Breaking Down The International 2026 (ft SVG)
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo break down Team Spirit's wild TI title run and Dota's collapsing China scene, joined by SVG. LFN Prem...
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The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen is the premier esports industry show that reacts to important news and critical conversations across all major titles. Esports veterans Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Richard Lew...
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20 of 69 episodesThorin Almost Appeared on Worlds!? (Crazy Esports Stories)
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo unpack Dota 2's biggest scandal in years as LGD's TaiLung gets banned from TI 2026 over match-fixing,...
Did The Saudis Fail At Sportswashing?
Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo dismantle the Esports World Cup's Saudi sportswashing playbook and Riot's quiet complicity in it. LFN...
The BIGGEST PROBLEMS with VRS (ft messioso)
There are big problems with Valve's VRS system in Counter-Strike esports, so messioso joins Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo to discus...
Was This The Greatest Counter-Strike Tournament EVER? (ft Mauisnake)
Richard Lewis calls the completion of the Cologne Major one of the darkest days in Counter-Strike history. Thorin and Mauisnake are not sure...
What Is The Future Of Esports?
Richard Lewis, MonteCristo, and Thorin discuss with former Fnatic GM and FACEIT exec Roald Van Buuren about the future of esports. ExpressVP...
Did The Saudis Give Up On Esports?
The Esports World Cup 2026 will not be in Riyadh, and the industry that couldn't stop tweeting five years ago has gone completely silent. Th...
The Truth About Co-Streaming...
MonteCristo and Thorin lay out why co-streaming isn't new, and why esports never really left it. Richard Lewis does not appear in this episo...
Revealing What REALLY Happened To The Overwatch League (ft. DoA)
Richard Lewis, Thorin, MonteCristo, and DoA go deep on how the Overwatch League went from a billion-dollar promise to an industry cautionary...
New York Just Sued Valve Over CS Cases (ft. Harris Peskin)
New York just sued Valve, and Harris Peskin breaks down why the CS case gambling lawsuit could reshape how video games make money. ExpressVP...
What Actually Happened To 2XKO? ft. Rooflemonger)
What actually happened to 2XKO? Rooflemonger joins MonteCristo, Thorin, and Richard Lewis for a deep dive into Riot Games’ new fighter: 2XKO...
Should They Remove Franchising From League of Legends? (ft. Harris Peskin)
Should Riot Games remove franchising from League of Legends? In this episode of The Four Horsemen, Monte, Thorin, Richard Lewis, and Guest H...
Will All Esports Fail? (ft. Arnold Hur)
The esports model for teams is broken! We break down why the current esports ecosystem is financially broken for teams and how publisher-con...
The State of League of Legends... Can It Be Fixed? (ft. PapaSmithy)
The Four Horsemen deliver their annual State of League of Legends! PapaSmithy joins MonteCristo, Thorin, and Richard Lewis begin by discussi...
The State Of Counter-Strike in 2025 (ft messioso)
The Four Horsemen return with their annual State of Counter-Strike special, featuring messioso (now Head of CS Operations at 100 Thieves) to...
The Twitch Viewbot Problem Is WORSE Than You Think... (ft Devin Nash)
Join esports analysts and industry veterans as they unpack the shocking demise of theScore Esports YouTube channel, dissect Twitch’s ongoing...
How Valve ERASED Billions of Dollars Overnight & Pro Players Scamming Skins
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 rece...
How Riot's Mismanagement Killed The LCS & LEC (ft RichsWrath)
In this explosive episode of The Four Horsemen, we dive deep into the biggest controversies shaking up the League of Legends esports scene....
The History Of Scandals In Smash (ft Technicals)
In this explosive episode of The Four Horsemen, we dive deep into the scandals, controversies, and tragedies that have shaped the Super Smas...
SonicFox vs Saudi Arabia: Why This Misses The Point...
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-dept...