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It's time for a review episode! This week flight instructors Yun, Farmer, and Parker quiz you on the fundamentals from the first six Flight Academy episodes. Are you ready for the advanced courses?

[00:00:00] Intro[00:04:00] The Templates [00:21:00] The Dice [00:42:00] List Building [01:09:00] Turn 0 [00:21:00] The Joust [00:31:00] Win Conditions Fly Better!

While Ryan is on vacation, Dee brings on a different group of Flyboys to fill the Moistureless void.  With a slew of guests, including the talented Sam Cimino, the team discusses a variety of topics including: Worlds Invites, Dee's poor taste, and more reactions from the upcoming points changes. Fly Better!

This week the Flyboys discuss the big Season 2 points changes. Who are the Winners? Who are the Losers? What happened to Rebel Beef and Quad Phantoms? We discuss and argue!

[00:15:00] Rebel [01:00:00] Empire [01:27:00] Scum [01:48:00] Resistance [02:00:00] First Order =/ [02:09:00] Separatists [02:21:00] Republic [02:51:00] Generics

Come join us at the Fly Better Grand Championship in Vegas January 24-26 2020! https://www.lasvegasopen.net/shop/star-wars-x-wing-5ktgt-ckmr2

Season two points available here https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing-second-edition/

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Welcome to The Fly Better Podcast! This week Ryan and Dee discuss a major rebrand, worlds structure, Resistance Crew, Best Coast Pairings, and then some tournament results! Skreeee!

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Andrew Bunn, Chris Allen, Duncan Howard, and Kevin Leintz are four of the best X-Wing Players/Personalities currently out there, and they've joined us today to answer some of YOUR questions! With Dee out on another adventure, we hold a panel to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the X-Wing community. These include: fortressing, final salvo, Charmander vs Squirtle, and prepping for large tournaments. Come Skree with us! Fly Better!

We've got a guest training officer this week for Flight Academy, Instructor "The Johnson" Johnson. He's here to talk about Win Conditions, and how not understanding them can lead to losses. 

• [00:09:00] - What is a win condition
• [00:15:00] - List Building
• [00:21:00] - Turn Zero
• [00:31:00] - The Game
• [01:15:00] - Keeping an open mind

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Show Notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kP6oZgyr1poos0BeFzgo1bHQ-0wXgq9dD0AJoSI1Wfw/edit?usp=sharing

On this month's faction breakdown Dee, Ryan, and special guest Raithos dissect the Resistance! With aces such as Poe and workhorse ships like the RZ2 A-Wing, the Resistance has all the tools necessary to be dangerous on the board. Everything from 6 A-Wing to Danger Zone is discussed, along with a few outside the box list building suggestions.

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:06:00] Atlanta System Open
• [00:16:00] Resistance Faction Breakdown

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With the System Open season still in full swing Ryan and Dee breakdown the Top 4 Extended Squads currently in the meta. DreadLoks, Quad Phantoms, Handbreak Han, and Rebel Beef Wedgington are all discussed in detail.

• [00:00:00] Announcements
• [00:10:00] N1 Preview
• [00:25:00] Top 4 Extended Squads
• [02:00:00] MYNOCK AFTER DARK: BATMAN!

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This week we are joined by Mitch Hurst, Denver System Open Runner Up.  He talks about why generic Silencers might be good, why FFG hates the First Order, and the move that won him his Top 4 match. Then the group tries to read the encyclopedia of card text introduced in the new Hyena Bomber preview.

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:16:00] Mitch Hurst: The First Order and You
• [00:47:00] Hyena Bomber
• [01:20:00] Hyperspace Results

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Welcome cadets to another Mynock Flight Academy! This week our lesson focuses on jousting, one of the most exciting aspects of X-Wing. When should you enter a joust? How do you know if you'll come out victorious once the dust has cleared? What happens if you don't want to joust? All that and more answered on this week's episode!

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:02:00] Motivation/ Definition
• [00:14:00] The Rule of 11 (or 10.5) - The Straight Joust
• [00:30:00] The People’s Joust
• [00:45:00] You as the “Beatdown”
• [01:00:00]  You as the “Control”
• [01:20:00]  Post joust

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