SVB's Group Up

In this episode of the Group Up podcast, I discuss the controversial topic of ELO Hell with my guests, two of whom are from The Metal Ranks, and ask them if there really are some fundamental problems with the OW ranked system

Guest Socials:

Adovahkitty's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adovahkitty | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adovahkitty

A10's Twitch: http://Twitch.tv/a10nerd | YouTube: http://youtube.com/a10nerd | Twitter: https://twitter.com/a10nerd

All of cuppcaake's links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/cuppcaake

Podcast Links:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ow_svb/the-great-elo-hell-debate-feat-a10-cuppcaake-adovahkitty

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6sRWutKTc0gnWuguo62Vpa

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/svbs-group-up/id1490256265

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intros & Ranked History

7:35 - Does ELO Hell Exist?

12:55 - Education & Improving

24:55 - Misconceptions About The Metal Ranks

52:02 - Does The Game Encourage Bad Behaviour?

1:04:20 - Can You Be In a Rank You Don't Deserve?

1:07:33 - Smurfs

1:20:30 - Changes To OW To Help

1:28:35 - MMR Reset

1:34:34 - Winners Queue & Losers Queue

1:48:12 - Role Imbalances & Which Role Can Carry

2:01:20 - Changes To SR/MMR System

2:08:58 - One Major Change Each Guest Would Want

In this episode of the Group Up Podcast, Samito, Flats, Bogur & I discuss the recent news that Microsoft will be acquiring Activision Blizzard. What does this mean for the future of Blizzard & Overwatch, how will we fit into the Xbox & Game Pass systems and what the hell happens to Bobby Kotick?

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction & Context

04:08 Initial Thoughts

07:00 Bobby Kotick & A No-Brainer For Microsoft?

33:15 The Future: 12 months to 5 years

52:20 Downsides & Concerns?

1:18:47 Potential & Possibilities

1:37:37 Top Wishlist Ideas & Conclusions

Great 2021 Debate by SVB

In this episode of the Group Up Podcast, I talk to Flats, Samito & Freedo about ideas that can keep OW alive while we wait for the delayed sequel, OW2. What results, is a discusion in community management, balancing problems and a radical idea to just... give us 5v5 right now?

The Great Rework Debate feat. Samito, Nateson & Freedo by SVB

For The Great Community Debate, I'm joined by Stylosa, Fareeha, Skiesti & UnsaltedSalt as we talk things like community systems, how the OW community compares to other games and how to change things like toxicity, harassment & bigotry.

Guests' Socials:

Fareeha's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Fareeha/videos | Twitter: https://twitter.com/AskFareeha | Twitch: twitch.tv/fareeha

Skiesti's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/skiesti |Twitter: https://twitter.com/skiesti_ | Discord: https://discord.gg/8UgX5mM | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/skiesti

Stylosa's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stylosa | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stylosa | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stylosa/

UnsaltedSalt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Unsaltedsalt__ | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/unsaltedsalt_ | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz0QGnhVdsg48QIHwRRxAjg/videos