The Heat Factory: Recent Episodes
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The Heat Factory Podcast is dedicated to focusing on the bigger macro issues of the competitive aspect of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. We also like to interview and talk with interesting people & figureheads of the Pokemon Community. Follow our Twitter for updates @HeatFactoryPod
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Heat Factory Podcast was an idea on a family trip to NJ regionals in 2019. Dedicated to covering the macro level topics and not the weekly meta forecasts/set reviews; HFP wanted to blaze a different path. A path with topics and interviews of not just top players but interesting figure heads, players and content creators. This final episode is to thank everyone who listened over the past three years to all the episodes.
We discuss some new meta decks from the Pokemon Sword and Shield Fusion Strike set, some news of Pikachu in a mosh pit, and finally a little Gym Leader Challenge in the wake of the Full Grip Games 1k event.
Music (news music) from zapsplat.com. Closing music is "Hack" by Col Friday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c)
Rob does a solocast here in the form of a trivia game -- can you figure out who the very best Pokemon (in the TCG) ever was? Like nopokemon else?
With Music by Col Friday ("Hack" -- Outro), and music/sounds (waiting music) from Zapsplat.com
Rob, Owen, Jesse Parker, and John Mostowy talk about strange Pokemon TCG news, then talk about how to get the most out of your Pokemon TCG regoinals experience.
With Music by Col Friday and Frank Percic. Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com (news sound).
Worried about how to get your account ready for PTCG Live? We got you covered in this episode of the Heat Factory. We'll tell you how to prepare your account for the transition and give predictions about what we thing will happen with the online PTCGO trade market in the coming weeks.
With opening music by Frank Percic (@steakfrank on Twitter). Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday, which you can find on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
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Twitter user and Hawaiian shirt man, @BrettStratton4 asks the competitive Pokémon player base; what would you pay for a totally unlocked account?
We answer that poll, twice; because we lost the audio on the first podcast. Another solo cast without audio engineer Rob, Owen discusses what caused everyone to pick the 'WRONG' answer.
Rob & Owen talk about this current meta and how to survive the player's cup three.
Intro music by Frank Percic (@pokepercic on Twitter). Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday, which you can find on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
Owen Rob posed a problem to social media the other day: What pill would Pokemon TCG players take to make their game better? (See original tweet here: https://twitter.com/HeatFactoryPod/status/1332410680964734983).
We talk about the results and how they would improve performance.
Intro music by Frank Percic (@pokepercic on Twitter).
Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday, which you can find on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
In our first solocast, Owen clarifies the new Play Pokemon sanctioned events: Pokemon Team Challenge.
Intro song is "Blipotron" by Kevin Macleod, which can be found here: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3444-blipotron and is uses a CC-BY license.
Outro song is "Rhinoceros" by Kevin Macleod, which can be found here: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4284-rhinoceros and is uses a CC-BY license.
Rob & Owen are joined by Frank Percic and John Mostowy to talk about the latest news in expanded: What these bans mean and why they happened, what deck archetypes to look out for, and what cards might become hot buys.
Intro music by Frank Percic (@pokepercic on Twitter). Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday, which you can find on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
JP & John & Host Owen talk about PC II Runs, the resurgence of Pikarom and how to combat tilting during games.
Luke River Morsa, aka Celio's Network, comes to talk about how he became a content creator, who he is as a person outside the game, and much more.
Intro music by Frank Percic (@pokepercic on Twitter).
Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday. Find it here.
When Turbo Patch was announced as an upcoming card, Rob's friends called it "Sacky Trash," among other things, so here are Rob & Owen talking about power creep again, as well as some of the changes in the game (such as new weaknesses!?!).
Intro music by Frank Percic (@pokepercic on Twitter).
Outro is "Hack" by Col Friday. Find it here.
Have there ever been so many top players in one podcast? We've gathered five- to ten-minute interviews with Zach Lesage, Danny Altavilla, Isaiah Bradner, Grant Manley, and Azul Garcia Griego. In each interview we ask them a little about how we can all improve our game, and a little about them.
Music Credits in Order of Appearance
Opening song is by Frank Percic. Contact him on Twitter at @pokepercic. Used with permission.
"Arpent" by Kevin Macleod
Link: https://freepd.com/electronic.php
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Bit Bit Loop" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://freepd.com/electronic.php
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"We Will Escape This Pit," "Air Fern," "Dreamcops," and the outro, "The Midnight Ferry" all by Jack Boettcher aka Marzipan Kitten.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten
License: Used with permission from the author.
Rob & Owen discuss a recent controversy in the Pokemon TCG surrounding the topic of paywalls. Are player bios good enough to be behind paywalls? What content should be behind paywalls? Are Pokemon TCG Players too entitled? Find out this & more.
Thanks to Frank Percic (@pokepercic) for the intro music, used with permission.
Thanks to Col Friday for "Hack," which was the outro (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
And thanks to Freepik.com for the Paywall image. Calendar vector created by upklyak - www.freepik.com
Featuring music by Frank, this episode delves into how to build a rogue deck, why some rogue decks don't work even when they test well, and a series of fun questions about Frank.
Intro song is by Frank, @Pokepercic, used with his permission
"Hack" by Col Friday is the outro music
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Frank Percic, the Marco Polo of Pokemon, joins us to talk about how he got started in the game, rose to become a top 16 player, and met a thousand souls along the way, including but not limited to:
John Mostowy, Darin O'Meara, Justin Boughter, Andrew Mahone, Jimmy Pendarvis, Igor Costa, Jimmy McClure, Travis Nunlist, Sam Chen, Phinnegan Lynch, Jacob Van Wagner, Sina Ghaziaskar, Rahul Reddy, Ryan Sabelhaus, Athavan Balendran.
NOTE: This was recorded before Pokemon events were cancelled due to COVID-19.
"Signal for Safe Passage" by Marzie and Machine Learner was the Intro Music.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten
Used with permission.
"Hack" by Col Friday is the outro music
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5SiYsPD1c
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This version is the version WITHOUT COMMENTARY. Just the story of Kyle Sucevich battling the Reptilian overlords.
"Unpromised" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4568-unpromised
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Rhinoceros" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4284-rhinoceros
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
An old story brought back to life by Owen & Rob. Includes one of the craziest TCG lists ever made: Mew World Order.
"Signal for Safe Passage" by Marzie and Machine Learner
Link: https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten
Used with permission.
Unpromised by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4568-unpromised
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rhinoceros by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4284-rhinoceros
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Professor Dr. Rob Stephens, PhD is joined by Ohio Legend Jesse Parker and Pharmacist turned TCG player John Mostowy to discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 on Pokemon long term, as well as what we can all do to make Pokemon safer and better for everyone.
Music in this episode:
Intro is "Hack" by Col Friday
Link: https://www.bitchute.com/video/4W5SiYsPD1c/
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense
Outro is "Rhinoceros" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4284-rhinoceros
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Heat Factory is back! We audit regional champion and regional manager AJ Schumacher. We learn more about the man behind all the tournaments in Ohio. Break out your calculators and call your accountants, we dive into the good old days and possibly breaking fire code at an Arbys.
This episode is dedicated to the Judges. We venture into the less than talked about "Other side of things", the organizing parts. World Class and Premier Tournament Organizer AJ Schumacher , goes through EVERYTHING needed to run a successful league cup. Bring your printers, and AJ the accountant will show us how to keep ourselves in the black. With intro music by Marzie and Machine Learner https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten and outro music by Col Friday https://www.bitchute.com/video/4W5SiYsPD1c/
Hunter Butler’s grandma is confirmed cooler than yours, and there’s nothing you can do about that. What you can do is listen to Hunter talk about how he got into Pokemon, what most players could to improve and get the Stones.
Hunter also talks about his coaching and gives me some advice. He talks about how the Stones came about. He just generally wows.
with music by Marzie and Machine Learner (https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten)
and Col Friday (https://youtu.be/4W5SiYsPD1c)
We finish our interview with Andrew Mahone while he discusses his Tricky Gym, how he quit a promising career as a teacher to stream Pokemon, and, of course, what he orders at McDonald's
Intro music in this episode is the track "Signal for Safe Passage" by Marzie & Machine Learner: https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten.
Outro music in this episode is the track "Hack" by Col Friday: https://youtu.be/4W5SiYsPD1c
This episode produced by Owen Robinson and Rob Stephens.
We meet and talk with a Pokemon Gym Leader. The master of the Tricky Gym, Andrew Mahone, sits with the Heat Factory and talks about the good old days of Pokemon, Skateboarding, influential people and inventing a broken deck. Andrew had so much to talk about this is just PART 1. Part 2 coming soon!
Owen Rob & Professor Dr. Rob take a pod to reflect on their first season and talk about some exciting preview for Season 1.
Owen and Rob discuss the pros and cons of buying singles vs. buying sealed product for the Pokemon TCG. And a special surprise after the episode -- Rob reveals the contents of a booster box he opened. Featuring music by Machine Learner and Marzie.
Kiernan Wagner joins us to talk about the origins of Team Gas, what a scholar of Pokemon TCG is, and some hot takes on the current expanded meta. With music by Marzie and Machine Learner.
Owen Rob and Professor Dr. Rob Stephens, PhD discuss their favorite recent rogue decks as well as rogue decks they've played at major tournaments or created. They then talk about the ingredients for a successful rogue deck, why you should try everything, and what metas are good for such decks. With music by Marzie and Machine Learner.
Owen Rob and Rob S. make predictions on what decks they think will top 8, what players they think will top 8, and what the heck Frank Percic is up to.
Owen and Rob are joined by Jesse Parker, who is a master of local tournaments -- in quarter 1 of 2019, Jesse went to 10 League Cups, placed at 7 of them, and won 5 of them. He's here to tell you his secrets to dominating your locals. Featuring music by Marzie and Machine Learner.
Jesse Parker, who was 20th in North America in CP this quarter, joins the Heat Factory to discuss his insane first quarter, his mom helping him decipher an Unown code, and why he isn't watching more Ocarina of Time speed runs. With music by Marzie and Machine Learner.
The Heat Factory spills the tea! We unveil Chester Wakefield, the up-and-coming player from Ohio, and his real identity! Gather around as 3 friends talk about this mythical Pokemon player in the newest episode of The Heat Factory Podcast.
John talks to us about his 11th place finish at Knoxville, his pre-tournament routine, and how tennis is like Pokemon.
Our take on the cards from Cosmic Eclipse. Featuring music by Marzie and Machine Learner.
In this Episode, Professor Rob, PhD argues that Power Creep is actually good for Pokemon TCG? Say what? Featuring music by Marzie and Machine Learner.