In this special episode of All In, Lewis and Kyle talk to the newest member of the MAP Esports team, Austin Rasor. Austin, a recent grad from the University of Texas at Arlington, discusses how his love of both sports and gaming led him to a path of studying and hoping to find a career in esports.
What’s so exciting to hear is that kids now have and will continue to have more opportunities within the world of esports for careers.
Austin talks about how his love for commentating led him to an incredible opportunity at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, and how he is leveraging that to do more within the world of esports.
Here is the Official Episode Breakdown:
2:22 – Austin discusses his journey to MAP Esports, and how his love of gaming and esports brought him to this company.
4:32- Austin talks about how he was exposed to both regular sports and gaming through his father and step father, and how the passion of both of those brought him to esports.
7:17 – As Austin was leaving high school and entering college, he talks about how esports led him on a journey to a potential career.
11:41- Austin talks about the games he loves, and the games that have had the most impact on him.
13:21 – Austin discusses taking initiative and being able to take advantage of an incredible opportunity learning to do what he loved at the Esports Stadium in Arlington.
18:20 – Kyle discusses what’s happening in North Texas in the world of Esports, and how we’re going to see more and more opportunities for those kids who love the world of gaming to have careers.
19:05 – Austin talks about the University of Texas – Arlington, and how the program has taken off there in just the past few years for esports.
22:20 – DFW isn’t the only area where esports is exploding. Austin talks about other areas throughout the United States, where esports is taking off.
26:48 – The guys discuss the impact of COVID, and how it may actually help bring esports into a bigger light in the US and help us to catch up with the rest of the world.
30:04 – The discussion moves to MAP Esports, and the role MAP will have on esports in the US and beyond.
34:14 – How esports helps us connect with friends locally, nationally, and even beyond.
37:12 – Austin discusses what he wants to do within the esports world as his future unfolds.
