Gaming presenter Frankie Ward (@frankieward) meets some of the biggest names in pro gaming, discussing their careers and and hears the extremes some have gone to in the hunt for gaming greatness. Featuring conversations with Fnatic Founder Sam Matthews, Fernando 'Fer' Alvarenga (MIBR), Raymond 'KaSing' Tsang (EXCEL Esports) and fellow CSGO pro Peter 'Dupreeh' Rasmussen.

Original Pilot Material is a podcast from BBC The Social, giving a platform to the next generation of podcast and audio talent, telling stories and investigating the issues that matter to them the most. This series (our third!) is all about gaming, if you enjoyed this check out some other episodes in this series and other areas of life in our previous two series, and you might just find your new favourite story-teller.

This episode was written and presented by Frankie Ward

Produced by Ally McCrae & Ross Semple & Jordan Middler

Senior Producers are Kirsty Drain & Paul McFadyen

Exec Producer is Anthony Browne

Original Pilot Material is a podcast for BBC Sounds from the team behind BBC The Social, the award winning new talent platform from BBC Scotland.

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