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Mash Those Buttons
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Push The Point #145: Grand Finals Recap and Offseason Start
Nov 16, 202201:17:11Tap to summarizeWe start off with a recap of playoffs and Grand Finals. We go game by game to cover the events most important moments and key plays, along with our general takes on Grand Finals festivities. We also recap end of season awards and finals viewership numbers as well as the unveiling of a new tank hero, Ramattra. We move on to the first stories of the the offseason as several teams let players loose into free agency. We discuss what this sudden influx of talent will mean for player salaries and how teams may be approaching this specific offseason. We wrap up with a quick look at ABK news as the company seeks to hold up union voting in their Albany branch.
Transcribe →Push The Point #144: Countdown Cup into Play-Ins (2022)
Oct 19, 202200:55:07Tap to summarizeWe begin with a brief conversation about our first couple weeks of hands on time with Overwatch 2. We share our experiences with hero balancing and the game's new competitive ranking system, along with our thoughts on the trajectory of the current battle pass. We move on to discuss the past couple weeks of news stories including rumors of a new tank hero coming soon. We move on to discussing the past week of Overwatch League competition as the final few teams battle for play in tourney seeding. We go over surprising results and epic player performances before moving onto an ABK news story as another sexual harassment/assault lawsuit is filed against the company. We wrap up by discussing our plans for the podcast post OWL season 5 and where things will be headed in the near future.
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Dropping Spicy #165: Fight or Fright 2022
Oct 5, 202200:54:29Tap to summarizeIt's spooky season, and Apex is back at it again with the Fight or Fright event, and Shadow Royale LTM! The bois are in rare form this episode, as we discuss Shadow Royale on Olympus after dark, the sickest Halloween skins, much-needed updates to the Control mode LTM that should make it more fun, and even a brand new tech, known as "Sprint Canceling". It's time to get spooky and drop spicy!
Transcribe →Push The Point #143: Countdown Cup Week 2 (2022)
Oct 4, 202201:27:35Tap to summarizeWe start by sifting through the flood of late season news stories. Several teams have signed new players to plug last minute gaps in their rosters while other have seen major player retirements. We talk about the likely outcome of all of these player moves as teams look to make a home stretch push for championship gold. MVP voting and Championship weekend are both announced, while OWL also increases moves to marginalized gender communities through the "Calling All Heroes" program. We go on to cover major news regarding Overwatch 2's release and the Defense Matrix initiative looking to combat toxicity in online play. We look back at last week's games, highlighting major upsets, player performances and more before wrapping up with the resignation of a major Activision Blizzard corporate leader.
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Double Tap #289: New Beta: Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear Strive Crossplay
Oct 4, 202200:59:42Tap to summarizeWelcome to another episode of Double Tap with Crashtag, Mezza and StaticGorilla! Starting out in the Fighters Corner, Street Fighter 6 Beta is happening this weekend so check your emails to see if you made it in and we do a deep dive on what to expect. Then, we look at the details of the Guilty Gear Strive Crossplay Beta which is live next week, and also we take a look at the King Of Fighters XV DLC featuring Team Samurai. Plus, Melty Bloods turns a year old and announces their Grand Finals event for NEC, and Skullgirls drops an update on Black Dhalia. In the Randoms of the FGC, we looked at some of the old Street Fighter 2 coins, who are the Arc Revo so far, and Killer Instinct Ranked has become unplayable but does get a response. Finally, one of our hosts is headed to a tournament!
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Warcraft Reloaded #121: Sleepless in Wrath
Oct 3, 202202:17:38Tap to summarizeBob and Mel start off the episode discussing their journey through the release of Wrath of the Lich King Classic. We discuss our battle with the queues, dungeons, and questing through the different zones. It has been a fun and exhausting journey! In the news we cover the world first race to 80 and our thoughts on the strategies used. Additionally, we talk about the teleport option to Northrend and recent bug fixes including the battle for Undercity. We wrap up the news discussing the change to the Northrend Adventuring Supplies. Bob closes out the episode with interview with ClassicGo! Time Stamps 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:40 - Listener Voicemails 0:19:40 - Bob and Mel's wild launch story 1:18:20 - Interview with ClassicGho 2:15:20 - Closing New call in voicemail - ?(816) 866-1066 Please consider supporting the show - https://www.patreon.com/warcraftreloaded
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WoW! Talk! #221: Fated Raids, Wrath Classic and Swords!
Sep 28, 202201:09:56Tap to summarizeThis week Nick had the week off so Harv takes over hosting Duties! Rei talks about Heroic Fated Castle Nathria, running Mythic+ and seeing China's WotLK kitty ad along with doing LFR. Eric talks about finally getting Heroic Fated Sylvanas down, getting his Keystone Master 2k rating and getting his mount. Harv talks about seeing WoW ads everywhere and playing Wow Classic while sick. They all go over watching the remaster 4k Wotlk remastered Cinematic, the new tier set appearance preview, Unlocking transmog Ensembles for alts, and mages getting the ability to Polymorph things into ducks. Also, they talk about the new Engineer raid wipe recovery bot, crafting mythic item level gear using professions and the 10 year anniversary of MoP. You can now buy your very own Frostmourne for $1500! Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/11/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv\mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mash.gg.
Transcribe →Dropping Spicy #164: The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny)
Sep 28, 202201:29:12Tap to summarizeIt's tier list time! We compare the best and worst Ultimate Abilities in Apex Legends! We also discuss a potential Gibraltar buff, "Neti Pots", SBMM, "Gun Run", and more, this time on Dropping Spicy!
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Lightkeeper Protocol #55: The Bulwark
Sep 28, 202201:09:47Tap to summarizeAloy travels north to Sky Clan territory in order to convince Tekotteh to send his challengers to the Kulrut. Easier said than done, as Tekotteh is perfectly fine with sitting behind the Bulwark until Hekarro and Regalla kill each other. Aloy and Kotallo will have to come up with plan if they want Tekotteh to listen. In This Episode: - Stone Crest - The Bulwark - Fighting our first Tremortusk.
Transcribe →Double Tap #288: Multiversus Rick and Patch, Guilty Gear Rev2, and DNF News
Sep 27, 202201:16:54Tap to summarizeCrashtag and StaticGorilla welcome back Mezza to the show for a packed episode of Double Tap. First in the Fighter's Corner, Rick Sanchez is on his way to the Multiversus roster, but not without the week's patch notes, where we check the winners and losers. Next CEOtaku had two announcements from Arcsys, for DNF Duel, Guilty Gear Rev and Rev 2, which is getting Rollback netcode. Lastly, Street Fighter 6 revealed new character descriptions and we cover Dhalsim. In the Randoms of the FGC, during the show, Capcom Fighting Collection releases a trailer for improvements to the game in a free update. Finally, we see a mod for Baiken.
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