SVB's Group Up episodes:

• January 27, 2024The Metal Rank Debate feat. Lemonkiwi, Bame1 & Cuppcaake

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions & Ranked Backgrounds of the Guests

  17:08 Blizzard Layoffs

  35:00 The Differences Between The Metal Ranks & GM

  1:13:58 Unranked To GMs

  1:22:00 Overwatch's Balance Philosophy

  1:42:00 Playing With Friends & Social Systems

  1:50:20 Is ELO Hell Real?

  2:13:08 The Ranked System

  2:37:30 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• January 20, 2024The Great January Debate feat. Flats, Samito & Fareeha

  Timestamps

  0:00 Opening Thoughts & S8 Feelings

  12:30 Quick Play Hacked

  34:20 Self-Healing Passive For All Roles

  1:12:45 The Role of Supports In Overwatch

  1:29:45 Party Frames

  1:31:35 Map Voting & Ladder Experiences

  1:55:50 Ranked Changes & Social Systems

  2:15:25 Mini-Map & New Systems

  2:33:30 Concluding Thoughts & Changes We'd Like

  ...more

  

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• December 30, 2023The Great 2023 Debate feat. Flats, Stylosa & Spilo

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions & Opening Thoughts

  12:10 Bobby Kotick is Officially Gone

  22:22 January - Blizzard Games Gone From China

  29:00 Season 3 - Map Pools

  31:30 Season 3 - Comp System

  41:30 Hog/Orisa & One-shot Meta

  1:00:00 Heroes In The Battlepass

  1:01:50 Loverwatch & One Punch Man Collaboration

  1:10:35 Season 4 - Support Buffs & Lifeweaver Launch

  1:23:50 Season 4 - Starwatch

  1:25:20 Season 4 - Pride Event

  1:31:10 Season 5 - The Forgotten Season?

  1:39:40 Season 6 - PvE

  1:48:10 Season 6 - Illari

  1:51:50 Season 7 - Sombra & Hog Reworks

  1:56:55 Season 7 - Blizzcon

  2:02:25 Season 8

  2:16:06 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• December 23, 2023The Great Mauga Debate feat. Samito, Yeatle & Bogur

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions

  3:34 General Mauga Thoughts

  12:15 Mauga In The Metal Ranks

  17:05 Mauga Decides Compositions, Not Supports?

  21:10 Mauga's Balance

  32:00 Is Mauga Pay To Win?

  55:45 Anti-Nade & Other Support Abilities

  1:12:00 Can We Find Harmony Between The 3 Roles?

  1:32:00 What We Lost & Gained From OW1 to OW2

  1:44:15 Hero Bans & Other Format Changes

  2:05:05 Winter Wonderland

  2:21:00 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• December 19, 2023The 2023 Dev Debate feat. Jared Neuss (Executive Producer, Overwatch)

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions

  02:00 Mythic Skins: Getting Worse?

  07:45 Winter Wonderland Pass Criticisms

  12:30 "We Want To Make Heroes Free On Launch"

  19:55 Quickplay Leaver Penalties

  22:30 Who Is Quickplay For? Who is Comp For?

  27:50 How Do The Devs Reflect On 2023 in Overwatch?

  32:30 How Does OW Stack Up To Its Competitors

  37:40 Biggest Successes & Failures

  44:00 What Can We Expect From Collabs in 2024

  47:15 The Steam Launch

  51:00 PvE: What Is Happening?

  57:50 Workshop & Future Map Editors?

  1:00:40 The Vision For OW The Franchise

  1:02:50 Console Overwatch Issues

  1:06:40 What Can We Expect From 2024?

  ...more

  

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• December 09, 2023The Great Season 8 Debate feat. Eskay, Freedo & Jaws

  Timestamps

  0:00 Opening Thoughts

  7:00 Mauga

  34:10 QP & Leaver Penalties

  46:35 Counter Swapping

  1:11:20 The Shop & Scummy Practices

  1:24:22 Potential Hero Bans

  1:37:40 Season 8 Patch Notes

  2:47:10 Weapon Skins

  2:55:05 Hero Mastery

  2:59:40 Season 8 Releases

  3:07:30 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• November 17, 2023The Great Role Debate feat. Yeatle, Samito, Daniel Fenner & Spilo

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions & Opening Thoughts

  10:18 Support & The Recent Nerfs

  50:15 Roadhog & The Need For Tank Ability Mitigation

  1:10:30 Fundamental Format Issues?

  1:19:10 OW's Balance Vision & The Death of OWL

  1:36:55 The State of DPS & Role Passives

  2:07:10 Respawn Timers

  2:22:22 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• November 11, 2023The Great Blizzcon Debate feat. Emongg, Flats, Fareeha & Freedo

  Timestamps

  0:00 Introductions & Opening Thoughts

  17:50 Mauga

  52:00 Venture & Space Ranger (Next Two Hero Releases)

  1:06:30 Communication & Dev Feeling at Blizzcon

  1:15:12 K-Pop Collab & PvE News

  1:35:15 New Competitive System

  2:05:14 New Clash Game Mode

  2:22:50 World Cup

  2:37:20 The Future of Overwatch eSports

  3:00:14 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• October 21, 2023The Great Microsoft Debate feat. Flats, Samito & Freedo

  Timestamps

  0:00 Opening Thoughts & General S7 Feelings

  25:35 Balance & The Recent Developer Blog

  1:16:00 The Microsoft Takeover

  1:47:40 K-Pop Collaboration

  2:00:30 The Upcoming Competitive Rework

  2:24:10 Blizzcon & The Next Tank Hero

  2:34:40 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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• October 14, 2023The Great DPS Debate feat. Kragie, Fareeha, Fitzyhere & Deku

  0:00 Opening Thoughts

  8:15 DPS Is The Weakest Role?

  16:40 Is Balancing The Issue?

  39:20 Role Passives & The DPS Passive

  47:08 What Is a Healthy State for DPS?

  58:30 Sombra

  1:16:48 Hitscan (Sojourn, Soldier, Widow, Ashe & Cassidy)

  1:28:30 Bastion

  1:41:48 Junkrat

  1:51:27 Echo

  1:57:31 Genji

  2:04:50 Hanzo

  2:11:30 Mei

  2:20:31 Pharah

  2:28:28 Reaper

  2:36:30 Symmetra

  2:43:09 Torbjorn

  2:49:50 Tracer

  2:57:45 Concluding Thoughts

  ...more

  

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