Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What an episode we have on the menu for today! James "Wattsy" Watts is the Esport Operations Manager for BLAST.tv, which is a really epic job title. Wattsy sits with us to talk about some of the behind the scenes stuff that we don't see or hear about as the viewer, and hearing more about the setup and planning for the events we love to watch and attend was really interesting. Today, we talk about his first ever event with BLAST which was the final CS:GO Major Paris 2023, Austin 2025 Major, and so much more. Give it up for Wattsy and show him some love down in the comments!

Last Week's Episode: youtu.be/9JSgHDzEBqI

Today's Sponsor:
pricempire.com

SHOP HALF TIME: etsy.com/ca/shop/HalfTimeCS2Shop

↓↓↓My Socials↓↓↓
★youtube.com/@KBizzyCS
★discord.gg/QWhvwSTZCX
★twitter.com/HalfTimeCS
★twitter.com/kbizzycs

↓↓↓Wattsy's Links↓↓↓
★twitter.com/WattsyEsports
★twitter.com/BLASTPremier

Business Inquiries: kbizzycs@gmail.com
Intro + Outro Music: youtu.be/aeQabDcDwYc?si=LsaRjAEdkCKabiup

Chapters:
Intro: 0:00
First Words: 2:03
How Wattsy Was Introduced to CS: 2:49
Discovering Counter-Strike Esports 1: 4:24
Pricempire Ad: 7:49
Discovering Counter-Strike Esports 2: 8:19
Beginning Work in the Esports Scene: 9:26
Extensive Resume: 11:58
Challenges with Being Esports Operation Manager?: 17:23
Austin 2025 Major: 20:07
Will We Get A Lillykyu Map At A Major Showmatch?!: 26:16
Reflecting On How Far Wattsy Has Come: 27:46
Coordinating Majors And Other Events: 31:33
How Long It Takes To Plan & Set Up Events: 36:45
Paris 2023 Major Was Wattsy's FIRST EVENT!?: 41:12
Final Words: 45:57
Outro: 47:18

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