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The Instance: Deep Dives for Gamers

480 - The Instance: So Competative

The Instance: Deep Dives for Gamers

Scott Johnson

Leisure, Video Games

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

A special episode where Scott and Patrick look at the future of Blizzard's "competition in every game" plans, and how that might affect players like you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, you splurvy robins in here. Now all you dessert devo teas will know there's nothing better than tucking into a tub full of Ben and Jerry's.

0:06.5

But what I didn't know until recently is that they've only gone and taken it to the next level and created an ice cream sundae experience in a tub.

0:13.8

They've got some of the chunky, as swirly as flavours, but the new sundae's range has an awesome whipped ice cream topping that's covered in gooey sauce and chocolatey chunks.

0:22.1

Mmm, I'm really loving the new Dolcey Delicious Chocolate Cheesecake.

0:25.4

Mmm, mmm, oh man, you've got to try this.

0:28.4

Available now.

0:29.6

Today's episode of The Instance is brought to you by Doghouse Systems at DoghouseSystems.com where you can use the code frogpantsitcheckout and receive a 240GB SSD drive to your system.

0:41.8

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0:49.4

Hey guys, before we get rolling here, I just wanted to throw in real quick and let you guys know the following program is a little bit different.

0:55.3

Kind of like, you know, last week was a lore show with Terpster. This week is a conversation about game design, Blizzard's future, and the world of competitive play, which seems to be where they're putting all of their...

1:07.3

All of the Blizzard eggs seem to be in the competitive play basket ranging from Overwatch to Heroes to hear Earth Stone and even, you know, World of Warcraft PvP.

1:18.4

And we want to discuss that at length, and so we did.

1:21.4

It's me and its Patrick talking about those things. If you're looking for the latest patch notes for 7-3 or whatever, this will not be the episode for that.

1:28.4

We'll be back with a normal round table sort of panel next week, but for this week, enjoy this. We had a really good time talking.

1:35.2

Always fun to talk about them more. I don't know, thought-provoking questions surrounding Blizzard and its games, and we do that right here.

1:42.4

So, tuck in, enjoy. Thanks.

1:47.4

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the instance. This is a very special episode of The Instance with me, Scott Johnson, and him, Patrick Bejah, hello Patrick.

2:14.4

Hey, is that a feast of- no, not feast of Wintervale. Winter, Wonderland, from Overwatch in my honor?

2:21.1

Incorrect. It is the Overwatch Tracer Heroes of the Storm Combined Theme.

2:27.0

So you got a little bit of- you got a little Heroes in there, you got a little Overwatch in there.

2:31.8

Let's do that thing, let's listen.

2:35.8

See, this part's more Heroes.

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