The Dart Jam
By The Dart Jam
The Dart JamAug 19, 2022
Dart Jam 18: Friends, Foes, Foam | Nerf in the 'Pro Era'(ft. King of Games and Flankmaster)
In preparation for Maryland Foam Tournament 2024 this Friday, Boomstick Mods (Neal), Nathani (Nate), and Spud Spudoni invite on King of Games (Cail) and Flankmaster (Jesse) who are the two team captains of Nebula and Magic Smoke respectively, to talk about how they prepare for competitive nerf tournament play, how to build team strategy, blaster builds, team cohesiveness, and a bit of their takes on the growth of the format / trials and tribulations of recording and promoting competitive nerf events.
Make sure to watch teams Magic Smoke and Nebula / Nebula International compete at the Maryland Foam Tournament on the 19th compete for a podium spot!
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If you want to know more about our two guests, you can find their socials:
King of Games (Cail):
YT - https://www.youtube.com/@kingofgames234
Instagram / TikTok- @kingofgames951
Nebula Instagram - @nebulateamofficial
Flankmaster (Jesse):
YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFvh-Fc-eIp1gGNBokFPUKw
Instagram - @justplanefuncosplay
Magic Smoke Instagram - @magic.smoke.nerf
HOSTS:
Boomstick Mods (Neal)
YT - https://www.youtube.com/@Boomstickmods
Instagram - @boomstick_Mods
Nathani (Nate)
Instagram - @ennes_arms
Spud Spudoni
YT / Etsy - https://linktr.ee/spudspudoni
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Dart Jam 17: Welcome to the Club
Boomstick Mods, Nathani, and Spud Spudoni host this episode, covering the ins-and-outs of running nerf events and creating nerf clubs from the modern era to the early 2010's.
Additional information and guides on running and hosting events/clubs:
- Meaker VI's 'NERF War Global Rules & Gametypes' - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f0IOQJlIBmAiDRSz6qMDxYOU7C15xCa8bW-2G66FAaI/edit#slide=id.p
- The Gamemoderepository Website - https://gamemoderepository.wixsite.com/dart/nerf-war-rules-printable
This episode's topic idea was provided by one of our listeners! If you would like to recommend a topic that hasn't been covered yet, you can comment on the podcast episode's Q&A or DM The Dart Jam Podcast on Facebook or dart_jam_podcast on Instagram!
Dart Jam 16: Design with Domo (ft. Domochevsky)
We bring in guest host Domochevsky for an episode with hosts Spud Spudoni and Nathani, to discuss how Domo got into the hobby, what his workflow is like for designing blasters, and other thoughts on producing and selling creative work in this hobby.
Dart Jam 14: What Makes a Good HvZ? (ft. Buffdaddy)
This episode, recently pulled out of the WIP vault, is all about the intricacies of running a Humans Vs Zombies Event, differences on setting, good players and gamemodes, and much more. Boomstick Mods, Spud Spudoni, and Nathani while collectively have a lot of experiences with HvZ events, brought in our HvZ expert, Buffdaddy of Blaster Hub to give us his insight.
Dart Jam 15: Endwar/Foam-Con/FPT 2023 Recap (ft. DartSweep)
For this year's 2023 Endwar weekend, Spud Spudoni was the only member of our podcasting team to attend. To help fill out the experience, friend of the podcast DartSweep joins us to talk about his experiences as well, with Boomstick Mods and Nathani around to listen in and ask questions about their experiences. This is our longest episode yet, and is full of great content and conversation!
Dart Jam 13: Who Reviews the Reviewers?
For episode 13, Boomstick Mods, Nathani, and Spud Spudoni ask questions and ponder ideas on how reviews are made, how they affect their viewership / nerf community, and how information is spread on hobby related topics. This is a deeper open ended discussion that has a lot of interesting points.
Dart Jam 12: Darts of Future Past
Nathani, Boomstick Mods, and Spud Spudoni enter The Meakerverse of Madness, reflect on relatively recent events, ponder past peculiar pleasantries, and attempt to ascertain advancements in our abilities in 2022, all while trying to translate Meaker's off recording shenanigans to get into our thoughts and predictions for 2023.
Dart Jam 11: Debating Shell Fed Blasters
Dart Jam 10: Gameplay Footage Discussion (feat. Beret)
Dart Jam 9: Nerf House of Horror 2022
Join us at the fire for some tales and scares. Featuring stories from Boomstick Mods, Spud Spudoni, Archer, Hank The Tank, and Atean Armory. Happy Halloween foam flingers.
Dart Jam 8: EndWar Recap
The final part in our 3 part series covering the entire Endwar event schedule. Covering Endwar itself, Spud Spudoni and Boomstick cover each mission, with Sillybutts coming in later for the final few mission recaps. We cover event critiquing, playing as both humans and zombies, each mission breakdown, player attitudes and atmosphere, and plenty other moments.
Dart Jam 7: Foam Con Recap
Part 2 of 3 in our recap series for Endwar and all of the events surrounding it. This episode, we have Boomstick, Spud, Nathani, and Sillybutts back on to talk about the convention floor on the day, recap the stalls present, what it was like to run a booth, and our overall consensus on the event.
Dart Jam 6: Dart Zone Foam Pro Tour Deep Dive
Dart Jam 5: The Power of Propulsion
Here comes another episode, with Meaker, Brandon Diaz, Boomstick Mods, Nathani, and Spud Spudoni, regarding different propulsion methods of blasters within the community. A wide range from stringers, air tanks, spring powered, flywheels, and plenty of other propulsion methods.
Dart Jam 4: Building to FPS and its Distinctions
After a slight gap in scheduling, this month, Boomstick Mods, Nathani, Steampuke, and Spud Spudoni get into a comprehensive deep dive into the various FPS (Feet Per Second) ranges by choosing to analyze the different use cases, builds, and play patterns within the FPS groups of 100, 120/130, 150, 200, 250, 300, 500.
Dart Jam 3: The Great Shield Debate
Dart Jam 2: Dart History and Theorizing
This month's episode, with the help of Brandon, Boomstick, Nathani, Spud, Sillybutts, and newcomer Steampuke, revolves around the history of Nerf ammo types through the years, the history of ammo types within the NIC, and theories on where current ammo types can go in the next few years and their availability over that time.
Dart Jam 1: Introductions and Copycat Design Discussion
Welcome to the first episode of The Dart Jam Podcast, discussing anything and everything around the Nerf hobby and maker-space within it. This week's hosts consisting of Boomstick Mods, Brandon Diaz, Meaker VI, Nathani, Sillybutts, and Spud Spudoni open with a quick introduction of themselves and what Nerf related content they've been up to over the past week. Then the group gets into a serious discussion on the recent trend of so called "copycat blasters", what qualifies as IP theft or not, where we stand on the issue, and how blasters produced in the east effect our hobby space.
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