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The first Major of the Overwatch Champions Series is complete & the Toronto Defiant got themselves a win. More correctly, one round win. Chris, Omni & Jordan share a few thoughts on how the two teams from Asia outclassed the field and what it might mean for the North American scene moving foward. And with the latest season of Overwatch soon to laun…

Chris, Omni & Jordan recap the Stage 2 Overwatch World Championship Series journey of the Toronto Defiant and make a prediction on how they will fare at in Dallas in the first Major. They also chat about the continuing evolution that is Overwatch 2, while Chris gets frustrated with how Venture has impacted his game style. Follow us on Twitter! Supp…

Chris, Omni & Jordan chat about Toronto Defiant winning the OWCS NA Stage 1 and how they set up going into Stage 2. They also take a quick look around the rest of OWCS and wonder what might transpire in Dallas. And with changes to Overwatch, a new hero, and the Chinese market opening up this Summer, wonder how it will all effect the game. Follow us…

The Toronto Defiant kick off the Overwatch Championship Series with a bang, the Vancouver Titans disppear with less than a whimper, and the podcast comes back for their second episode of 2024. Chris, Omni & Jordan recap much of what has taken place since the last episode - way back in January - and share a few thoughts on whether they are "in" on t…

Chris, Omni & Jordan bring the podcast out of hiberation to discuss the launch of the Overwatch World Champions Series, what it means fo the competitive scene, and whether or not Toronto & Vancouver will have a presence. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, H…

In the one hundred and eighty fourth episode of the Twilight Pwn, John & Fred discuss The Time Element, a Rod Serling-penned episode of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that served as an accidental pilot for The Twilight Zone. Topics include John's impressive command of 2006 sports history, whether Pearl Harbor jokes are "too soon," and toots. Joh…

With the official end of the Overwatch League, Chris, Omni & Jordan share a few thoughts and discuss the future of Ready Set Pwn. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never DieMusic used under a Creative Commons licence. This podcast is powered by Pine…

BlizzCon is over, late-breaking news also tells us the Overwatch League is over too, and all Chris, Omni & Jordan talk about are squirrels. Well, they also talk about all the Overwatch news that broke over the course of BlizzCon. Oh... and Talyor Swift. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on So…

Overactive Media announced reamining league fees were waived, the Toronto Defiant let everyone except Casores explore free agency, while a couple other teams decided to exercise options despite the unknown. Chris, Omni & Jordan recap the past couple of weeks of Overwatch League off-season action. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us…

The Overwatch League season is done. Teams are cutting rosters wholesale. The only thing known about next season is the unknown of whether there is a next season. And Chris, Omni, and Jordan are still talking. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never…

The Florida Mayhem are 2023 Overwatch League Grand Champions. Jordan is back from Toronto. And together with Chris and Omni the crew recap an exciting OWL Playoff and Grand FInals and discuss if it's the last one we'll see. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track…

Jordan is off to the Overwatch League Grand Finals (or is it Grand Finale?), leaving Chris and Omni to live vicariously through him. The crew discuss whether this is it for the league, speculate about all the "signs" suggesting it is, and talk about the wacky rules this Finals event seems to be using. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Jo…

Last week, Chris, Omni & Jordan believed at least one of the two Canadian Overwatch League franchises would make the playoffs. In fact Jordan thought both would. Yet here we are, both teams are out and their seasons are now over. The crew discuss what went right, what all went horribly wrong, and what happens... next. Follow us on Twitter! Support …

The Toronto Defiant make short work of the Washington Justice, yet find themselves in a little adversity against the Vancouver Titans. Chris, Omni & Jordan break down what went wrong, what went right, and if two Canadian teams still have a chance to make it to Mattamy. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-ou…

The Vancouver Titans went off-script and were punished, the Toronto Defiant stuck to script and were dominant, and the Overwatch League western brackets are set... kind of. Chris, Omni & Jordan discuss the Titans "trollout," the Defiant getting hot at the right time, and how they envision the West playins playing out. Follow us on Twitter! Support …

The Toronto Defiant came out of the Overwatch League with a point to prove, and used the Vancouver Titans as the canvas to prove it upon. Chris, Omni & Jordan recap the Battle of Canada 2.0 and start to look ahead to the playoff play-ins. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for th…

After a two-week break, the Overwatch League returns to action with the Battle of Canada 2.0. Chris, Omni & Jordan break down what they expect from the Vancouver Titans & Toronto Defiant, what they think the meta might look like, and discuss a few other bits of Activision Blizzard news making the rounds. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!…

The "Invasion" has started, Chris still isn't convinced, while Omni and Jordan think it's a step in the right direction. Oh, and the Overwatch League is currently on a break. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never DieMusic used under a Creative Com…

The Vancouver Titans continue their winning ways. The Toronto Defiant are looking much improved. And the Overwatch League is taking a break to prepare for two weeks of new patch chaos. Chris, Omni & Jordan react to it all! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track,…

Chris is back after discovering the buyout didn't include podcasts & rejoins Omni & Jordan to recap the pair over wins the Vancouver Titans obtained over the Washington Justice & Los Angeles Gladiators. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never DieMus…

Omni & Jordan take over the show as Chris cashes out. The two discuss the pair of losses from the Toronto Defiant & what position it puts them in going on with the stage, the reports that the Overwatch League is dead (yet again), and how prop hunt is all the rage. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to …

The Toronto Defiant are victorious over the Vancouver Titans, the Overwatch League Grand Final is coming to Canada, and Chris, Omni & Jordan are looking forward to it all. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never DieMusic used under a Creative Common…

Breaking with podcast lore, the Vancouver Titans announce the addition of Heesang the day Chris and Omni get together to record an episode instead of the day after. Not only that, the pair discuss the upcoming Battle of Canada between the Titans and the Toronto Defiant, expectations going into the Summer Stage, and the latest Overwatch patch. Follo…

The Vancouver Titans & the Toronto Defiant continue to exist. The Overwatch League continues to remain on pause. And thankfully, we've gone a week without another horrible story from the scene. So to ensure an episode gets published, Chris, Omni & Jordan decide to talk about potaotes. Albeit at the end of the show. They do talk Overwatch before tha…

Friend of the show, Adam Adamou (who's also the interim-CEO for Overactive Media) sits down to talk all things Toronto Defiant, a little about the Overwatch League, and esports in general. Before this, Chris, Omni & Jordan discuss the horrible information that came to light regarding Aspire, formerly of the Vancouver Titans. Follow us on Twitter! S…

It's the 200th episode. The Atlanta Reign are Midseason Madness champions. The Toronto Defiant have two new players. And the podcast lines up a special guest for the episode next week. Yet Chris, Omni & Jordan find themselves in a position with not much to say. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Bur…

Shortly after our last episode aired, the Toronto Defiant announced some big changes to their roster (and coaching staff) going into the midseason break. Chris, Omni & Jordan share if there were any surprises, what they feel Toronto might do in the interim, and if it will be enough to salvage the season. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!…

With podcast brackets busted after losses from both the Vancouver Titans & the Toronto Defiant, Chris, Omni & Jordan discuss what and when things went wrong in their matches. The trio also give thoughts on how the Overwatch League continues to stub their big toe each & every season, and what might come of the concern from one team (and maybe more) …

Going into the Midseason Madness qualifiers, Chris and Omni share the concerns they have about the Toronto Defiant, why teams shouldn't take the Vancouver Titans for granted, and whether or not they like the fact the bottom four teams in the West are given a free L for qualifying. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A h…

Chris, Omni & Jordan discuss how identical weekends for the Vancouver Titans & Toronto Defiant didn't feel like identical results. The trio then set up the weekend that will be for both and how this weekend is a must-win weekend for the Toronto Defiant to set the tone going into Midseason Madness play-ins. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreo…

The Toronto Defiant find themselves in must-win territory, while the Vancouver Titans are riding the high and find themselves in the driver's seat. Chris, Omni & Jordan set up the weekend of Overwatch League action and have some bold predictions lined up. The crew also react to the news that PvE as we expected it in Overwatch 2 is a dead dream, and…

Omni & Jordan let loose on the weekend that was in Overwatch League action. From the Toronto Defiant continuing to face adversity, to the Vancouver Titans getting past Crumble-bum & Birdy, and a new patch that makes the later stages of the season potentially spicy, the episode is a banger - and a pretty darn long one to boot. Follow us on Twitter! …

With the first weekend of the 2023 Overwatch Season complete, the Toronto Defiant find themselves winless while the Vancouver Titans went .500 on the weekend. Yet the biggest surprise has to be Omni's possesion of the OWL script, as he finds himself THIRD WORLDWIDE in the Pick'ems standings!! He, Chris & Jordan react to everything they saw and set …

The 2023 Overwatch League season gets underway this week, and thankfully Chris, Omni & Jordan are here to set up the first few matches for the Toronto Defiant & Vancouver Titans! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes Never DieMusic used under a Creative…

For the final episode of Season Five, Courtney Harler speaks with two Courtneys, Courtney Zoffness and Courtney Maum. Maum is, of course, a returning guest, and Zoffness is new to the podcast. Courtney Zoffness is the author of the debut memoir in essays called Spilt Milk, out in 2021 from McSweeney’s. As a fiction writer, Zoffness was the second-e…

While the Toronto Defiant & Vancouver Titans continue to exist, while the Chengdu Hunters do not, thankfully Chris, Omni & Jordan have something to satiate your Overwatch League appetite - their official 2023 Power Rankings! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome trac…

Today Courtney speaks with two talented memoirists, Amy Long and Emma Bolden. Amy Long is the author of the debut memoir, Codependence, winner of the 2018 Essay Collection Competition with the Cleveland State University Poetry Center. Amy holds an MFA from Virginia Tech and an MA from the University of Florida. She’s also the creative genius behind…

The Overwatch League Western Pro-Am has a winner. The season is two weeks away. And leave it to Jordan, Chris, and Omni to spend more time building the best hypothetical roster for an expansion franchise in Calgary. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 on Soundcloud for the awesome track, Heroes…

In honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve invited back to the podcast one of our favorite poets, Mihaela Moscaliuc. Anna Qu, a prose writer, also joins the conversation. Anna Qu is the author of the critically acclaimed Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College and teaches writing,…

The first two groups in the Western Pro-Am have been sorted. The Vancouver Titans did... okay. The next two groups, one of which includes the Toronto Defiant, are up next. And Chris and Jordan think they'll do better than okay. Add in the usual episode discussion about cosmetics & Fortnite, their desire to see the Calling All Heroes circuit do well…

Till Werdermann, Senior Director of Team Operations for Overactive Media, joins Chris to discuss the operational side of the Toronto Defiant, how they plan on setting the team up for sustainable success in the Overwatch League, and what he sees as integral to the success of the players - in-game and out. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon!…

Today, for Episode Five of Season Five, I’m talking with Janice Obuchowski and William Pei Shih. Janice and William first met as scholars at the 2017 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and now continue to admire and support one another’s work. Janice Obuchowski is the author of The Woods, a short story collection that won the prestigious John Simmons S…

Sean "PapaPunk" Gilchrist, father of Vancouver Titans tank Punk, joins Chris, Omni and Jordan to chat about his perspective as a parent of an Overwatch League pro, how he & the family support Punk from afar, and ways he hopes teams & the league can better support players. Plus the RSP crew talk about what they've seen from the leaked scrims, what's…

Krystal A. Sital and Peter Mountford join me for Episode Four of Season Five. Krystal A. Sital is the author of the memoir Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad, a finalist for the PEN America Emerging Writers Award. Her essays have been anthologized in A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home as we…

Toronto Defiant Head Coach, Cas "Casores" Van Andel joins Chris and Jordan to discuss expectations for the 2023 season, how the roster came together over the offseason, what his approach to coaching is like and what it takes to coach in the Overwatch League. Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 …

For Episode Three of Season Five, Courtney talks to Lisa Lee Herrick and Lee Herrick. Yes, to be clear, they are married. Lisa Lee Herrick is an award-winning Hmong-American writer, illustrator, and producer. A 2021 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow in Creative Nonfiction as well as a 2021 Finalist for the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Wr…

Vancouver Titans General Manager Dennis "Barroi" Matz joins Chris and Jordan to chat about his experience with Vancouver so far, what his approach to the offseason & 2023 is, whether to expect a sixth player to be signed any time soon, and a whole lot more! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Join us on Discord! A huge shout-out to Burn7 o…

For Episode Two of Season Five, Ray Brunt joins Courtney once more to talk with Pablo Cartaya. Pablo is the award-winning author of several books for children and young adults, as well as a screenwriter, speaker, and educator. His debut novel, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, published in 2017. His latest novel, The Last Beekeeper, a climate dystopi…

To talk about the upcoming Overwatch League season, and how things played out behind the scenes during the offseason, is the Head of the Overwatch League Sean Miller. He joins Chris & Jordan to talk about teams relocating, the introduction of tier 2 & 3 teams into Overwatch League play, and what the return to big-scale LAN tournaments might look li…