The Man Who Made League of Legends | Ep. 082 Lemonade Stand 🍋

On this week's show... Aiden fights C-long, Atrioc dives mid tier 2, and DougDoug goes fast 9. Featuring Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games. We launched a Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/lemonadestand for bonus episodes, discord access, a book club, and many more ways to interact with the show! Episode: 082 Recorded on: September 29th, 2026 Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurXaZAZPKtl8EgH1ymuZgg Follow us TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thelemonadecast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelemonadecast/ Twitter - https://x.com/LemonadeCast The C-suite Aiden - https://x.com/aidencalvin Atrioc - https://x.com/Atrioc DougDoug - https://x.com/DougDougFood Edited by Aedish - https://x.com/aedishedits Thumbnail by Cheyenne DeWolf - https://x.com/cheyedewolf Produced by Perry - https://x.com/perry\_jh Segments 0:00 Intro 5:15 Early Mistakes 11:32 Why Marc Came Back 19:15 2XKO Expectations 26:15 Live Games Green 30:54 The State of Gaming 38:11 Scaling into Growth 41:05 Philosophy Around The MMO 50:05 F2P vs $500 Skins 54:10 Tencent Ownership 1:03:00 International Complications 1:13:39 Working At Regional Levels 1:20:35 AI Concerns 1:24:56 Esports 1:37:42 DOTA All Stars Saga 1:48:38 Outro New takes on Business, Tech, and Politics. Squeezed fresh every Wednesday. #lemonadestand #dougdoug #atrioc #aiden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices