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Ep. 283: 'Achievement Oriented' on Gaming Drugs and eSports Injuries

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The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion talk to Compete writer Maddy Myers about experimenting with supplements that promise gaming benefits, covering competitive gaming's growing pains, and gender imbalance in eSports. For a full version of this episode subscribe to Achievement Oriented on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All this month we're asking you to tell a friend about a podcast they'll love.

0:03.9

Right now, think of a friend, your mom, anyone you care about, or a podcast they really love.

0:08.4

Sure, you've already recommended Achievement Oriented, so try to think of something else.

0:12.0

Got it?

0:13.0

Now do it!

0:14.0

Tell them about it in real life, or on the simulacrum of life that is social media.

0:17.4

If they don't know how to subscribe to podcasts, show them how.

0:20.3

Then tell us what you recommended with the hashtag, tripod.

0:22.8

That's TRYPod.

0:24.5

Thanks for spreading the word.

0:30.0

Hello, and welcome to Achievement Oriented, the Ringers official gaming podcast.

0:47.3

I'm Jason Sopciona, I'm a staff writer at The Ringer, and deep in the throes of pain,

0:54.6

posting from 12 hours straight of Breath of the Wild playing in a really bad position.

1:01.3

It's been Lindbergh.

1:02.3

Hi, not only that, but buried under an avalanche of snow.

1:05.8

Well, it's not that bad.

1:07.5

That's good.

1:08.5

Well, I wouldn't know, I haven't been outside, but it looks bad from my window.

1:11.4

Well, there's so much to talk about.

1:13.4

So much.

1:14.4

Today we're going to talk to Maddie Myers, who wrote a great story on gaming drugs.

1:19.2

TLDR don't take them.

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