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It's a big week as we recap the Kickoff Clash tournament! We go game-by-game through each region's tournament, highlighting major upsets, player performances, and more. As some teams fall apart under the pressure, some rise to the occaision. We dig a little deeper on each winner's path to victory and where we see them going in the next stage.

We follow up with a bit of ABK labor knews as Microsoft agrees to cooperate with employee unions across their various companies. We break down the impact of the statement and how both the company and employees stand to benefit.

In this episode, we are joined by a very special guest, who has been blowing up lately on TikTok, with nearly 90,000 followers, and 2 million likes, Duncanas, the 56-year-old "Boomer Gamer"! Duncanas is from Australia, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and creates gameplay, tutorials, and humorous content primarily focused around Apex Legends on various social media platforms including TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube. We get the low-down on how he got his start, some key insight on how to "ride the algorithm" on TikTok, and discuss his fascinating career in development, gaming, D&D, and content creation!

Welcome to another episode of Double Tap, with Crashtag, Mezza and StaticGorilla! This week is a bit different with the announcement of a certain Capcom game, but first in the Fighter's Corner Nickelodeon All Stars Brawl is getting a big update with voices and more items. Then Gran Blue Fantasy Versus is also getting new mechanics and we are expecting patch notes for Guilty Gear Strive. In Sony's "State Of Play" Street Fighter 6 was announced to an enormous amount of fanfare. We go over the trailer, the mechanics, the changes, the expectations, and sadly, the leaks. Then Capcom teases an upcoming showcase, and we take a look at your answers to the community question!

The crew is back together as Yip joins Bob and Mel to discuss what they have been doing lately, hear about Yips solo career , and discuss the trials and tribulations of raid progress through Sunwell.

We move on to some shout-outs from previous guests on the show for our 100th episode and then discuss how Warcraft reloaded started, how the format came to be, and all the fun things we have learned along the way. We close out the show with reviewing what we loved, what we thought we would love, and what didn’t work for us in TBC.

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:50 - Listener Emails

0:14:20 - What have we been doing in WoW Classic / TBC Classic / World of Warcraft

0:32:40 - Varg Sunwell Plateau Progression thus far, brought to you by TheYipShow

1:36:30 - Classic SoM, AQ gates should all be open now

1:40:00 - Former guests shout out Warcraft Reloaded episode 100

1:59:50 - A history of how Warcraft Reloaded started

3:08:20 - Closing

Nick, Chip, and Kurabara are back this week to talk more about the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This week they are heading to Tuchanka to start working to get the Krogan on their side. They talk about Tuchanka and Kurabara once again compares it to Detroit. They mention the mission Primarch Victus sends them there for: to find a crashed ship that had his son aboard.

After hearing the details on the mission, Nick tries to track how many Harvesters they fought. They talk about the Harvesters relationship to the Reapers, and the various other Reaper forces encountered. Chip wonders what Volus and Elcor Reaper forces would be like. They talk about the layout of the mission from a combat perspective. They talk about Lieutenant Victus’ abilities as a leader and wonder if he got the job because of nepotism.

Next, they discuss the Tuchanka Cannon mission, which they quickly establish as filler. They wonder why Cerberus is present on Tuchanka. They point out that this is a multiplayer map reused for a single player mission. They talk about fighting Cerberus troops. They also evaluate the vanguard Shockwave ability, and also the utility of grenades.

Finally, they discuss the mission to defuse the giant bomb on Tuchanka. They debate if Victus died a hero’s death, after pointing out how his plot armor kept him alive earlier. They mention that failure to disarm the bomb has severe consequences, including Eve’s death. They wonder why Cerberus is involved again. They evaluate Cerberus’ handling of the Reaper threat and discuss the hubris of the Illusive Man. They transition to talking about the planet scanning mini-game, and Nick complains about finding destroyed fuel depots. They talk about trying to find downtime during an all encompassing Reaper invasion, and they admit they want a Gwent or Pazaak mini-game. Back on the topic of the bomb, they wonder how it was hidden for so long. They wonder if Lt. Victus should have been a Normandy crew member. After the mission, they talk about Shepard being rattled by all the death, and how Shepard has to yell at Wrex and Primarch Victus for bickering. They discuss Shepard not telling Wrex about the Turian bomb earlier.

Thank you for listening to Squad Goals - A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast! Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] or @squadgoalsN7 on twitter.

StaticGorilla and Crashtag are back with another episode of DoubleTap post Combo Breaker. First in the Fighter's Corner, Virtua fighter 5 shows off the rest of the Tekken Crossover DLC, and some DBFZ news makes people look twice. In GG Strive we are getting a new patch in June, along with a starter pack, Them's Fighting Herds will be getting a content update, and Tekken World Tour finals. In the Randoms of the FGC, Crashtag reminds you to preorder your copy of Capcom Fighting Collection, Capcom Celebrates 43 years, and a familiar face join the EVO staff. Finally, Static shares about his online Combo Breaker experience and we get to see a great mod highlight for UMVC3.

We start things off with a quick recap of news from around the league and the Overwatch Community including several player announcements and the unfortunate passings of several key community figures.

Next, we recap the past week of Overwatch League action, highlighting major outcomes, player performances and more as teams seek to lock in seeding for the Kickoff Clash tournament. We go on to preview the first round of the tournament, and make our picks for which squads will make the final 2 in each region.

We wrap up with a quick ABK news roundup as Raven software employees finally win their union vote and ABK employees enact measures to help keep the company accountable.

Are you a fan of data? This episode is absolutely riddled with it! We talk about Apex's Twitch numbers, legend pick rates at the highest levels of play, how long it took Preds to reach their rank compared to previous seasons, and a whole new set of data tracking tools that have come to one of the most popular Apex Legends websites! Afterwards, we have a look at some great responses to last week's question of the week, and some of the spiciest takes about EA our community has to offer!

Bob and Mel are back with special guests Winky and Hamsterwheel to talk all things related to Classic WOW, TBC Classic, and Wrath Classic. First, we review what we have been doing in classic lately. Winky and Hamsterwheel fill us in on how their journeys have been going.

We move on to discuss the news including how to prepare for Wrath of the Lich King Classic and our personal thoughts on preparation.

We close out the show with discussion on some of the changes coming in Wrath that have been less talked about amongst the community. Changes including talents, mounts, PVP, Dungeon/Raid IDs, AOE and LFR. We go on a number of tangents regarding warcraft logs, LFD, hardcore and more!

Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft news! First, Eric talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls has been doing. They have downed Heroic Lihuvim and are currently getting into Phase 3 on Halondrus. Is he a spider or a crab?

Harv talked about what he's been doing.

Rei talks about checking out her bag for legendary powers. She also mentions her Mythic+ runs, and getting MOAR friends! She is also good at helping guildies out.

In the news, the Horde Hall of Fame is closing while the Alliance Hall of Fame is a long way from doing so. There is also a Viewer's Guide for the Arena World Championship. The gang also discusses the Mythic Dungeon Invitational Last Stand Tournament results, won by Womegalul. They also talk about some hotfixes and Harv brings up the Social Contract that will be updated in Patch 9.2.5.

Finally, Rei recaps what we talked about in episode #113.

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