Bonus in my TG: https://t.me/kdcastgg T-shirt Fools: http://www.kdallinmerch.gg/ Shock – https://t.me/shoketg I met with Eric "Shoke / SHOK" Shokov and as part of the podcast discussed the major in Kazakhstan, weight loss, baldness, cyber clubs, CyberShock, Team, Retake, competitors, and plans for YouTube. 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:00:27 - Intro 00:00:59 - What has changed with Shock since the last podcast? 00:01:17 - About weight loss 00:02:10 - About baldness and hair transplantation, and braces 00:06:00 - Why did you decide to have 3 operations? 00:07:13 - What does Eric eat? 00:07:26 - About the bar and kitchen in the CYBERSHOKE club 00:09:46 - What mistakes are there in the cyber club? 00:10:39 - About moving to Georgia and the club's audience 00:12:11 - How the Cybershock club bought everyone 00:12:58 - About the cyber club's competitors 00:13:35 - How much does the Lite club cost? 00:13:55 - How cyber clubs improve from club to club 00:14:25 - About the margin of Lite clubs 00:14:32 - How much did the premium club recoup its costs? 00:15:28 - About the mortgage 00:16:28 - About Georgia 00:17:12 - Why don't they use all the space in the club? About the margin of PC and PlayStation 00:19:12 - What is the motivation to go to a premium cyber club? 00:19:57 - Is it more profitable to work at night or during the day? 00:21:08 - About theft in the club 00:23:02 - What is the difference between Lite and Premium clubs? 00:23:25 - About tilt and media poker 00:24:15 - Is it better to be the best in one thing, or average in everything? 00:25:39 - 7 businesses of Eric Shokov 00:29:10 - Why does Eric no longer want to work with coffee shops? 00:30:02 - How much time does Shok spend in Cyber ​​Club? 00:30:29 - About the office in the cyber club 00:31:44 - Announcement of the new roster 00:33:23 - Why Cybershoke Standoff? 00:33:51 - How does the signing process work? 00:34:26 - Will there be a Standoff upgrade? 00:34:31 - About mobile gaming devices 00:35:01 - Signing the Standoff team 00:35:28 - About the Cybershoke team, how did they get into the TOP-48 HLTV? 00:36:49 - How much did it cost to sign 3 players? 00:37:31 - What did the team do to get into the Top-48? 00:37:47 - About the change of manager, new CEO, and delegation 00:41:11 - What's in the Cybershoke team roadmap? 00:41:45 - How are jerseys sold? 00:42:46 - What games will Cybershoke be in? 00:43:14 - What is the difference between CS and Standoff? 00:44:20 - About the psychologist 00:45:32 - What are the goals for the Standoff roster? 00:46:06 - About bootcamp in Serbia. Cost, Internet, 00:48:39 - What has changed in CYBERSHOKE in a year and a half? About the new sponsor 00:50:32 - About changing the cost of skins when switching to CS2 00:51:36 - About competition with FACEIT 00:52:23 - Why is there no 5x5 on CYBERSHOKE? 00:52:50 - About Anti-cheat 00:53:00 - What does Erik Shokov not like about CS2? Comparison with CS:GO 00:54:39 ​​- About keychains in CS2 00:55:07 - What couldn't be done on CYBERSHOKE? 00:57:29 - How has the project team grown in a year and a half? 00:57:54 - About project moderation 00:58:31 - About the transition from a startup to a company 01:00:47 - What is Eric Shokov doing in CYBERSHOKE? 01:01:15 - What is Shock doing in the Team? 01:01:59 - About the Major in Kazakhstan 01:02:46 - About entering the European market 01:03:57 - About the price of sponsoring the Major 01:04:45 - Why didn't Valve kill Cybershoke? 01:04:59 - How much does CYBERSHOKE cost? 01:07:24 - CYBERSHOKE roadmap 01:07:42 - Retake - media? 01:09:08 - About the CS audience. DOTA, Valorand, Deadlock 01:10:26 - What do they play in Cyberclub? 01:10:52 - About the new project 01:11:59 - Transformation Project 01:16:39 - How did you manage to assemble the team at Retake? 01:19:24 - What does Eric Shokov miss at Retake? 01:20:37 - Plans for YouTube content 01:20:49 - About sponsors 01:22:52 - Plans for YouTube 01:23:30 - About the interview with Carlos from G2 01:25:27 - How has the skill of hosting podcasts changed? What helped to progress? 01:26:31 - Where is YouTube heading? About VK Video 01:27:10 - What drives Eric Shokov?