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Geaux Play Esports
by Geaux Play Esports PodcastGeaux Play Esports is a weekly podcast hosted by Christopher Turner that features exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in the video game industry. Focusing on the emergence of esports at the K-12,collegiate, and professional level.
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Episodes
(S2E14) - Special Guest Mike Rufail Founder and Chief Gaming Officer at Envy Gaming
29m · PublishedEnvy began as a professional Call of Duty team in 2007 and has grown into one of the largest and most winning esports groups in the world. Today, Envy competes, streams, and produces content and events across multiple titles including Overwatch, Call of Duty, Rocket League, VALORANT, and Super Smash Bros.
Born and raised in Lufkin, Texas, Rufail dreamed of bringing a professional esports team home to Texas. In 2017, with the support of investment partners at Hersh Interactive Group, Rufail relocated Envy Gaming operations, staff and players to North Texas. In 2019, Rufail and the Dallas Fuel hosted the first home games in esports history, as thousands of fans attended a two-day, sold out live event in North Texas. One year later in 2020, the Dallas Empire took home the World Championship trophy in the inaugural season of the Call of Duty League.
Rufail is a veteran of the esports industry, having spent time as a professional Call of Duty player, a broadcast commentator and a game design consultant. Dallas Business Journal named Rufail to its 40 Under 40 list of top business leaders in 2020.
Mike Rufail graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in moving image and sound, and currently resides in North Texas with his wife and daughter.
(S2E13) - Special Guest Wim Stocks Head of Partnerships & Commercial at Belong Gaming & Vindex
38m · PublishedWim currently serves as an Advisor to the Special Olympics International; an Advisor to Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) and Ryerson University’s ‘Future of Sports Lab’; Advisor and part of the ownership group of Andbox, (parent company of the New York Excelsior, the professional NYC-based franchise in the Overwatch League, and the NY Subliners, professional NYC-based franchise in the Call of Duty League); Strategic Advisor to GG Group and Team Chaos; is a Board Member of National Public Radio’s ‘Marketplace’ programming; and is also a Trustee and on the Board of Directors of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Wim has also served on the boards of Allina/Abbott Northwestern Hospital, the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis.
(S2E12) - Mike "Moog" Aguilar Director, Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation OU Esports
36m · PublishedMoog attributes much of his organizational and strategic abilities and successes to World of Warcraft. Managing a guild of over 150 people from all over the world converted him from an extremely introverted person into a very extroverted one. Through his 4 years managing this guild he also led raids during the initial WoW days through several expansions where 40 individuals were required to accomplish highly coordinated tasks through VoIP communication in real-time.
Moog has been a gamer since the Atari days in the 80s and can enjoy all genres when the timing is right. Mike's biggest passion is helping out where he finds opportunities to do so because he wants to not because he needs to. He has embraced his role as Lead Advisor 500% and is leading the charge for gamers and esports athletes within the walls of OU only as a precursor to helping uplift these industries across the state and region. Mike started the research and development of the OU Esports Club in Fall 2016.
(S2E11) - Special Guest Derric Franklin _ Famous Enough_ GM and Head Coach HEAT Check Gaming
31m · Published(S2E10) - Special Guest Gerard “HipHopGamer” Williams
32m · Publishedalso later re-visited and re-cultivated his initial passion for music by creating original music for a variety of titles, including for Twisted Metal, Pokemon, Halo, Uncharted 4, Watch Dogs 2, Drawn To Death
and Battleship.
The HipHopGamer had worked with some of the world’s top brands and companies, including Full
Screen, BET, Square ENIX, Machinima, Ubisoft, Take Two, Electronic Arts, B&H Photo, NBC Universal,
Logitech, Microsoft Game Studios, Nintendo, HTC Vive, NaughtyDog, Activision, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and GameStop, to name a few. He has been featured on many other mainstream entertainment, music, and gaming publications, including HipHopDX, Game Rant, Digital Trends, News 12, Cheddar, One37PM, DV8, Shoryulen, HipHopWired, HellaHipHop, Gamersify, among others.
(S2E9) - Special Guest Alan Caplin of JCap’s Foundation
39m · PublishedAt 19 years old Jared Caplin created J Cap’s Foundation for Disabilities as a 501c3 Non-profit organization. His mission was to inspire and help people.
01/13/2020 JCap & I named this year Vision 2020/Impact 2020. 01/15/2020 The torch was passed.. Impact 2020 Mission: “Make Somebody’s Day -Everyday Like it’s the Only Day.”
Consider the Impact of an army of individuals - gamers, youth, adults and business owners, doing the little things. One act of kindness “Everyday” that “makes Somebody’s day” like it is “the Only day.” One little act x 1000, 10,000 100,000 1 million: THE POWER OF JCAPISAWESOME.ORG
(S2E8) - Special Guest Cody Dragon Business Development Manager at KovaaKs Aim Trainer/ The Meta
47m · PublishedHe is dedicated to pushing Esports further through the use of educational technology and works to transform local communities through the power of play and curiosity.
His time spent launching and operating a professional Esports Organization with multiple podium placement finishes and championships has cemented his role as an early pioneer in the Esports industry.
Inspired by the many lessons taught to him through playing Ping Pong with his father; games and competition have been a cornerstone throughout his personal and professional life.
Cody is located in sunny California, and can be found surfing in the crystal clear water of Newport Beach when not working or gaming.
(S2E7) - Special Guest Danny Martin Co-founder_CEO of Esposure Inc.
46m · Published(S2E6) - Special Guest Dr. Chris Haskell Head Coach and Director Boise State Esports
34m · Published(S2E5) - Special Guest Kwesi Hayford - EsportsGhana | Founder: Kiddie Esports
51m · PublishedCurrently creating synergy, developing collaborations of Esports with all stakeholders both Ghana and internationally with the Ghana Esports Association which focuses on grassroots participation and content creation.
Kwesi Hayford has been very instrumental in organizing Esports events and helping professional gaming communities develop.
He is also founding member of the Africa Esports Championship. The dream to connect Africa with a Championship tournament is currently ongoing, with 20 countries already on board and committed to the project.
Kiddie Esports is one of Kwesi’s initiatives to help kids develop a growing interest in Esports and build and correct pathways via Education, Empowerment and Exposure.
Geaux Play Esports has 25 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 14:16:02. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on March 3rd, 2024 07:12.