Fly Better Podcast

This week Dee brings in all his intel on T-65 X-Wings. He goes through every Pilot and breaks down which ones are good and which ones are garbage. 

The Jank Tank Open is in full swing, and this week we bring on Tommy Adams, an online X-Wing tournament organizer, to talk about how playing on Vassal is different than playing person.

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This week Raithos joins us to talk about his mind-bending theory that all the principles of poker apply to X-Wing. We're skeptical at first, but he really does his best to convince us otherwise! Also you still have one week left to enter into the Jank Tank Open at JankTankOpen.com!

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Hello and welcome everyone to the first ever Jank Tank Open, kicking off on April 3rd! As a collaboration between both the Fly Better and Gold Squadron Podcasts, this online Extended X-Wing event is a single elimination tournament run on the Vassal platform. However, all players participating in the Jank Tank Open will be using randomly generated squad lists from Yet Another Squad Builder instead of building their own from scratch. Players will choose one of 2 randomized squads assigned to them to play in the tournament. The only permitted changes to the squad are one upgrade that may be removed, and one upgrade that may be added.

Both Gold Squadron and Fly Better are committed to making this a smooth and enjoyable online event. We understand that these are difficult times, and in the spirit of hopefulness, Gold Squadron and Fly Better will each donate $1 per Jank Tank Open participant to the charity of the winner’s choice. To those who are savvy enough to master their jank, other great prizes can be won as well.

While the majority of the world is on lockdown due to Covid-19, Dee and Ryan bring on a slew of guests in a Town Hall style discussion. Dee states why Ryan's gym teacher is a good pilot, Coach wins big with Vader, and Sky Paladin get's one of the best Jank Tank squads in recent memory.  Fly Better!

PSA: Please listen to the first 30 minutes of this episode for important information!

This week AC Yager joins us to discuss his run to a world's invite using Thane, Luke, and two Selfless Red Squadron Veterans. He talks about what makes the squad work and why he's warming up to the Hyperspace format.

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This week Brandon Cating joins us to talk about the power of Cova and Poe, deep diving into what controlling an opening engagement looks like.

• [00:13:30] Judge Talk =/
• [00:30:00] Two Snakes talks Cova Poe
• [01:31:00] Jank Tank

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Kris Bengtsson joins us this week to tell us why he's the man behind the World Champion's success! He also talks about why the Empire is struggling, and how you can succeed with CLT Jedi.

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This week UK Judge extraordinaire Kris Mitchell joins us to discuss some edge case rules scenarios, as well as some more difficult situations that X-Wing TOs/Marshals must deal with. Farmer also discusses his recent STORE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY with #FarmersFireballs.

• [00:00:00] Farmer's Fireballs
• [00:33:00] Kris Mitchell Interview
• [01:35:00] Jank Tank
• [01:57:00] Rules Questions/ Judge Talk 

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We have a content packed episode this week with guest Tom Reed, who helps us navigate two of the biggest tournaments this year! Both the UK and Texas System Opens are discussed, but not before the terror of Boba Fett is broken down in depth.

• [00:12:00] Boba Fett Discussion
• [00:40:00] UK System Open
• [01:16:00] Big 'Ol Texas

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