{"id":17923,"date":"2021-06-11T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/rocket-league-s-lawler-on-getting-in-and-out-of-the-rlcs-his-new-tv-show-and-being-a-punk"},"modified":"2024-07-19T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:57:00","slug":"rocket-league-s-lawler-on-getting-in-and-out-of-the-rlcs-his-new-tv-show-and-being-a-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/rocket-league\/rocket-league-s-lawler-on-getting-in-and-out-of-the-rlcs-his-new-tv-show-and-being-a-punk","title":{"rendered":"Rocket League’s Lawler on getting in (and out) of the RLCS, his new TV show, and being a punk"},"content":{"rendered":"

He is a Rocket League<\/a> YouTuber, caster and TV show host; the type of fellow who’ll “sh*t on some guy that thinks that esports are sports” on air.<\/p>\n

That’s Adam “Lawler” Thornton, a self-described “punk”, recognisable not just through his voice but also his tattoos. He built a career in esports through one of the tried and tested ways – grinding.<\/p>\n

His path to our screens however wasn’t a typical one – though a background in sales had more parallels than you might first imagine. He was ultimately successful because of a sincere desire to improve, fellow casters sleeping on the job, and a certain Canadian.<\/p>\n

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It may not have been though. Lawler battled nerves at first and he opted for dutch courage — whiskey to be exact — that coupled with an exhausted co-caster could have produced a very different outcome. <\/p>\n

“My co-caster would legitimately fall asleep mid-cast,” revealed Lawler. “He would check out from a long day of work. It was terrible.” Those circumstances worked against Lawler at first but later pairing up with Brody “Liefx” Moore, who would become his “best friend” in Rocket League, gave him the ‘in’ that he needed.<\/p>\n