Retrospection Chats - Fireside's new podcast series
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LOL. Feels like we’re making a lot of posts on the forums now aren’t we?
This was also made in conjunction with the launch of Fireside’s new patreon, you can check it out here.
We’re planning to release episodes of this every week or two or so. Basically this, as the title of the series suggests, is a series of interviews with players/community figures with longstanding history in the TF2 scene. The idea is how can we bring some lore to light and preserve some history from the nearly two decades worth of competitive TF2.
This pilot episode was recorded two days ago VERY impulsively with Tcmano to get the idea out and see how it would work out–hence the lack thereof of graphics and the reuse of the Fireside HUD. I think the only thing I tried to implement quickly is denoting who is speaking of course. The idea is to make a product of the idea and see how people well receive it before moving forward with actual good podcast graphics.
Let me know what you think!
Future planned guests:
- Walrex
- Jarrett (but this would be a two part series as we would need a sixes and highlander specific interviewer :P)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rVTC8lHal4
Timestamps from this episode (included in YT description too)
00:00 Introductions
02:00 How did you get into TF2?
06:19 (Cont.) How did you get into competitive TF2 and what was your main?
11:25 Controversy of BTS TF2
19:05 Why did you continue casting after the BTS TF2 controversy?
23:00 Takeaways from first cast
26:28 Discussing the struggles of casting NA TF2
32:03 Casting influences, finding the right balance in casting/casting towards a casual + experienced audience
39:50 Behind the scenes/prep work of a production, discussion on watch parties, public perception on a cast/production’s quality
44:15 Tcmano’s playing career segway, introducing Omarmxbee
45:00 The Newcomer Cup - Tcmano’s first team (Grand Caster)
47:00 First season of TF2 - -rep (RGL S4)
49:33 Favorite memory from the first season of -rep?
51:35 Reflections on leading the team and the season
58:30 Second season of TF2 - -rep (RGL S5)
59:15 Why did you pickup GR4P3?
01:03:40 Expectations with the pickup and the team overall, controversy about the match vs Broken Keyboards
01:05:30 LOSING TO A CHEATER?!?! 3 TEAMS WITH 3 CHEATERS?!
01:12:00 Thoughts on cheating enforcement
01:27:02 The downfall of -rep (RGL S6)
01:30:00 Thoughts on the NA casting orgs (TFTV, Fireside, RGL)
01:38:02 What prevents the growth of TF2?
01:41:00 True or false? Or nuances? A lot of the issues that face the TF2 scene culminate from people complaining but not working towards a problem?
01:49:30 Closing Thoughts & Shoutouts -
siyo idk if forum threads can be moved but can this be moved to Community Projects. My bad lol
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siyo It marks a month since I made this post and just in time, because Episode 2 is out! Featuring Walrex, former RGL Admin and tenured Invite player. umlpst graciously volunteered to do the question asking!
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Episode 3 comes a little early, we all have lives and with me heading on vacation soon we had to get this one done ASAP! Featuring longstanding community member Marxist, this one is a blast to the past for you oldheads!
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Retrospection Chats returns! Our next episode features not a player primarily known for their history in 6s, but Highlander: Melon! Episode release date TBA, but we’re working on it!
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siyo After 2 months of delays the Melon interview comes out tomorrow!
You’re probably best to listen to this on a podcast because we spent NEARLY 4 hours talking but it’s ok. it’s a lot of good content if you want to hear about some UGC lore and all that good stuff
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Retrospection Chats releases its long overdue 4th episode featuring a Highlander guest this time (shoutout to Chocc for the recommendation): **Witness Gaming’s pyro, Melon! **
UGC Nostalgia and in depth discussions about what went right and wrong in her career leading up to her first highlander championship included. Maybe you’ll want to go on a long journey and put it on audio. There’s nearly 4 hours of content to go over + an oopsie blooper somewhere in the latter half of the episode…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yolJjkRykoo
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro (Troubles getting the recording scheduled, little bit of banter)
07:10 First season of Pyro & talking old UGC maps (UGC Season 9 - Cuties, grinding and reminiscing about UGC and the maps Haunt, CP maps like Croissant, Barnblitz, etc.)
17:00 UGC All Stars and How Big it was Back Then
21:06 Talking about the amount of team participation in UGC back then
22:44 Perception of Now vs. Then - How UGC was back THEN in terms of the community vs. Now with RGL (Community size, ambitions, developing the meta and map pools, levels of teams vs. back then, Weapon Whitelists etc.)
39:20 UGC Season 10 - 12 Gold Times with Cuties, nominated to All Stars, but failing to go farther than playoffs (Falling short, team and individual philosophies to playing TF2)
50:05 UGC Platinum Debut in Season 13 with Runaway 5 (roster discussion, pitfalls of UGC scheduling resulting in their record, the strength of UGC Platinum at the time)
52:00 Sub-topic: Cheating controversies at the time with m4risa and Axiomatic going schizo calling out cheaters, UGC vs. RGL with harassment and AC
56:00 Casting back then and the community driving out aspiring casters for not being qualified in TF2 experience
1:04:00 Discussing the VOD on screen (eBm vs. r5 Preseason scrim), Degreaser nerf, random stuff
1:07:00 Last final season of Plat UGC S17 with Ban Paals, roster discussion, Yipayapper, and taking a break between then
1:09:20 Regrets about not maining for Kids Next Door Season 14 and discussion about Kids Next Door, random mention about Blunderful
1:16:55 Random cups participated in, discussing the controversy of Team USA in the Nations Cup
1:20:05 Discussing players that defined the meta of their class (eventually evolves into random throwbacking about random UGC names)
1:32:15 The nuances of playing Pyro and the various playstyles a pyro can have
1:45:50 Integrating new maps into a constricted map pool for Highlander, the shortcomings of Eruption, discussing Proot, Borneo, Cascade other maps
1:52:20 Nostalgic map discussion
1:57:20 Owen season (Chill penguins)
2:02:20 Order of the White Lotus
2:06:33 The rise and collapse of Season 7 Cuties (In-depth discussion about how they fell apart in playoffs, how Memento Mori got incredibly good,m etc.)
2:21:30 Fat Peter, RGL Season 8 (trying to pick up the pieces of the season 7 collapse, Man Crush Monday switching up their roster in Playoffs to beat Fat Peter)
2:27:00 The Fog, RGL Season 12 (side topic: how good of a medic Toy is)
2:31:56 Phish’s reputation precedes him (discussion about Phish)
2:36:00 Season 14 and Season 15 Fast Fourth (how hard it was to play against Dimento/Jacob in these Grand Finals)
2:49:05 Third Time’s the Charm: Season 16 Witness Gaming and breaking the curse (pretty much talking solely grand finals, mainly Steel and Asheville)
3:35:30 Completing the pinnacle of her career: thoughts on winning Grand Finals
3:39:42 How does Melon view the rest of her career?
3:47:27 Closing Thoughts, monologues about specific players that impacted her throughout her career + closing line from Melon
2:02:20 Order of the White Lotus
2:06:33 The rise and collapse of Season 7 Cuties (In-depth discussion about how they fell apart in playoffs, how Memento Mori got incredibly good,m etc.)
2:21:30 Fat Peter, RGL Season 8 (trying to pick up the pieces of the season 7 collapse, Man Crush Monday switching up their roster in Playoffs to beat Fat Peter)
2:27:00 The Fog, RGL Season 11 (side topic: how good of a medic Toy is)
2:31:56 Phish’s reputation precedes him (discussion about Phish)
2:36:00 Season 14 and Season 15 Fast Fourth (how hard it was to play against Dimento/Jacob in these Grand Finals)
2:49:05 Third Time’s the Charm: Season 16 Witness Gaming and breaking the curse (pretty much talking solely grand finals, mainly Steel and Asheville)
3:35:30 Completing the pinnacle of her career: thoughts on winning Grand Finals
3:39:42 How does Melon view the rest of her career?
3:47:27 Closing Thoughts, monologues about specific players that impacted her throughout her career + closing line from Melon
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