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We kick off the episode with some brief follow-up on the Activision Blizzard lawsuit as a month passes without leadership response to employee demands. We talk about the response from ABK recruiters attempting to redirect the conversation and the long term prospects for ABK workers as the movement still awaits a legimate response from the company.

Next, we recap this week's Countdown Cup tournament games as the Chengdu Hunters, Seoul Dynasty, Los Angeles Gladiators, and Atlanta Reign battle to win the regular season's final tournament. We highlight major moments and player performances from each match as the league's best player fight for tournament wins and league points, and talk about the strategies and plays that decided each match. We wrap up with a brief preview of the play-in tournament coming in 2 weeks and make our initial predictions for which teams will make the final group.

Crashtag, Mezza and StaticGorilla are back for another packed episode of Double Tap! In the Fighter's Corner, King of Fighters XV gets a couple of leaks ahead of the convention where there will be a showcase, Baiken is live in Samurai Shodown and we share our impressions and CPT Central America for SFV results are in. In the Randoms of the FGC, Harada and Sakurai talk, in Harada's bar part 2, about life, Mezza shares his interest in Naraka Bladepoint and the free MVC2 movement is gaining more popularity. Then, we look at a Guilty Gear Strive flowchart meme as well as matchup data that a reddit user used to make an accurate tier list and a new 2D fighter is in development. In the Focus attack, we discuss Pattheflips article about sustainable grinding and taking a break. Finally, we enjoy some of our favorite mods of the week.

This week Melderon come back to tell us about his journey through TBC Classic. We also talk a LOT about PVP and then at the end we have a fun discussion about Asmongold's Classic+ ideas.

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:36 - Reviews

0:07:12 - Whats Melderon been up to

0:44:46 - What have we been doing this week in WoW Classic/TBC Classic

1:06:34 - New Classic Era PTR

https://classic.wowhead.com/news/new-classic-era-ptr-possible-fresh-323854

1:21:19 - Discussion on Asmongold's ideas for Classic+

2:29:46 - Closing

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Nick, Chip, and Kurabara are back to continue talking about their play through of Mass Effect 1 in the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This week the topic is Tali and Garrus.

Nick starts by comparing the aliens and pointing out that Tali and Garrus are two of the most beloved, only to realize that all the aliens, including Liara, are beloved. Then, the talk about Tali and how she's basically an 18 year old going off to college to learn about the world, but also to learn to appreciate her home flotilla by being homesick. They also discuss how Tali has a very vibrant personality, but her dialogue is very flat in that it describes the flotilla and their experience with the geth and their government instead of relaying much of her personal experience.

Then, they get into discussing the nature of the Quarina flotilla and its size relative to Earth's population as well as its militaistic-democratic hybrid government. They also talk about how the flotilla is crowded by nature, and Tali is not used to the emptiness and quiet of the Normandy. Finally, they talk about the Quarian pilgrimage, and then talk about Tali's own pilgrimage, and the quest she is on to find something important for the flotilla.

Then the talk about her quest, Geth Incursions, which isn't even obviously her quest at first. Shepard attacks several Geth bases in the Armstrong Nebula and ultimately finds some Geth data of a Quarian performance, and has the option of giving Tali the data or keeping it for the Alliance. They also talk about Geth culture as a result of the transmission.

Next, they talk about Garrus and how he is defined by his experience with C-Sec. They also talk about how Garrus struggles with rules and oversight, and whether they wanted to encourage this behaviour or try to teach him to be better. They talk about Garrus' father who was also a C-Sec officer and how Garrus chafed against his father's observance of the rules. They also ponder how Garrus would have done had he become a Spectre like he was offered previously.

Last, they talk about Garrus' personal mission to find Dr. Saleon/Dr. Heart and how the outcome can affect Garrus and his outlook.

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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back this week to talk about all the latest goings on in the World of Warcraft community! First, Rei talks about what she's been doing in game. She talks about how she's been working on her professions, and how the tool to check guild member's professions has been fixed. This leads to a discussion of online chat and how people need to be in the chat program to respond to requests to do stuff in game. The group also goes off on a tangent talking about keyboards and typing speeds.

Eric talks about how the guild has beaten Normal Sylvanas and Heroic Terragrue. Nick asks if anyone got Sylvanas' bow, and this leads to a discussion about non-hunters using the bow and letting it split into glaives like in the cinematic.

Harv, meanwhile, has been enjoying the raid. He mentions that he likes the Kael'thas fight as there's alot of AOE for him to burn down. They also talk about when to cast hero\lust and talk about raid mechanics from prior raids including Jaina in the Battle of Dazar'Alor.

Nick talks about the recent events surrounding Blizzard. J Allen Brack has resigned and has been replaced by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra. There has been no acknowledgement by Activision Blizzard of the employee's demands. Nick mentions that Luis Barriga, Jesse McCree, and Jonathan LeCraft are no longer with Blizzard. He talks about how there is currently a stalemate where the company is not acknowledging demands and that is how the company wants it as they are hoping to wait out the employees.

They also discuss an article that compares the toxicity in WoW and Final Fantasy XIV and says that Square Enix did a better job of moderating their community early on to keep it clean, and it has paid off.

Finally, they discuss episode #92 where murlocs seemed like they might be playable.

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On this episode, we bring on special guest and community member Hertel3k to talk about his new Apex Legends Arenas focused podcast, called "Apex Arenas Meeting"!

We talk about his journey from community member, to podcast producer, the challenges he's faced joining the podcast world, and the awesome community that we share between Apex shows. Afterwards, we get a chance to talk Apex news, some minor leaks, and the excellent response to our question of the week!

There's a ton of news to cover this week both from inside and outside the league. Awards season is coming soon as OWL officially announces this season's slate of awards, reveals its 10 MVP candidates, and unlocks past seasons' premium skins to celebrate. Afterwards, we talk about the past week of rumors regarding a delay in Overwatch 2's release date which some are saying may force OWL into an extended offseason. We discuss the effects that such a big change could have on teams, players, and fans before continuing to follow up on further developments from the Activision Blizzard lawsuit.

Next, we recap all of the action from the final week of regular season competition. We highlight this week's most importants, highlighting the best plays and strategic decisions from each match. We go on to preview the next week of competition between our final four Countdown Cup teams. We make a case for all 4 squads before making our final predictions for the tournament's outcome.

On the latest episode of Double Tap, Crashtag and StaticGorilla check out the latest news in the FGC post EVO online. In the Fighters Corner, Melty Blood reveals a gameplay trailer of Kohaku, KOF reveals a trailer for Antonov, Guilty Gear Strive reveals Jack-O trailer and Samurai Shodown reveals their special guest Baiken. Then, Street Fighter V finally drop Oro and Akira, but also reveal a patch for the game. In the Randoms of the FGC, EVO 2022 is announced, Harada's Bar has Sakurai as a special guest, TNS Chicago was a success and the Pokemon Cup Pokken Tournament DX event concludes. Next in the Focus Attack, we look at the results of EVO, but specifically within Guilty Gear Strive and the thoughts on the online aspect of the game in regards to competition. Finally, Crashtag brings in his favorite mods for this week's highlights.

Pull up a stool, charge your glasses and get comfortable as Happy Hour Episode 32 is here for your listening pleasure. That’s right – Mike, Rob, and Brad are back for more podcast-based shenanigans also they’re joined by returning special guest with alcohol aplenty. For this episode, the lads talk about the new Back 4 Blood Open Beta, James Gunns magnum opus The Suicide Squad and check out trailer for Venom 2, Chapelwaite and Kate. And actually get down to business and discuss what the lads have been up to and the content they’re looking fowards amongst other news and shenanigans.

Naismith joins the crew this week and we go on more tangents than you could imagine.

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:11:46 - What have we been doing lately in WoW Classic/TBC Classic

1:13:14 - Updates on Burning Crusade Classic PTR - Arena Reward Cutoffs and Whistle Emote Change

https://tbc.wowhead.com/news/updates-on-burning-crusade-classic-ptr-arena-reward-cutoffs-and-whistle-emote-323762

1:43:30 - Naismiths thoughts on PTR and Phase 2

1:58:30 - Addon of the Week

2:02:30 - Closing

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