We're joined a true sweetheart of the scene, ArminvB! The Dutch Orc and Twitch streamer joins Neo right after his trip to the Xperion LAN in Cologne.

We discuss: - Who is ArminVB? - Career threatening injuries - Xperion am Ring LAN - his take on balance and whining - how to stay motivated after losing a tournament - an outlook towards DreamHack Winter incl. MichaeL & Pink beef

You can find Armin on: - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/arminvb90 - Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/TwitchArminvB90

Back to the regular content! Today, I'm overjoyed to share the episode I recorded with Human legend ToD! We talked about:

- Upcoming movies Dune & Matrix - should you watch trailers or just ignore them?- The state of Human in WC3- Are earnings a good metric to messure balance?- The tournament landscape & a possible European Super League in WC3

Many of you probably saw that we parted ways with Bidoux over leaked screenshots and a long statement released by the WC3 streamer Tori.You probably also witnessed me releasing a statement earlier last week that I will not fire Bidoux over the leaks. In this podcast, I'll try to explain why and what changed my mind.

 

The accusations can be found here:#1: https://www.reddit.com/r/WC3/comments/pd1ftv/b2w_this_is_who_you_employ_toriidactyl/#2: https://www.reddit.com/r/WC3/comments/phl15h/welp_bidoux/

Bidoux's statements can be found here:#1: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srqhu3#2: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srqk30

My initial statement can be found here:https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srqk49

Tori's statement can be found here:https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srql7d

Ricky & Neo discuss the most recent W3Champions Season finals, including the miraculous resurgance of HawK and the reasons for the incredible viewership throughout the weekend. 

It's also time to discuss the future of the W3C Season Finals, as B2W is taking over the orga from now on. LOTS of great fan questions about doing commentary, new casters and ways to help the scene and B2W as a whole.

00:00 - 11:00 - Intro18:00 - 22:40 - W3Champions - HawK22:40 - 27:40 - W3Champions storyline / B2W Record30:00 - W3C giving up? / B2W taking over project tournament46:00 - Reddit Feedback thread47:30 Q/A

 

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In this episode, Bidoux talks about how his "staycation" has been going. ESL Asia 13.5k peak / addressing viewbot accusations.The boys discuss the need for a possible in game overlay revamp and react to Happy's balance suggestion stream. Followed by questions from the Patreon.

 

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In this episode, Neo & Bidoux talk about:- Ricky's plans for his 3 week vacation.- Pete Stilwell's new job and Neo booing at old Blizzcons- The community rallying together for HoT's Cancer Fundraiser- Sky playing W3C?- Bidoux rants about Youtube negativity and- Your Patreon questions about old WC3 Teams and Neo & Remo's first meeting

 

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Jannes and Bidoux talk about DreamHack Fall and the relationship between B2W and ESL and how the collaboration improves production. 

DreamHack Finals in China? 

J. Allen Brack is out, Activision-Blizzard has two new Presidents! 

Bidoux's "genius" idea to funnel players into W3Champions. 

Bidoux goes off on the situation with Miker (gg.ru) and DuSt League being re-streamed. 

Lastly a question from the Patreon on who they believe influenced a lot of the meta throughout the years per race.

 

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Jannes and Bidoux talk about the new changes to DreamHack fall production, including the new sleek design and the "media day" player videos. Neo recaps his time at the Xperion LAN, meeting new and old faces and EnTe’s attempt to kick ToD out of the venue.

 

The boys talk about the recent Bloomberg article on Activision-Blizzard admitting to releasing Reforged knowing it was a failure. The lawsuit against Acti-Blizz for harassment in the workplace and other negative things. Finalizing with Q/A from the Patreon.

 

Bloomberg Article on what happened during Reforged Launch: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-22/inside-activision-blizzard-s-botched-warcraft-iii-reforged-game

Jannes and Bidoux recap WGL Summer, with Colorful taking his first major title and 15sui having a deep run. DreamHack recap talking about the new faces and followed up by some Q/A from the Patreon.

 

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Jannes worships his new birthday present donut pillow he got for his sore butt. The boys discuss the horrific week on Twitch and Youtube relating to whiners about the reforged graphics for WGL Summer. How the new BO2 system for WGL is rad and makes the tournament more exciting and watchable. Followed by some Q/A from the Patreon.