HECZ Breaks The Internet With eBay Dunks, The Rise Of Professional Gaming - Private Conversations #5

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In this episode Hector Rodriguez AKA HECZ the owner and CEO of OpTic Gaming joins us to talk the history of Esports, Content Creation as a business, his love for sneakers and graffiti, and much more…

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:04 HECZ On Growing Up In Juarez Mexico
3:28 Buying Unnecessary Things vs. Investments
4:45 Growing Up With Video Games
7:18 HECZ Sneaker Knowledge
8:49 Importance Of OpTic And The Meaning Behind The Name
11:28 Working with HECZ And Starting A Podcast
15:00 How To Navigate The Lil Bro Treatment
21:34 HECZ On His Love For Graffiti
30:40 How HECZ Became One Of The First Video Game Content Creators
35:22 Taking The Leap Of Faith To Chase Your Dreams
39:29 Why HECZ Sold OpTic Gaming
41:12 Gaming Tournaments Prize Pool Evolution
43:08 The Secret To Why OpTic Has Been So Successful
47:41 Private Selection Going International
50:01 HECZ Growing Up As A Sneakerhead
52:02 If You Could Design Any Shoe What Would It Be?
53:11 Favorite Musicians And Meeting Raekwon
54:46 Breaking The Nike SB eBay Dunks Live On The Podcast
57:00 Gifting HECZ An Unreleased Pair Of Jordan 1’s
58:45 How Many Pairs Of Shoes Do You Own?
1:03:56 What is OpTic Day?
1:06:35 Are You Ever Too Old For Streetwear?
1:10:36 The Cultural Shift Of Consumer Brands
1:13:28 OpTic Gaming Coming To Sneaker Con Dallas
1:15:09 Unreleased New Balance Sneakers First Look
1:18:12 Nadeshot Wearing Off-White Chicago’s In Chicago
1:19:12 Ian Knew Virgil Had Passed Away Before Anyone Else In The World
1:22:07 First Impressions From Clothes And Sneakers
1:24:27 Larry’s New Found Golf Addiction
1:25:37 The Rise Of Influencers Becoming Their Own Brand
1:27:54 Kanye West On Leaving Adidas
1:30:20 The Shoe Game Runs In Cycles
1:31:19 Would Kanye West Retro His Nike Air Yeezy’s?
1:33:33 HECZ’s Top 5 Video Games Of All Time
1:35:22 Getting Scump On The Podcast
1:36:16 How Did OpTic Aquire Envy?
1:38:29 Closing Thoughts
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