Trent & Zyori come together for another edition of live liquipedia reading to highlight the upcoming DPC season and discuss the recent dramas surrounding the qualifiers.

TIMESTAMPS:
1:14 New Patch Fun
8:14 Upcoming DPC Discussion
10:17 NA DPC Upper Division
16:55 NA DPC Lower Division
18:48 Arkosh in The DPC
25:18 SA Coverage with Zyori and Bowie
28:04 SA DPC
36:34 EU DPC
39:05 China DPC Drama
47:04 SEA DPC
53:00 DPC Coverage for SEA Lower Divisions
1:08:50 Talent Allocation for the Regions
1:12:30 CIS DPC

Trent and Zyori dive into the longest podcast to date, as they dissect the new patch 7.28. They discuss the general gameplay changes at the bottom of the notes, the new hero Hoodwink, all of the new hero changes, and, lastly, the new items.

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Effy is an independent professional wrestler and full-time streamer on Twitch. He talks to Zyori about parallels between Wrestling and Esports, Arkosh Gaming, wrestling on Twitch, physical sustainability, LGBTQ in wrestling, and DEATHMATCHES.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Effy Awards Hijacking
2:18 Dota Exposure
3:23 Arkosh Gaming Showmanship
9:02 Creating Content on Twitch
13:40 The Indie Wrestling Scene
19:50 Indie vs Industry Wrestling
29:39 Pushing Your Limits in Wrestling
41:32 Paying people what they are worth
49:47 Profitability of Wrestling Orgs
53:30 Marketing Yourself

Trent and Zyori talk about the recent Epic League coverage and then dive into a deep discussion about hero balance that goes off the rails. Is PA’s ultimate poor game design? Will Trent ever give a hot take? Will anyone be foolish enough to ‘invest’ in Fnatic? Find out in this episode…

TIMESTAMPS:
0:23 Working and Covering Epic League
22:35 A Retrospective on Hero Design
26:32 Trent’s Hot Take for the week
29:17 Are Abilities Too Random, or Over Tuned?
34:53 A Larger Hero Pool Means Less Identity
38:32 Fun vs Consistency in terms of game design
42:11 Best and Worst Hero Designs
44:54 Situational Picks
53:09 Reworking the hero pool for a sequel
57:41 Are old TI wins relevant in terms of skill
1:01:57 Crowd Funding Fnatic
1:07:09 Upcoming Perfect World League
1:11:27 4 Angry Men Rebranding & China Pro Cup
1:17:33 Trent The Coach Coming Soon
1:20:22 Outro

Trent and Zyori reconvene to talk about Liquid’s first place finish at ESL One Germany, the end of Secret’s streak, Epic League, Chinese Dota, Arkosh gaming, Vtubers, & DIRETIDE!

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
5:46 T&Z Casting Updates
8:18 Update on the GodZ podcast regarding Mason
10:17 Trent, The guru of Dota Dads
15:03 With the death of VODS, comes the birth of new content
32:50 The ESL storyline, Secret getting spanked
45:56 Epic League and covering Chinese Dota
55:20 The rules and logistics for broadcasting Chinese Tournaments
1:00:48 Trent’s Guilty pleasures
1:03:12 Zyori’s POE updates
1:05:51 Arkosh Gaming, The Gorillaz of NA dota
1:11:10 VTuber promotion market
1:16:04 T&Z’s Diretide adventures
1:23:06 Outro