen
Episodes
Revealing What REALLY Happened To The Overwatch League (ft. DoA)
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, MonteCristo, and DoA go deep on how the Overwatch League went from a billion-dollar promise to an industry cautionary tale — ...
New York Just Sued Valve Over CS Cases (ft. Harris Peskin)
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
New York just sued Valve, and Harris Peskin breaks down why the CS case gambling lawsuit could reshape how video games make money. ExpressVPN: Secu...
What Actually Happened To 2XKO? ft. Rooflemonger)
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What actually happened to 2XKO? Rooflemonger joins MonteCristo, Thorin, and Richard Lewis for a deep dive into Riot Games’ new fighter: 2XKO. We dis...
Should They Remove Franchising From League of Legends? (ft. Harris Peskin)
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Should Riot Games remove franchising from League of Legends? In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Monte, Thorin, Richard Lewis, and Guest Horseman/es...
Will All Esports Fail? (ft. Arnold Hur)
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The esports model for teams is broken! We break down why the current esports ecosystem is financially broken for teams and how publisher-controlled re...
The State of League of Legends... Can It Be Fixed? (ft. PapaSmithy)
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Four Horsemen deliver their annual State of League of Legends! PapaSmithy joins MonteCristo, Thorin, and Richard Lewis begin by discussing the LCS...
The State Of Counter-Strike in 2025 (ft messioso)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Four Horsemen return with their annual State of Counter-Strike special, featuring messioso (now Head of CS Operations at 100 Thieves) to break dow...
The Twitch Viewbot Problem Is WORSE Than You Think... (ft Devin Nash)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join esports analysts and industry veterans as they unpack the shocking demise of theScore Esports YouTube channel, dissect Twitch’s ongoing struggl...
How Valve ERASED Billions of Dollars Overnight & Pro Players Scamming Skins
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, the hosts dive deep into the massive shake-up in the Counter-Strike skin market caused by Valve’s recent updat...
How Riot's Mismanagement Killed The LCS & LEC (ft RichsWrath)
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this explosive episode of The Four Horsemen, we dive deep into the biggest controversies shaking up the League of Legends esports scene. RichsWrath...
The History Of Scandals In Smash (ft Technicals)
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this explosive episode of The Four Horsemen, we dive deep into the scandals, controversies, and tragedies that have shaped the Super Smash Bros. an...
SonicFox vs Saudi Arabia: Why This Misses The Point...
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, the crew dives into some of the most controversial esports stories. The show kicks off with an in-depth investig...
This Esports Tournament Owes $1 Million And Won't Pay (ft Luís Mira)
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo on this explosive episode of The Four Horsemen as they deep dive into the YaLLa Compass scandal with accla...
"A True Landmark in Esports Propaganda"/ Debunking the EWC Documentary
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo take a critical look at the Esports World Cup documentary, "Level Up." Th...
T1's BIG Apology / Caedrel Takes the Bag / Travis's Farewell
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo dive into the latest controversies in the esports world. They dissect Cad...
Riot Is Now Allowing Gambling... And It's More Sinister Than You Think
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'The Four Horsemen,' Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo delve into the complex world of Riot Games's new stance on sports betti...
The State of StarCraft (ft Kaelaris)
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'The Four Horsemen,' the hosts dive deep into the history and current state of the iconic esport StarCraft. They are joined by long...
The EG Files Part 3: Incompetence, Favoritism, and Gross Mismanagement
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this explosive episode of 'The Four Horsemen,' hosts Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo dive deep into the drama and shenanigans surrounding Ev...
How Millions of Dollars Evaporated From Esports Overnight
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Thorin, Richard Lewis, and MonteCristo dive deep into several major eSports controversies. They begin with Team ...
The Zeus & T1 Controversy Explained (ft Barry Lee)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Barry Lee of Evolved Talent to dissect the recent T1 Zeus a...
Riot Allows Win Trading Again... The Glaring Issues At TFT Worlds (ft Frodan)
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Four Horsemen! In this episode, Thorin, Richard Lewis, and MonteCristo dive into the recent win trading scandal in Team Fight Tact...
Dirty Money Behind Esports in 2025
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo discuss updates on Saudi involvement in esports, the expanded partnership between Riot Games and the Esports Wo...
How This CEO Stole Millions From His Own Esports Org (ft Neil_M)
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Neil "Neil_M" Murphy, former manager of Into the Breach, to discuss the spectacularly scandalous ...
The State of League of Legends / Sit Down With G2's CEO Stilgar
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Alban "G2 Stilgar" Dechelotte, the CEO of G2 Esports, to discuss the state of League of Legends, ...
How The TikTok Ban Affects Esports & Riot / The State of Last Free Nation
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo discuss the ban on TikTok and how it could affect Riot Games, the current state and bright future of Last Free ...
The Declining State of Counter-Strike... (ft Jason Lake)
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Jason Lake to discuss the state of Counter-Strike going into 2025, the future of Complexity, Valv...
Why the New LoL League (LTA) is Worse Than You Think (ft Zaboutine)
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Thomas "Zaboutine" Si-Hassen to discuss the transition from LCS, CBLOL, and LLA into the LTA, the...
How This Esports Org Scammed Everyone / BLEED Fraud Exposed (ft Kassad)
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović to discuss the shady dealings and broken promises of the BLEED organization, including misdeeds done ...
The Shady Truth of Esports Orgs / The Future of LoL Esports (ft Danan)
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danan Flander joins to discuss changes coming to American League of Legends esports, the downfall of Immortals in the LCS, shady business dealings mad...
Is Valve ruining Counter-Strike? Exposing Conflicts of Interest (ft messioso)
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Graham "messioso" Pitt, currently the GM for Complexity CS, to discuss upcoming changes being mad...
The Sad Truth of Esports Journalism / Why ESPN Esports Failed (ft Kevin Hitt)
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by journalist Kevin Hitt to discuss the state of esports journalism. Topics include the history of e...
How esports sold out | Saudi money floods the industry
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pride month has begun and so has the corporate hypocrisy in the esports industry as Saudi money continues to increase its control over the industry w...
Riot Vanguard Disaster - Is a Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat safe? (ft Yasukeh)
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by retired former Challenger player Yasukeh to discuss Riot Vanguard: Riot Games's anti-cheat used f...
The EG Files Part 2: In the Trenches at EG ft. Phillip Aram
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, MonteCristo, and guest Phillip Aram continue the mini-series "The EG Files" by discussing Phillip's history with Evil Geniuses,...
The EG Files Part 1: Evil Origins and the Rise of Alex Garfield
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo begin the mini-series "The EG Files" by discussing how Evil Geniuses was formed, the team's time in Quake, Star...
Esports Winter RAGES ON | A storm of stickers and Saudis (ft Tomi)
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We check in with Tomi "Lurppis" Kovanen on the status of "esports winter" as we head into the second year of budget cuts, layoffs, lack of sponsorship...
OpTic SUES Activision / H3CZ and Scump's industry-changing gamble (ft. Harris Peskin)
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Harris Peskin of ESG Law to discuss the lawsuit filed by H3CZ and Scump against Activision-Blizza...
MASS LAYOFFS at Riot Games and Activision Blizzard (ft. Foxdrop)
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Dan "Foxdrop" Wyatt to discuss the mass layoffs at Riot Games & Activision Blizzard, the layoffs'...
ABANDONING LCS: Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians leave LoL (feat. Danan)
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians have suddenly left the LCS, League of Legends' North American professional league, leaving only 8 team remaining ou...
END of the Overwatch League? / Teams paid $6m to LEAVE (feat. Harsha)
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Overwatch League suffered another wave of layoffs this week and news broke that Activision-Blizzard will pay teams $6 million to abandon their fra...
Will Riot KILL the LCS by removing the path to pro? (feat. Phillip Aram)
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Riot has eliminated the requirement for the North American LCS teams to field amateur rosters, which left many questioning the future development of t...
Troubles at the LAST CS:GO Major / Putting BLAST on blast? (feat. kassad)
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović, professional Counter-Strike coach and analyst, joins the Horsemen to discuss the issues with the talent announcement ...
The esports bubble POPS / Where do we go now? (feat. Devin Nash)
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Devin Nash, former CLG CEO, joins the show to discuss the onset of esports winter and the looming issues with the broader industry. The Four Horsemen ...
How did EG FAIL their star player Danny? (feat. RichsWrath)
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evil Geniuses' star League of Legends player Kyle "Danny" Sakamaki suffered severe stress and an inability to continue playing during EG's playoff run...
The State of Esports Business: Is 2023 the esports winter? (feat. lurppis)
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen, co-managing director of Immortals Gaming Club and former professional player, joins the the Horsemen to review 2022 through th...
The State of LoL: 2022 in Review / LCS schedule change (feat. Rich)
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rich (Rich'sWrath), player agent and founder of H2K, joins the the Horsemen to review 2022 in LoL esports, discuss the effects of the recent FTX deb...
The State of CS:GO: 2022 in Review (feat. YNk)
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Janko "YNk" Paunović, broadcast analyst and coach, joins the the Horsemen to review 2022 in CS:GO esports, discuss the current meta issues with the g...
G2 Carlos parties with Andrew Tate / Esports ethics (feat. Lauren Flanagan)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Flanagan, agent from OneTeam Partners, joins the show to discuss Carlos from G2's party with Andrew Tate, the esports industry's reaction to th...
DDK and Sean Gares quit casting / Why casters leave esports (feat. Uber)
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch "Uber" Leslie, Overwatch League caster, joins the show to discuss the surprising casting resignation of veteran commentators Sean Gares and DDK,...
TSM coach Peter Zhang fired for conflict of interest (feat. Barry Lee)
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Lee, former agent and current advisor to Evolved Talent, joins the show to discuss the allegations against TSM coach Peter Zhang, the role of pl...
LCS Players' Association Strengthens / Future union? (feat. Phil Aram)
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Phillip Aram, executive director of the LCS Players' Association, joins the show to discuss the announcement of the LCS PA's new naming, image, and li...
The ESL/FACEIT merger; Saudi esports investment (feat. Mik Attisani)
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mik Attisani, CBO of FACEIT, joins the show to discuss the merger of FACEIT and ESL, the investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), ...
VALORANT's NA LCQ DISASTER; What went wrong? (feat. George Geddes)
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
George Geddes, reporter for the Upcomer, joins the show to discuss the events surrounding the VALORANT North American Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) tour...
HUNDEN's Heroic Hijinks; Cheating Scandal Continues (feat. DAVEY)
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David "DAVEY" Stafford, professional CS:GO player, joins the show to discuss Hunden's cheating using the coach bug, Heroic's attempts to NDA their pla...
ANALYZING Activision-Blizzard's Discrimination Lawsuit (feat. Krista Hiner)
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Krista Hiner, lawyer for ESG Law, joins the show to discuss Activision-Blizzard's gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the state of California, the ...
Riot's NEW Press Problems and Spineless Esports Media (feat. Jacob Wolf)
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Wolf, journalist for Dot Esports, joins the show to discuss Riot's history of press relations, Travis Gafford's recent video on pre-submitted qu...
What went WRONG with the CSGO RMRs? (feat. GoMeZ)
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris "GoMez" Orfanellis, manager of Order and expert on team management and game network issues, joins the show to discuss the rulings and competitiv...
What is the ESPORTS CERTIFICATE? (feat. Sebastian Park)
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Park, founder of the Esports Certification Institute and former general manager of esports team Clutch Gaming, joins the show to discuss the...
VALORANT 100 Thieves coach Frost sanctioned by Riot (feat. Sideshow)
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson, OWL caster and VALORANT streamer, joins the show to discuss Riot's punishment against 100Thieves coach Frost for berating a...
What do the OWL and CDL layoffs MEAN? (feat. DoA)
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erik "DoA" Lonnquist, former OWL caster, joins the show to discuss the recent OWL and CDL layoffs by Activision-Blizzard and what they mean for the fu...
Should LCS REMOVE player REGION LOCKING? - (feat. Danan)
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danan, the general manager of the Golden Guardians LCS team, joins the show to discuss player region-locking in the LCS and whether it should be remov...