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By Rio & Merf

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Riol TalkAug 14, 2022

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Episode 56

Episode 56

We start round 39 with coverage of the opening salvos of all the FA madness. This week we are joined by Dave as my co-host, while Soup & Chunk are the esteemed guests. We discuss all the highlights of the first week.

Mar 24, 202401:00:36
Rush Hour #14

Rush Hour #14

Rush and AgFx are joined by the Round 38 Rush Rankings winner to discuss all things rankings, draft round, blops changes, and other random nonsense. And of course the award ceremony has a new crappy jingle.

Mar 11, 202401:55:55
Draft Special #3

Draft Special #3

Puts a cigarette on his lips, lights a lighter, stops just before lighting the cigarette. Looks at audience, “What?”


Oh, right the pod. Here it is in all its glory!

Mar 03, 202401:55:46
Episode 55

Episode 55

In the round 38 finale we are joined by Mris, Fett, and Faith to discuss their nuances and realm's perspectives on how the round developed. What can I say? Sometimes you gotta keep it 100! Hope you all enjoy this end of round discussion.

Feb 29, 202401:13:22
Rush Hour #13

Rush Hour #13

This week Rush and stand-in co-host Merf are joined by SlyD to discuss realm #11's 100% chance to win, and we unveil the first round picks of the draft.

Feb 26, 202401:07:26
Episode 54

Episode 54

Isn't 5:4 fun? We are joined this week by our draft correspondent Dave, and our certainly going in the first round guest Chunk. We also have Rio who may or may not be the spirit in realm 8. (Zooj's spirit guide if you will)

Feb 18, 202458:11
Rush Hour #12

Rush Hour #12

Rush and AgFx are joined by... Rush. And Lud! Other Rush gives us insight into the madness around the Gnomish Mining Machine, Lud shares his simming secrets, and all join to discuss the current round and the current blops meta.

Feb 11, 202457:06
Episode 53

Episode 53

This week we have a special guest with some special announcement, we are also joined by B & Davethegoliath to discuss how their fast attacking experience was.

Feb 03, 202401:08:41
Rush Hour #11

Rush Hour #11

Rush and AgFx (who has a cold...) are joined by Noren and mcgeeal to talk about the new blops, the new player experience, and the effect of all the changes on the round.

Jan 29, 202454:35
Episode 52

Episode 52

We kick off round 38 with a banger as we welcome our knight in shining armour Rio back into the fold. This week we are joined by Dave & Rush as we discuss an exciting first week of the round.

Jan 20, 202401:08:15
Episode 51

Episode 51

Me and ol' Dave go into the round win story from realm 13. Its a deep dive, and we try to cover as many details of their strategy and overall win as possible. We are joined by Yams & Playtoi for this round ending pod.

Dec 14, 202302:07:34
Rush Hour #10

Rush Hour #10

Awards time! Rush and AgFx are joined by the Lord of Chaos himself, Cronel and we talk through the upcoming blops changes, the Rio and Rush rankings, and hand out some awards. And what's that? Original award music? Time travel? We got it all folks!


Dec 13, 202301:25:42
Rush Hour #9

Rush Hour #9

This episode Rush and AgFx are joined by Saccora to talk blops, classic Dominion - and America's Most Wanted comic book thief.

Dec 05, 202301:05:51
Episode 50

Episode 50

In our 50th episode we talk about the end game here for the round (spoiler alert the halfer wins). Chunk joins us for a riveting discussion on how his strategy played out this round. Also who in their right mind buys imported dog food from Italy? Crazy stuff ahead.

Nov 26, 202301:13:57
Rush Hour #8

Rush Hour #8

What's that, another special episode?! This time Rush and AgFx are joined by InternetFett to discuss the RESULTS of the player engagement survey. ....and right at the beginning Fett casually announces a MASSIVE new feature that's ready to go!

Nov 15, 202301:30:20
Rush Hour #7

Rush Hour #7

In this special episide, Rush and AgFx are joined by Wurstmeyer to discuss all things fireballs, plus the new community survey.

Nov 14, 202301:39:28
Episode 49

Episode 49

This week we are joined by Damdred and Sly D. We discuss a wide range of topics from nuts to wonders. Yes state nuts are a thing, and no Utah doesn't have one.

Nov 11, 202301:19:02
Rush Hour #6

Rush Hour #6

This episode Rush and AgFx are joined by Swamp Fox to discuss wars, abandons, fireballs, forest havens - and Merf's favourite wonder.

Nov 03, 202354:25
Episode 48

Episode 48

This epic tale of Gilgamesh kicks off round 37. Many guests. Many hours. Trick or Treat? I'd wager you'll take it as a treat.

Oct 28, 202302:58:45
Rush Hour #5

Rush Hour #5

In this end-of-round pod Rush and AgFx are joined by round 36's top blopper Volvandese, to discuss the chaos wrought by realm #10, and Riol Talk's very own Rio, as we delve into the rankings.

Sep 26, 202301:37:16
Rush Hour #4

Rush Hour #4

This week MattyVanHalen joins Rush and AgFx to talk about suicides, the Legend of Zooj, and some of the proposed gameplay changes ahead of round 36 coming to a close.

Sep 16, 202301:06:21
After Hours #1

After Hours #1

We sit down with realm 12 on our very first after hours episode and unpackage the events of the last day.

Sep 10, 202353:02
Episode 47

Episode 47

This episode we are joined by Gothia & Lokiramza, and discuss all things snared kobold.

Sep 10, 202355:55
Rush Hour #3

Rush Hour #3

This week Oment joins Rush and AgFx to talk about ops, strategy and the OD tech tree. Plus everyone smack talks Merf a bit.


Note: this podcast was recorded before the excitement of today's Town Crier.


AgFx's Blops Centre tool: https://github.com/sbeaumont/od-info


Sep 02, 202301:01:33
Episode 46

Episode 46

This episode we are joined by chunk to discuss the early battle of the FWs, the strong emergence of Merfolk attackers, and the numerous gobbos, as well as, go in depth on realm 13.

Aug 27, 202358:13
Rush Hour #2

Rush Hour #2

This week Rush and AgFx are joined by a member of the esteemed Hydra, Grapes of Math, and discuss the legend of the Hydra, blackops, maths, community tools and oldschool games. You can find AgFx's tool at https://github.com/sbeaumont/od-info Please give us feedback on what you liked and didn't like, what you'd like to hear more and less of. Help us improve! And fuck Forest Havens.

Aug 18, 202301:23:04
Episode 45

Episode 45

We kick off round 36 joined by Dave & Rush. There's a couple of sharks out there so be careful swimming.

Aug 14, 202352:26
Rush Hour #1

Rush Hour #1

Rush, AgFx and a secret guest discuss all things blackops, the Rush and Rio rankings, adverts, and give out some unique awards.


Link to the Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19slx1NeUOLehEI7rqu-o8clb3NPDCD2QvKiu2GveqQc/edit?usp=sharing


Please give us feedback on what you liked and didn't like, what you'd like to hear more and less of. Help us improve!


And fuck Forest Havens.

Jul 25, 202301:26:12
Episode 44

Episode 44

This week we close out the round with Faith and Chunk in the final pod for round 35 we dissect the ups and downs, go over how kobbo and UD performed, and cover the changes for the upcoming round.

Jul 23, 202301:17:43
Episode 43

Episode 43

We are joined this week by Erix & Oceanu. Me and Erix have some spicy banter back and forth, the panel discusses the dominance of realm 1, and some possibilities of why the spirit ultimately failed. Later into the pod we evaluate some possible changes for next round and get into a new player's perspective on the game.

Jul 16, 202301:25:26
Episode 42

Episode 42

We are joined this week by Dan & Rush. We discuss spuds, blops, and what could be in store for the last leg of the round.

Jul 08, 202301:17:35
Episode 41

Episode 41

This episode we are joined by Dave, his brother John & Wurstmeyer. We discuss the challenges ahead in the round, the spire, spuds, WEs and having your realmie hit mid-pod.

Jun 28, 202301:07:39
Episode 40

Episode 40

Welcome to round 35! In this episode we talk about the early round, wars, and wonders. We are joined in this episode by Dave and MattyVanHalen. Enjoy!

Jun 10, 202301:06:59
Episode 39

Episode 39

The end of the round has come and with it another Rio victory. In this episode we are joined by AgFx, Almeo, Swamp fox, and Internetfett.

May 06, 202301:32:38
Episode 38

Episode 38

We are joined this week by Rush and AgFx. We cover a wide range of subjects; from wine pairings, haggis, wooden shoes and of course round end predictions!

Apr 21, 202301:10:20
Episode 37

Episode 37

This week we are joined by Manno and the OG Shotgun captain himself toothy to discuss this past week's happenings.

Apr 10, 202301:06:57
Episode 36

Episode 36

This week are joined by... well too many guests to list, and we discuss well.. I guess you just have to tune in to find out!

Apr 01, 202301:29:51
Episode 35

Episode 35

Welcome to the start of round 34! We are joined this week by Saccora & Zedijar, we discuss the opening salvos of the round.

Mar 26, 202301:07:43
Episode 34

Episode 34

We are joined this week by our round Weiner and also joined by Wurst and Chunk. We discuss end of round details and all the highlights of the round.

Mar 12, 202301:12:08
Special Draft Episode #2

Special Draft Episode #2

The final draft is revealed! The intro and outro songs are perfectly suited so enjoy!

Mar 04, 202335:32
Special Draft Episode

Special Draft Episode

Draft captains are announced, as well as their first round draft picks!

Feb 25, 202343:48
Episode 33

Episode 33

In this episode, we talk all things draft with a dash of Lyc runaway. We are joined this week by the draft architect himself, Freeze and the menace of Utah and hydra member, Grapes.

Feb 12, 202359:35
Episode 32

Episode 32

This week we talk everything Lyc and are joined by Joe & Rush.

Feb 05, 202301:16:28
Episode 31

Episode 31

We talk about the first week of the round and the lack of wars! We are joined this week by Bigbell and Sly D. Apologies for not being able to edit the audio for this episode, the host website keeps timing out when going in to edit the audio file, either way enjoy the raw dog audio!

Jan 29, 202301:25:59
Episode 30

Episode 30

Our initial thoughts on the opening of round 33.

Jan 22, 202330:26
Episode 29

Episode 29

We discuss the end of round 32. We are joined by the round winner Poige and Mithrandir who finished in the top 10.

Jan 08, 202301:25:58
Episode 28

Episode 28

In this episode we are joined by Dave and get to talking about the final couple weeks of the round, christmas movies, and geography.

Dec 25, 202201:01:25
Episode 27

Episode 27

Welcome to this week's episode where we discuss the inner workings & aftermath of realms 2 and 4. This week's guests are Volv and Danthe-not-so-negative-man. Just a heads up there is a little bit of feedback in the first 20 or so minutes of the episode which we fixed mid record. Enjoy the discussion.

Dec 11, 202201:38:41
Episode 26

Episode 26

This week we are joined by Rush and AgFx to discuss the use of blops, new player experiences and the inner workings of both realms 7 & 11. 

Dec 04, 202201:43:50
Episode 25

Episode 25

Welcome to round 32! We open up this new round discussing the wars, the possible runaways, the world cup and a little tv show review at the end. We are joined this week by the craziest elf around. 

Nov 27, 202201:33:11