Episode 95: No, Speed, You Must Not Race in This Race, This Race is Much Too Dangerous! [Super Mario Kart]

Man, Payday 2 is an awesome game.  Oh.  The episode?  Well, come on a super racing adventure that lacks the most iconic item of the franchise!  That's right, we're doing Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, the game that had no podracers!  Not buying it?  Fine, it's Mario Kart.  It made our collective eye bits hurt.



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Show Notes

(00:10) For those who didn't get the title reference.

(01:30) Flintstones!  We discuss some movie ideas.

(06:00) Old Hitler is an actual shark.

(07:30) That hentai-ish game we mentioned is Nekopara.  Tell us how it is if you played it.

(11:00) Civ 5, guys!  We know you've all been playing it forever, but it's fun!  The AI's logic is a bit confusing at times, though.

(16:30) Mario Kart's DLC, while a bit pricey, is fun.  The track for this game is pretty great.

(23:00) Payday 2's Overkill Software let Lion Game Lion develop their new DLCs.

(29:00) Zach's tale of Microsoft not being a bag of suck for once.

(38:00) Indonesia has a word for a third gender that roughly translates to "lady boy".

(43:00) That Getter Robo sure is a combining robot of some sort.  Also, Geremy has so much stuff going that he's now got a gaming schedule.

(46:00) Bravely Default, you're such a Dracula.

(50:00) Our discussion about Mario Kart!

Next time on Last Time, Star Wars: Dark Forces!  Set your blasters to brain drain.

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Episode 94: Giant Cave Robots [Bonk's Adventure]

While no robots were harmed in the making of this game, lots of dinosaurs were - with the power of the mind! Specifically, the power to locomote one's head at high speeds into said dinosaurs. It's a useful ability to have, especially after having consumed DELICIOUS MEAT, a force so powerful, the earth trembles under your mighty cranium!



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Show Notes

(06:20) King Arthur?  It's a game?

(10:30) Kinda wrong about the Santa color thing; turns out he was already red n' white for at least 20 years before Coke.

(16:30) Tabula Rasa is pretty tough.  One random guy on Steam makes a good point about it, though.

(19:00) Gnome Chompski, the worst escort mission.

(21:30) Transistor is pretty cool.  Dust was a fun Metroidvania!

(23:00) Who attacks a furry convention?!

(28:00) We played Speed Runners.  It's fun, guys.  Fantasy Life, not so much.

(32:00) Katie Tiedrich comments on Bravely Default in the blog post.

(41:00) Super Robot Wars Z3: the mech game with EVERYONE.

(46:00) Bonk!


Next time on Last Time, Super Mario Kart!  Prepare to clean up the blood from your mangled eyes.

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Fantasy LCS Spring 2015 Draft Guide

Hello everyone! The LCS is starting again later this week, and once again we're going to try and do a Fantasy LCS league. We'll probably be Drafting Monday January 19. If you want to join us, please send an Email to Geremy@Lasttimeonvideogames.com if you want to join us! Since Tyler and Ed don't watch League but are being forced to participate, I've put together this handy draft guide. I won't go as much into detail since there are 20 more players than last season and I had trouble talking about them even then. Instead, for each role I'm going to divide the players into five categories: Good, Risky, Average, Poor, and Unknown. After each category, I'll offer a little commentary on the players within.

Players in each category will be listed in order from who I think is best in the category to worst. Good players are some of the best, and should be highly considered. Risky players have upside, potentially a lot, but also have problems that could result in them getting very few points. They're not as strong as good players, but you might consider picking them up once none are left. Average players are just that, average, and can round out your roster. Poor players should probably be avoided unless no one is left. Finally unknown players are either new to the league, or I simply havn't seen enough of them to judge. So with that said, lets get started.  

Top Lane
Good

• Freddy112
• Balls
• Dyrus 
• Impact

Top Lane has never been especially strong in NA, but Balls has been at the top pretty much since he entered.  Dyrus has always been right behind him, never looking flashing, but always making the plays that count.  Impact is a former world champion Top Laner.  A year ago he could trash anyone in NA.  He's been falling off a bit lately, and he's on one of the weaker teams in NA, but that might just mean he ends up with more of his teams points.  Freddy is the best Top Laner in Europe, where there's less talent in top lane overall, which is why he's at the top of the list.

Risky

• Zion Spartan
• CaboChard
• Overpow
• Gamsu
• CaliTrolz8

Zion Spartan has been right on the edge of being a good top laner for a long time now.  He's on his best team yet in CLG, but they've never given their top laners much love.  He also can't play the first week, so he might fall lower in the draft, and would be a good pick up late.  CaboChard has been very impressive in the games he's played so far, but he hasn't had any top tier competition yet.  Overpow was a journeyman mid laner, but he had a very wide champion pool, which is a boon for top laners in the current meta.  Gamsu has only been in 5 games so far, but he looks like a shining light for his team.  CaliTrolz is known for aggressive and strange picks, he'll either take the LCS by storm, or be a total dud.

Average

• Quas
• Wickd
• YoungBuck
• Mimer

Quas and Wickd both stand out above the other two here, nearly making it into the 'Good' category, but neither quite made the cut.

Poor

• Cris
• Hauntzer

Cris is on top here mostly because I've seen more of him.  Neither is terrible, but there are a lot of better choices, you should probably risk an unknown over either of them.

Unknown

• Avalon
• Huni
• Jorge
• Odoamne
• Visicaci

Of these, Visicaci stands out as the best to take a risk on, folowed by Odoamne. Avalon should probably be avoided.

Jungle
Good

• Meteos
• Jankos
• Svenskaren
• Imapler

Meteos is by far the best Jungler in NA, a region that's rather Jungle starved. Jankos is probably the best in Europe, where there's a little more talent. Svenskaren isn't nearly as good as either, but his style leads to a lot of points and he's on a strong team. Impaler ranks among the best, but his team is weak, so he's by far the riskiest of the picks here.

Risky

• Shook
• Diamond
• Horo
• Xmithie
• Airwaks
• Kikis 

There are a lot of potentially risky junglers. Shook is one of the most inconsistant players in the game, having both games where he defeats the other team practically by himself, and games where he has no impact at all. He has a very solid team however, which puts him on top. Diamond is a legendary jungler, who slumped hard in Season 4. He looks to be back on form ,but he hasn't faced any really strong competition yet. Horo was a decent Korean Jungler on a poor team, who's moved to a weaker region, but comunication issues still might hold him back. Xmithie was close to Meteos in season 3, but fell off hard in season 4. We'll see if he can get back to where he was with his new team. Airwaks is a mediocre player, but for some reason his fantasy stats end up being really good, even when is play isn't. Last but not least, Kikis is an interesting Jungler. He has a wide range of champions, and is very willing to pull out weird things. However, while he's done well for himself, his one match against strong competition was very poor, so we'll see if he's worth taking or not.
Average

• IWDominate
• Crumbz
• Saint Vicious

IWDominate nearly made the good list, as I continually underestimate him, but Average looked lonely with just two names so I moved him down. Crumbz is a journeyman jungler, but he's been struggling of late. Saint Vicious is on a mediocre team, but he's always been pretty decent.
Poor

• Helios
• Porpoise

Both of these junglers are here more because of their team than their play, but neither is great.

Unknown

• Santoran
• Rush
• Reignover
• F3rederic
• Loulex

Santoran is on TSM, and could end up being amazing, but his first game was terrible, and we just don't know.  It might have been better to put him in the risky category, but that was so crowded I moved him down here.

Mid

Good

• Froggen
• Bejergsen
• Hai
• XiaoWeiXiao

Froggen is the best mid player in Europe, and his competition seems less experienced this year.  Bejergsen is the best in NA, he doesn't always dominate, but he's very strong.  XiaoWeiXiao is a stronger player than Hai, but Hai has a much better team.

Risky

• Nukeduck
• Power of Evil
• Ryu
• Keane

Nukeduck was an incredible player in 2013, but was banned for the 2014 season.  His team seems to be built around him now, so if he's up to his old level he'll be a great pick.  Power of Evil looks very strong, having trashed Alex Ich and Bejergsen, both incredible mid laners.  However, he beat Alex when he was in a slump, and Bejergsen may have been a fluke.  Ryu was once the only mid laner that could stand up to Faker, the best player in the world, but he's fallen a long way, and I'd bet against him.  Keane has destroyed everyone in his way so far, but he hasn't played anyone great yet.

Average

• Link
• Shophtur
• Niq
• Pobelter

With the exception of Niq, all these players have an occasional incredible game, a lot of average games and a few terrible ones.  Getting them on the right day could win you a week, but its impossible to predict when that would be.  Niq is simply an average midlaner, which is why he's here.

Poor

• Jesiz
• Cowtard

Both Jesiz and Cowtard are passive mid laners who rarely do anything flashy.  Cowtard is a bit more volitile, likely to have great games from time to time, but he has far more terrible ones.


Unknown

• Fenix
• Slooshi8
• Febiven
• XPePii
• Kori
• Fox

Fenix is on the best team of all these unknowns, and therefore probably the safest. Fox seems like he's a bit above the others two, but I'm not sure about any of them.

ADC

Good

• Rekkles
• Sneaky
• Doublelift
• Piglet

Rekkles is by far the best ADC in Europe, and the way he plays is conducive to getting a lot of fantasy points. Sneaky is the best in NA, but he isn't always the flashiest player on the team. Doublelift on the other hand is, and while he's not as good as Sneaky, he might nab more fantasy points. Piglet is a former world champion ADC, however he's publicly complained about lacking confidence in his new team, so even though he may end up being the best in NA now, he seems the riskiest of the really good players.

Risky

• Forg1ven
• P1noy
• Altec
• MapleStreet8

None of these players are proven, but they all have very aggressive styles and will have games where they single handedly carry the game. MapleStreet sits far below the others in my opinion, because his team is the weakest. However, that might mean in games where they do well, they'll rely on him and he'll get a lot of points.

Average

• Wild Turtle
• Cop
• Freeze
• Mr. Rallez
• Vardags

Turtle could have been in the good category, but he's really fallen off lately. He's definitely a step above the others. Cop and Freeze are at similar skill levels, just in different regions, and they're a step above the other two here, but any of them could do alright.

Poor

• Mash
• Woolite
• Core JJ
• Apollo

Core JJ might be better than I have him rated here, but the games he's played so far havn't looked good, and he doesn't have a very good support either. All of them should be avoided if possible anyway.

Unknown

• Steelback 
• Adryh
•  Hjarnan

I've never seen any of these guys play, so your guess is as good as mine. Given the teams they play for, I'd probably take one of the Poor choices over these guys.

Support

Good

• Aphromoo
• Xpecial
• VandeR

Aphromoo is a good support and plays with Doublelift, so he should get quite a few points.  Xpecial is good too, and plays with Piglet, see my comments on him if you want to know why he's not on top.  VandeR is a great support, but plays with a poor ADC.  He always has and still does well, but it puts him below the others.

Risky

• Bunny Fuufu
• Yellowstar

Bunny is an aggressive support who makes occasional great plays, but he'll need to improve a bit to be really good.  Yellowstar is one of the best supports in the west, but his entire team has collapsed around him and I don't see how he can score well despite his skill.

Average

• Nyph
• Lemon Nation
• Lust Boy
• NRated
• EDWard
• Unlimited 
• Hyilisaang

Its hard to score points as a support, so a lot of them fall into the average category. I've listed them here based mostly on the quality of the ADC they play with.

Poor

• Sheep
• Voidle
• KiwiKid

Voidle has done well on better teams than his current one, but he's never been a star. Sheep might be average on a good day. KiwiKid is bad, playing with a worst ADC than last year, and he tends to die a lot, which is bad for fantasy.

Unknown

• Adrian
• Rydle
• Nisbeth
• Imagine

As with the ADCs, I've never seen any of these guys play. Most of them are probably better than KiwiKid. Dodo8's name is suspiciously similar to the legendarily terrible Chinsese player Dada7, so if you're superstitious don't pick him. Also, Imagine won't be playing until at least week 2.

Teams

Good

• Cloud 9
• Elements

It shows how much worse I think teams in both regions got that I only put two teams here, but they're the only teams I really trust in.  Both are going to do really well in the early parts of the season, and both have very good chances of winning the splits overall.

Risky

• Team Liquid
• Team Solomid
• ROCCAT
• Gambit
• Unicorns of Love

Liquid probably deserves to be in the good category, but their Mid Laner is untested, and their ADC has expressed dissatisfaction with his team, which could spell disaster.  Putting TSM here hurts, but Wild Turtle is falling off, Santoran is untested, and their most recent games looked awful.  ROCCAT is a team on the rise, its impressively built, and looks great on paper, but its untested.  Gambit has been playing great recently, but they havn't played any good teams, and did very poorly in 2014.  Unicorns of Love have a great name, and are a lot of fun to watch, but we havn't seen them play anyone they'll be competing again, they could be great or bust completely.

Average

• SK Gaming
• Counter Logic Gaming
• Meet Your Makers

SK made some good moves in the off season, but feel untested to me.  They're probably better than a few of the Risky teams, and a much safer pick.  CLG has been on the decline for a long time.  I'm willing to bank on them digging in over 2015, but I don't think they'll pick things back up and be great again.  MYM are a middle of the pack team, we havn't seen them play in about 6 months now so its hard to say too much about them.

Poor

• Dignitas
• Team Impulse
• Copenhagen Wolves
• Winterfox
• Fnatic

Dig might be more average than poor, but they looked really bad at their most recent tornament.  Two of their players are still learning English and they're a new team, so there's room for growth, but they've looked bad so far.  Impulse has two very strong players, and three unknowns, so perhaps Risky or unknown is a better place for them, but my gut says they're going to crash and burn.  Fnatic has four new players, so perhaps unknown is better for them, but again, my gut says they go there.

Unknown

• Team 8
• Gravity
• Team Coast
• H2k Gaming
• GIANTs

I've seen a little of all these teams, but don't rally have a sense of them.  I listed them in order from best to worst, like all these lists, but they're probably worse than all the poor teams except Fnatic.

Episode 93: Junk Shot [Mario Tennis]

Amazing Power Serve!  Spike Return!  Spinning Backhand!  Sadly, Peach doesn't yell out tennis attack names in this game, but it's still pretty amusing; you can substitute your own names and annoy your friends with them anyway.  Join us and find out how to volley!



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Show Notes

(06:20) Ultimate Marvel is finally dying.

(10:30) Future Tactics is pretty cool.

(17:00) League tales.

(28:00) DBZ Tennis!  Mario Tennis sadly lack some of the zaniness other Mario sports games like.  Also, just listen to Waluigi's voice.

(39:00) Geremy's experience with the Rift.


Next time on Last Time, Bonk's Adventure!

Bonk!  Bonk!

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Episode 92: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Radscorpion [Fallout]

Get your power armor ready and pop some Rad-X, because we're exploring a post-nuclear wasteland at the start of a pretty cool series that doesn't afraid of rad scorpions.



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Show Notes

(05:00) Glorious Japerica!

(09:00) For those who don't remember the law.

(10:45) Tyler couldn't remember who the hell this guy was.  Kevin?

(15:00) Smogon's got a new tier!  For the record, Mega Beedrill looks awesome.

(19:00) He went outside the country to be even more awesome: Gary Oak, Pokeprodigy.

(28:00) Best Sm4sh character metrics include "How much does getting hit by this one sound like a truck?".

(30:00) Gihren's Greed continues to sound amazing.  The Penelope looks super impractical.

(40:00) Drunken Robot Pornography is as awesome as the name sounds.

(42:00) American traditions: brought to you by disproportionate numbers of children.

(50:30) Cut scene faces!


Next time on Last Time, Mario Tennis!

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