Fly Better Podcast

In a supersized episode this week the Flyboys bring on a slew of guests to talk about the Lone Star Open. Tournament Organizer Brent Wong comes on to talk about the event and all of the perceived "drama" that occurred. Farmer and Dee then do a quick PSA on fortressing/stalling and what to expect from LVO. Finally the Top 16 squads from LSO are discussed.

• [00:00:00] Brent Wong Interview
• [00:33:00] Community Better
• [00:56:00] Fortressing...
• [01:17:00] LSO Top 16 Breakdown

Fly Better!

Oliver Pocknell joins us once again to talk about the XTC Group Stages. Which Countries are making it through to the finals?! Who were the surprise duds of the tournament? Find out!

• [00:00:00] COVID PSA with the Fly Better Doctor
• [00:15:00] XTC Group Stage Talk

Fly Better!

No matter what faction you fly, this is the episode where you'll learn what's good and probably not so good in hyperspace. The flyboys go through a variety of good, bad, and underutilized pilots to get you well informed for the Lone Star Open!

How do you decide whether or not a squad is good? Or a pilot? Or an upgrade? What are the pitfalls of netlisting? This week Dee and Ryan discuss what makes something "good" and how you can employ simple skills to make your list building better.

Fly Better!

Hello Fly Better friends! This week we bring on Lah'mu top 8 Alexander Buff to talk about his punishing Resistance Hyperspace squad, followed by a breakdown of the Top 16.

Fly Better!

The X-Wing Team Championships are in full swing, as the Flyboys bring on reigning World Champion Oliver Pocknell to update the listeners on how every country is doing thus far!

XTC Team Rosters

XTC Bracket

XTC Main Site

Fly Better!

This week Brent Wong joins the Flyboys to talk about the Lone Star Open, one of the first major in person events occurring for X-Wing! Then the new moderator of the Official AMG Rules Forum, Dee, talks about a couple of Rules Reference adjustments you should be aware of. Then finally all of the pilots of the iconic Rebel YT-1300 are broken down.

• [00:00:00] Lone Star Open Information
• [00:30:00] Rules Updates
• [00:45:00] Rebel YT-1300

Fly Better!

This week we are joined by Bespin Open Winner Virgil Hayward to talk about how he won Bespin with Scum Han! Also all the info we currently have about the Fly Better Open at LVO is at the very start of the cast.

• [00:00:00] Fly Better Open at LVO Announcement
• [00:11:00] Start of Show
• [00:30:00] How to win with Scum Han?
• [01:00:00] Bespin Roundup

Fly Better!

This week the team looks at Farmer's least favorite ship in the game...the Vulture Droid. Backed by the extraordinary Networked Calculations ship trait, these cheap ships have many options to pack a punch and ruin your tournament run.

This week the Flyboys look at the X-Wing Team Championship pods and give bold predictions on what country will win each (no predictive model necessary).  Then they fall into a pot of listener questions, answering everything from Firespray chassis analysis to what X-Wing player we'd like to fist fight.