Interview with FACEIT CS:GO Caster, Daniel "ddk" Kapadia

We sat down for a little while and talked about various interesting topics. The format of the interview was more conversational, where Dan was able to expand on his thoughts regarding various topics, which resulted in detailed insight of his thoughts. Topics included: FACEIT's partnership with YouTube, FACEIT's partnership with Esports Arena, YouTube content production for FACEIT, schedulling difficulties in 2016, Quake 3, Quake Champions and more.

*Due to the extensive nature of the interview we present the audio file, coupled with timestamps outlining different topics of conversation.

0:25 - Daniel's comments on YouTube partnership

3:55 - Comments on parting with Twitch.tv

4:13 - Esports Arena partnership / Santa Ana

5:45 - Turning point for Dan & James as casters

6:40 - Talking identity of the casting duo

8:33 - cs_summit discussion - thoughts on participating and more light-hearted events in CS:GO

10:20 - Discomfort during initial ECS seasons

11:23 - Sounds of CS:GO content discussion

16:49 - Issues during previous iterations of ECS

17:50 - Daniel's work with FACEIT outside of casting

22:00 - Talking Quake 3

22:40 - Reasoning regarding potentially taking on business role within FACEIT

23:35 - FACEIT's special place in Dan's life

24:00 - Quake Champions discussion

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