Episodes
Published 01/19/22
Trent and Zyori come together for the first time since TI to catch up on their latest adventures in Axie, Dota 2, Iceland, and babies!
Published 01/19/22
Trent & Zyori sit down for a catch up after 5 weeks away, covering missed news about Blizzard, Amazon’s MMO, and real life qualms before diving into Patch 7.30 and Trent’s BINGO card. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 6:05 Empathizing with Valve as a Game Dev 10:55 Blizzard is now a husk of it’s former self 18:20 […]
Published 08/19/21
Trent and Zyori reconvene after a month to discuss the latest, including: The International 10 moving to Romania, TI10 regional qualifiers, Team Secret x Axie, WePlay Animajor, and Bo Burnham’s Inside. TIMESTAMPS: 0:45 TI10 to Romania in October 10:45 Team Secret tweets about Axie Infinity 20:20 TI10 Qualifiers 28:45 MrAvo+ the GOAT 33:50 Trent the […]
Published 07/08/21
Trent and Zyori finally connect to podcast about the second season of DPC, the wildcard format, Alliance / OG 6th man coaching scandal, predictions for the Kiev Major, and rewatch old videos from the first Summit.
Published 05/30/21
Trent and Zyori talk about the second season of DPC that starts on April 12th. They cover the live updates of roster shuffles and preview the teams of each region. TIMESTAMP:3:10​ Theeban qualifies for NA Div 2 6:00​ Roster Changes 13:17​ OG League of Legends play troll 16:17​ EU/CIS Roster Changes 20:50​ SA/NA Roster Changes […]
Published 04/09/21
Trent and Zyori talk about recent issues in NA/SA then focus in on the Singapore Major coming up in 10 days. They go through each phase of the major and talk about potential outcomes in great detail, before lamenting about team bundles that still haven’t been released. TIMESTAMPS: 1:20​ Racism recent events 10:45​ EPIC Season […]
Published 03/18/21
North American DPC host, Dakota Cox, joins the show to exchange notes about coverage in the Americas! The three gents talk about the most contested heroes, cross-regional match-up hype, and the POKEMON MOBA! TIMESTAMPS:2:28​ Trent’s Take on NA vs SA 12:52​ Wild Card Concept 18:24​ Cross Region Dota at Singapore Major 25:49​ Most Contested Heroes […]
Published 03/02/21
Energy is in the air as Trent & Zyori revel about the recent Dota 2 Anime crossover with Netflix. They talk about the hardcore nature of Dota’s fanbase, improving at games during lockdown, transparency in player salaries, and New Year’s Resolutions. TIMESTAMPS:0:00​ Dragon Knight Anime 8:07​ What the Show means for Dota World Building 11:35​ […]
Published 02/17/21
Jackie Mao is a long time Dota 2 player that has played in multiple regions and even owned his own team organization. EternalEnVy holds the record for the most professional games played that last more than 60 minutes- a chaotic mastermind that lives his life mostly in the moment. In this episode, EnVy gets introspect […]
Published 02/10/21
Trent and Zyori talk about the latest in DPC with a special focus on North & South America. They tackle Arkosh Gaming, prize distribution, Dota GOAT, coaches in China, and the dark horse in SEA. TIMESTAMPS:4:00 The League Structure 7:26 The Arkosh Mystery 10:03 Bottom Dollar for The Bottom Tier 17:40 The Quality of Matches […]
Published 02/05/21
Robson “TeaGuvnor” Merritt is a Dota 2 analyst and coach that recently worked Omega League and Epic League in the fall of 2020. He joins Zyori for a candid discussion about his commentary career so far, the challenges of being full-time, and how it feel to be left out of this first season of DPC. […]
Published 01/28/21
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 […]
Published 01/14/21
Bowie is a South American Dota 2 analyst that makes educational content for new Dota players and will be covering this upcoming season of SA DPC. TIMESTAMPS: 10:08 Dota Pit Talent Announcement 12:55 DPC Season for 2021 16:52 What the DPC might mean for TO’s and Teams 30:50 New DPC in relation to Tier 1 […]
Published 01/06/21
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. http://www.dota2.com/mistwoods
Published 12/19/20
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 […]
Published 11/26/20
Gabriel Nassif is a Magic the Gathering Hall of Famer, professional poker player, full-time twitch streamer, and Dota 2 enthusiast. He joins Zyori in this episode to talk about competitive Magic, how it relates to Dota 2, balancing RNG vs Skill in games, Artifact, and the struggles of NA Dota. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:43 Love/Hate […]
Published 11/22/20
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 […]
Published 11/18/20
Andrew Jenkins is a full time Dota 2 content creator, in-game analyst, and former professional competitor in North America. Known as THE Dota 2 Degenerate, Jenkins comes on for a very raw chat spamming psychology in gaming, earnings as broadcast talent, min/maxing youtube, being ok with being yourself, challenges with Twitch chat moderation, and thoughts […]
Published 11/15/20
Jack ‘KBBQ’ Chen is the manager of NA Dota team Quincy Crew and has worked extensively as broadcast talent for major Dota tournaments in both English and Chinese. He chats with Zyori about the history of Quincy Crew, the next generation of Dota players, Demon’s situation, Arkosh Gaming, memories from Captain’s Draft 4, and life […]
Published 11/11/20
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 Updates8:18 Update on the GodZ podcast regarding Mason 10:17 Trent, The guru of Dota Dads 15:03 With the death of VODS, […]
Published 11/03/20
David Parker is a veteran Dota 2 commentator and co-founder of the popular esports studio Beyond the Summit. He joins Zyori to talk about Amazon’s failures with DMCA, Mason at The Summit X, match-fixing in esports, twitch chat moderation, and getting away from handles. TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro 6:06 Twitch DMCA 17:24 NA Dota and Valve supported […]
Published 10/28/20
Trent & Zyori review their latest efforts to stream individually, Valve’s latest blog post about communication, the Golden Age of Dota, and Trent’s attempt at a hot take. TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro 2:25 Betting dynamics and sponsorships 10:12 T&Z’s stream catch up 22:04 Reviewing the crypto portfolios 23:30 Starting a stream 24:34 Running for local government 26:38 […]
Published 10/21/20
Seth King, known as Achilios, is a full-time commentator for the Overwatch League and just finished his third season covering the league. Seth has been living in Seoul, South Korea for several years now, originally leaving the States to pursue a career in League of Legends commentary for the Korean LCK league. TIMESTAMPS: 7:51 OWL […]
Published 10/14/20
After three weeks off Trent comes back to the podcast to discuss the standing of NA orgs, the last team aside from EG leaving the region, mmr re-calibrations, Secret’s 24 – 0 grand finals streak, and the latest drama with China’s new all-star team. TIMESTAMPS: 2:23 Podcast recap 7:55 Crazy dropping esports 11:14 Upcoming Events […]
Published 10/07/20