Washington Post Gaming | FaZe Clan's $1 billion valuation, roundtable ft. TheStockGuy, Liz Lopatto | Livestream @Launcher | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, reporters Nathan Grayson discusses how the gaming brand FaZeClan is going public via a SPAC merger with a $1 billion valuation. He brings on Twitch's TheStockGuy and Deputy Editor of The Verge Liz Lopatto to discuss.
Read Shannon Liao's story on the news here: washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/25/faze-clan-public-spac-1-billion
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
#FaZeClan #TheStockGuy
0:00 waiting room
3:27 what is a spac
6:50 why spac?
9:30 jeeves
10:20 why is this allowed?
11:40 take on projected valuation
16:00 meme stock interest
19:00 what happens when interest fazes out
22:00 where is the value in Faze
27:00 power of community
30:00 what is coordination?
34:24 Nancy Pelosi and stocks
37:00 is Faze #worth?
40:00 boats, stocks
43:00 does the actual value matter?
50:00 wrapping up
54:00 blue light skincare Valkyrae
58:30 Twitch Paid Boost Stream
1:03:52 Bobby Kotick pay cut
1:08:06 Reimagining Blizzcon
1:08:52 Facebook's new name
1:17:14 Fortnite founder taxes
1:20:00 Halo campaign
1:23:15 Warner Bros Multiversus
1:25:30 Timothee Chalamet's old YT channel
1:28:26 Idris Elba as Knuckles
Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, reporters Nathan Grayson discusses how the gaming brand FaZeClan is going public via a SPAC merger with a $1 billion valuation. He brings on Twitch's TheStockGuy and Deputy Editor of The Verge Liz Lopatto to discuss.
Read Shannon Liao's story on the news here: washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/25/faze-clan-public-spac-1-billion
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
#FaZeClan #TheStockGuy
0:00 waiting room
3:27 what is a spac
6:50 why spac?
9:30 jeeves
10:20 why is this allowed?
11:40 take on projected valuation
16:00 meme stock interest
19:00 what happens when interest fazes out
22:00 where is the value in Faze
27:00 power of community
30:00 what is coordination?
34:24 Nancy Pelosi and stocks
37:00 is Faze #worth?
40:00 boats, stocks
43:00 does the actual value matter?
50:00 wrapping up
54:00 blue light skincare Valkyrae
58:30 Twitch Paid Boost Stream
1:03:52 Bobby Kotick pay cut
1:08:06 Reimagining Blizzcon
1:08:52 Facebook's new name
1:17:14 Fortnite founder taxes
1:20:00 Halo campaign
1:23:15 Warner Bros Multiversus
1:25:30 Timothee Chalamet's old YT channel
1:28:26 Idris Elba as Knuckles
