you know, he wanted the limelight. he wanted to be on camera. >> we don't need a team of a thousand people. sponsors and advertisers are reaching out. we do have the flexibility to grow. >> so fairly early on, some cracks started to form, you know, especially in the relationship between rus and myself. >> but for now, someone thinks i'm dumb. the guy who owns this app thinks i'm dumb. the guy who hired me thinks i'm dumb. >> i don't think rus loved the fact that i was becoming the face of the product he created. you know, very early on, we had some awkward interactions over slack, in person, over text. >> this might be my last show because my boss thinks i'm dumb. so it was nice knowing you, good playing with you. >> but we started growing. >> hq launched in august 2017 with a few hundred people for the first game. >> we made it. this is hq. i'm scott, the host. this is a live trivia game that you play from your phone.