Salty Runback - NA LoL Esports

Put those GM hats on! It’s Draft Day! In this very special 69th episode of Salty Runback, Grapes enlists the help of the Salt Mine Podcast and Shibby to help simulate what the NACL offseason is going to look like. With their assigned team and assigned budget, each host will draft which players they would want on their NACL team for the 2025 season, which each org having different

Happy Turkey Day! In this Thanksgiving edition of Salty Runback, Hawk and Grapes discuss some of the LTA roster news (and the lack of a certain back-to-back MVP), how to improve the CLOL fall landscape, the upcoming ACL playoff matches, and what they’re thankful for in the wild world of NA Esports. Join our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/w6h9nDzY4u Time Stamps: Intro: ⁠

Right before Thanksgiving, Riot announces HUGE changes to the NACL and the LTA Tier 2 ecosystem for 2025. In this episode, Hawk and Grapes react to all of the changes, including a new org joining the NACL, an exciting qualifier happening this Spring, and their reactions to FlyQuest and Team Liquid dropping their Tier 2 teams for next year. Join our Discord Server! https://discord.

We’ve hit full offseason mode in the LoL Esports scene, but that doesn’t mean there’s not stuff to talk about in the world of the NACL and beyond! In this episode of Salty Runback, Hawk and Grapes discuss Srtty getting signed to Dignitas, some big changes to the CLOL format, and Riot’s decision to cut the English broadcast of the LPL, and what it could mean for the future o

The offseason is here, and with that come roster news, region overhauls, and, of course, combines! On this episode of Salty Runback, Hawk and Grapes grade Team Liquid and FlyQuest’s Worlds runs, discuss the format changes for the now-LTA, and DSG joining Tier 1 as a guest team! Then they sit down with Parth Naidu, former GM and Head Coach of TSM who is now the founder of SIDO, w

The NA Developmental year has concluded! In a special edition of Salty Runback, Hawk and Grapes discuss Tier 3 falling short and AOE's current roster in a promotion tournament reflection. Then, they talk about the best NACL prospects, Dragonsteel's historic run, and the landscape of NA Tier 2 as a whole! In the part two, join Hawk as he got a chance to speak with DSTL's

It’s game time! With the NACL Qualifiers finishing up their summer season with promotion tournament on the line, and the NACL going through the lower bracket of the playoffs, Hawk and Grapes discuss Dragonsteel’s dominance, NACLQ awards, and set up bingo boards for the games this weekend! Watch NACL Qualifiers Coverage with Hawk and Grapes every Saturday and Sunday on twitch.tv

The NACL Regular Season has concluded and it’s time for the best time of the year: playoffs! Hawk and Grapes unveil their complete playoff brackets (it gets unhinged), analyze the promotion implications of the upcoming weekend of NACLQ, and discuss the dissolution of St. Louis University’s Esports program just months after winning CLOL. Watch NACL Qualifiers Coverage with Hawk

As the NACL season chugs along and the first NACLQ Winner was crowned in Dragoon’s Goons, Hawk and Grapes talk about Dragonsteel’s exciting rise to the top of the leaderboards, discuss the new additions to NACL rosters, and give their predictions for both the NACL and Qualifiers moving forward. Then, the guys sit down with one of the hottest prospects in the NACL, Supernova Mid

LAST CALL! At the halfway point of the NACL season and just before the Qualifiers kick off their first semifinals and finals, it’s time for everyone’s favorite segment on Salty Runback, Salt Street Bets! Hawk and Grapes recap their favorite money match from last week, preview the NACLQ top four, and make their bets on which teams are on the way up and which have peaked at the w