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The Great March Debate feat. Flats, Samito & Fareeha Mar 25, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:20 Current Feelings of Overwatch 2, Six Months In 23:35 Stacking... Again! 36:07 Staleness & The Downside of Years of Overwatch History 48:50 Expanding Overwatch Beyond Ranked 1:06:30 News On Microsoft Acquisition 1:24:34 The OWL x Contenders Pro AM 1:42:14 Concluding Thoughts & Looking To Season 4

The Great Console Debate feat. Samito, BroYouWack, Hcpeful & Worth Mar 11, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 05:40 Should Aim Assisted Crossplay Be In Competitive? 58:40 Ximmers Ruining Console? 1:07:10 Console Specific Problems 1:23:20 Console Balance 1:30:00 Console Competitive Opportunities 1:54:12 Concluding Thoughts

The Great Hero Ban Debate feat. Jake, Custa, Reinforce & Freedo Feb 25, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions & Opening Stances 09:17 Can Hero Bans Solve Balance Issues? 16:30 Hero Bans in OWL 1:13:00 Each Member's Idea for OWL Hero Bans 1:46:30 Hero Bans in Ranked 2:55:45 Concluding Thoughts

The Great February Debate feat. Flats, Freedo & Samito Feb 18, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introduction & Season 3 Opening Thoughts 17:10 Mercy Changes 36:30 Discord Orb Needs A Rework? 1:08:40 Tank Carry vs Support Diff 1:24:40 Matchmaking & 'SR Inflation' 2:04:30 Activision Working From Home Policy 2:34:50 Loverwatch & One Punch Man Collaboration 2:50:54 Concluding Thoughts & Rest of Season 3

The Great Smurf Debate feat. Awkward, Spilo & ioStux Feb 11, 2023

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Check out SVB's second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SVB-Side Catch SVB streaming Overwatch 2 & other games live on https://www.twitch.tv/svb_ The best way to support my content: https://www.patreon.com/svb ioStux's Twitter: https://twitter.com/iostux | Discord: https://discord.com/invite/YBzfqMT | Website: https://www.iostux.com/ Spilo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coach_Spilo | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Spilo | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stormcrowproductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/OW_SVB. Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@owsvb Discord server: https://discord.gg/dEF993S9SA. Join me! Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OWSVB/shop?asc=u Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/svbs-store Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:43 Smurfing & The Ethics of Unranked To GMs 51:20 New Comp System & Matchmaking 1:03:22 Ego & Mentality Needed for Improving 1:23:27 Shift To OW2 1:37:25 Hero Reworks 1:54:20 Balancing 2:14:00 Game Dev Resources & Design Philosophy 2:31:10 Concluding Thoughts

The Monetisation Debate feat. BLIZZARD DEVELOPERS Feb 01, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 02:58 Dev Feelings on Box Model to F2P Model 5:42 Why Are Skins So Expensive? 10:12 How Long Do Skins Take To Make? 11:20 Why Do Old Skins Cost As Much As New Skins? 14:04 Changes To Reward Systems 18:24 Why No Premium Currency in the BP? 27:45 Why Are Heroes In the BP? 31:15 How Will S3 Work With No New Hero? 38:25 How Much Do The Devs Play The Game? 45:00 How Much Dev Resource Goes to PvE versus PvP? 47:50 When Can We Expect PvE & At What Frequency? 52:20 How Devs Plan to Communicate in the Future? 56:50 What Is The Best Way For Community To Feedback? 59:55 Overwatch Not Being Operational In China 1:00:55 Workshop Returns Confirmed 1:02:11 Experimental Card Returning? 1:02:40 What Do Jon & Jared Want The Community To Know? 1:07:00 Pet The Dog

The Great January Debate feat. Flats, AVRL & Samito Jan 28, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 02:24 Overwatch No Longer Available In China 13:02 Activision's Management 32:11 Aaron's Developer Update 45:30 Patch Frequency 53:25 Casual Game & Top Down Balance 1:39:00 One Shots 1:49:00 5v5 vs 6v6 1:52:14 The Forgotten Heroes of OW2 2:08:45 Live Service Era of Gaming 2:13:15 Season 3 Coming Soon 2:30:40 Quickfire Questions & Conclusions

The Delete Roadhog & Mercy Debate feat. Skiesti, EeveeA & UnsaltedSalt Jan 17, 2023

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Skiesti's links: Skiesti's links: https://linktr.ee/Skiesti EeveeA's links: https://linktr.ee/EeveeA UnsaltedSalt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Unsaltedsalt__ | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/unsaltedsalt Timestamps 0:00 Introductions & Opening Thoughts 4:30 Reworking Mercy's Blue Beam? 43:30 Does Ressurect Need To Go? Plus General Mercy Discussions 1:28:08 Hog Hook Rework - Healthy or Unhealthy for the Game? 1:44:07 "Hog's Hook Is The Most Fair Oneshot in the Game" 1:54:05 Is Kiriko The REAL Problem? 1:59:40 Should New Hero Abilities Have Stricter Limits? 2:14:45 Does Balance Need to Be More Proactive? 2:34:20 Chat Questions & Concluding Thoughts

The Great 2023 Debate feat. Kragie, Reinforce & Custa Jan 07, 2023

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Guest Socials: Reinforce's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reinforce | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/reinforce Custa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Custa | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/custa | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Custa Kragie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kragie | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kragiee | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kragieow/ Timestamps 0:00 General Feelings on OW2 7:00 Ranked & The Lack of Motivation To Grind 41:37 Balance Is Wrong, "I Miss Geoff Goodman" 1:10:50 PVE Extras So Far 1:21:35 Monetisation & Going Forwards 1:41:23 PVE In 2023 2:00:40 PVE Monetisation 2:11:00 Microsoft Acquisition 2:19:45 Quick Fire Questions - Ranked Changes? 2:35:20 Quick Fire Questions - Toxicity In OW2 2:38:20 Quick Fire Questions - PVP With Skill Trees? 2:39:15 Concluding Thoughts

The Great 2022 Debate feat. Samito, Flats & Bogur Jan 04, 2023

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Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:45 General Thoughts on 2022 For Overwatch 07:00 Do The Guests Regret Sticking With OW Through This Time? 20:00 Reflecting on the Optisim of Early 2022 & Twitter-gate 32:13 Do You Miss OW1 At All? 1:04:20 Lootboxes & Monetisation 1:34:12 Betas 1 & 2 1:36:20 October 2022 Onwards 1:44:00 Concluding Thoughts

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