The Weekly Uprising: Recent Episodes
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Weekly esports podcast covering the ups, downs, and everything in between of the Boston Uprising and Overwatch League. Join Snowy, Kulayd, Danny, and Space as we walk through highlights and discuss upcoming matches.
Season 6 of the Overwatch League has officially concluded. Danny and Snowy are here to talk about Boston's Grand Finals performance and the future of OWL.Thanks again to everyone for listening. We'll see you next time!
Boston has officially secured their spot in the Overwatch League 2023 PLAYOFFS!!! Danny and Snowy give you all the details on their victory over Toronto and what to expect from the upcoming tournament.
It's do or die time for the Boston Uprising. Danny and Snowy take us through the ups and downs of last week's play-in match against the London Spitfire.
Today our hero's discuss the few weeks of news and look forward to the games to come. Long live the punkerqueen.
With Boston officially out of the running for Midseason Madness, Snowy, Spaceaviator, and Danny look ahead to see what the next two games have in store for this team. Plus, double the matches means double the Crunch Time!
Kulayd, Space, and Snowy go through all the quite literal ups and downs this past week in today's episode: from a win against Paris, to #FiredHuk, to signing Seeker, and more.
The Weekly Uprising is back in action to talk about a less-than-stellar week of Overwatch League. But is there hope on the horizon? Will Boston be able to turn things around? Will the team finally figure out which tank to play???
Our heads may be spinning from all the excitement this week, but we're staying professional. It's Snowy, Space, and Danny talking about wins, losses, player releases, and our chances at reaching the tournament. Grab a Frito pie and join us!
This week, Snowy, Danny, and Kulayd collectively process our grief/outrage over the London match, and look ahead to Toronto and Washington. NOTE: We had some audio footage (soundage?) lost, and had to re-record part of the episode. See if you can tell where we start the re-record!
Join Space, Snowy, Kulayd, and Danny as we recap Week 1 of OWL Season 5!!! cue airhorn noises
The Uprising looked promising in our first two matches, an absolute nail-biter versus Vancouver and an acceptable loss against the Gladiators. We also talk about overall impressions of OW2, the esports game, as well as look ahead to London Spitfire.
Welcome to the final pre-season episode of The Weekly Uprising! Just in time, Danny, Snowy, and special guest Brock from The Game Haus go through fantasy OWL tips and tricks, and a brief mock draft where we each pick our dream starting lineup. There are some surprises in there, which could give you the edge in your next draft!
This week, Danny and Space discuss how Boston will stack up against their upcoming opponents -- the Vancouver Titans and the Los Angeles Gladiators. We also uncover some unexpected player connections in AlphaTrion's AlphaTrivia.
WE'RE BAAAAAACK!!! Join Snowy, Space, Kulayd, and Danny as we recap the new roster for the Boston Uprising heading into the 2022 Overwatch League season, which will be played on a game we know (almost) nothing about!
Join Danny, Kulayd, and Snowy as they discuss the moves the uprising have made this off season and what moves they think are on the horizon.
It's do or die time -- two teams stand between Boston and a luxury jet ride to Hawaii. Does this team have what it takes to earn those tickets? Danny, Space, and Snowy are here with a 100% infallible, definitive answer:
...Maybe.
With a couple weeks to go before the play-ins and the playoffs, Danny puts on a special game of Jeopardy to test the knowledge of Kulayd, space, and Snowy. Are they true Boston Uprising fans or just a bunch of POSERS?!
The regular season has ended with a couple of disappointing losses. Danny, Space, and Snowy talk about the good, the bad, and the breadsticks in this week's episode.
The regular season is almost over! :( Boston's got two more matches under their belt, and only two matches left in the regular season. Here's everything you'll want to know going into next week, plus our insight on desk talent and casting duos.
"Good news, everyone! Thanks to my time-traveling microphone, I was able to record genuine audio from next week's matches to include in the intro!" -- spaceaviator
Also we talk about the matches that haven't happened yet and try to guess what's gonna happen.
Three more matches in the history books this week as Danny, Space, and Snowy discuss the Boston Uprising's final week of the Summer Showdown (and create a kickstarter for a gamer lawnmower?!)
The Boston Uprising have spent all week prepping for this weekend's matches against the Houston Outlaws and Atlanta Reign. Will their training pay off? And more importantly, how many maps can they drag out the Houston match for???
The Boston Uprising have once again found themselves at the top of the leaderboard at the start of the stage, so spaceaviator, danny, and Kulayd are here to tell you why that is.
As Valentine sits atop the IBM Power Rankings with his superior skill, we recap the June Joust and give our predictions for and insight on the Summer Showdown. Also Junkrat is best hero, don't even try to debate me.
This week Snowy, I_Am_Danny_Rand and spaceaviator discuss the Boston Uprising's extremely brief trip to the June Joust knockouts and the two matches leading up to it, and Snowy basks in the glory of a Moira-centric meta.
Danny, Snowy, and Space talk shop during Boston's June Joust bye-week. Uprising Academy gets that much closer to NA Contenders, and we discover the difficulty in editing Liquipedia.
This. Team. SLAPS. Join Snowy, Space, and Danny as we recap this incredible weekend of Overwatch League, which saw the Boston Uprising absolutely dominating the competition with BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS. #FeelsGoodMan
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Fasten your jousting seatbelts and don your jousting headgear because the June Joust is right around the corner!! Spaceaviator, Snowy, and I_Am_Danny_Rand break down the Boston Uprising's schedule, talk about the roster and hero bans and resist the pressure to accept the hundreds of sponsorship agreements sent their way.
Join Snowy, Spaceaviator, and I_Am_Danny_Rand as they recap the TWO GREATEST GAMES OF THE SEASON... so far... for Boston. But hey! It's a start!
Lots to talk about this week as Space, Kulayd, Snowy, and Danny recap our slow-start against LAG and Dallas. The hype isn't dead yet though, as we eagerly look forward to taking on familiar faces in the Justice and Spitfire later this week. Plus, Danny's Fantasy Corner!
WE'RE BACK, BABY! Join Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and Space as we catch you up on the oh-so-painfully-familiar immediately-pre-season roster moves from Boston, and break down what we think the team needs to do against a surprisingly good (depending on who you are) Dallas Fuel and surprisingly...less good(!?) LA Gladiators next week.
Space and Snowy review our pre-season scrim debut in the SteelSeries Invitational, and things are looking #BostonUp! We're also joined by AndrewKendo to talk about UA heading to Korea and their journey ahead from this point on.
Snowy and Danny recap all the big news from the last few days - Barroi, GBS, but mostly Faith & Valentine, and how good it feels to have a complete (and really good looking) roster, finally.
Danny sits down with Bostons newest signing SoOn. We take a look forward to what we can expect from SoOn next season and also a look back to see how the pro scene of Overwatch has changed in his years.
Join Snowy, Danny, and AndrewKendo as we take a look back at Uprising Academy's impressive NA Gauntlet run!
Space wrote the description for this episode so it's EXTRA short! In this episode we talk about how Boston signed SoOn.
Another signing, another minisode from the folks at The Occasional Offseason Uprising Podcast! Today, Stand1 - the Neapolitan ice cream of signings. It...makes sense.
Join Danny and Snowy for TWU's first off-season mini episode of the year! We bid farewell to Jerry, and talk up Path to Pro speedrunner, im37.
In the season finale, Snowy, Danny, and Kulayd look to the future, and discuss Lori, potential pickups, and OnlyFans (one of these is not like the others). Danny scores an interview with the man himself, Fusions, and a special guest has a farewell message to officially kick off the off-season.
For the almost-season-finale of The Weekly Uprising, Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and Space sit down with some of our listeners in our Discord to talk what got them into OWL, what keeps them fans of the Uprising, their favorite moment from the season, and more. And by "more", I mean AndrewKendo stops by and drops knowledge bombs on everybody.
This week, Snowy chat with HaitianHomie, the man behind the scenes running Boston Uprising's social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and more. We talk about his path to esports, memes, and more!
This week Snowy sits down with former overwatch league observer and DM of the overwatch league adjacent show "Casters & Castles" tormentedbygnomes. Snowy fanboys for nearly an hour talking overwatch, D&D, and how sometimes you have to just put yourself out there for happiness.
Snowy, Space and Danny discuss how they let hope cloud their better judgment during a double header weekend against Atlanta and Dallas. The weekly uprising's off season content gets teased too.
What happens when one of the best teams in the league faces off against one of the worst? Danny, Kulayd and Space break down Boston's matches against the Shock and the Valiant.
This week, Snowy + Danny + Space honor a Twitter bet and bring Lyteforce and Omni from the Vancouver Titans podcast, Ready Set Pwn, to gloat, talk Overwatch League, and - as it turns out, since they are quite Canadian - apologize? We then move ahead to the Washington Justice match, and re-think how we think about the Uprising for the remainder of the season.
Danny sits down with punk's parents for a special Father's day episode. They recall the events that lead to Punk getting into the pro gaming and the role that parents can play in reasonably supporting their children in an esports career (the conversation does take a few detours into some unexpected topics along the way)
We're back after a brief hiatus! Danny and Snowy go map-by-map through our rematch against Paris, where we maybe, could have, potentially won, if not for those meddling kids and their lousy rookie Genji All-Star holy crap Sp9rk1e is good. #OnToPhilly!
The May Melee is in the history books! Boston had a good showing against a highly-rated Paris Eternal, and two teams in APAC played what's maybe the greatest match in OWL history. Catch up on all of that, and more, in this episode of The Weekly Uprising.
After a brief hiatus, Snowy + Danny + Space are back to talk about our resurgence against the Gladiators, and bring on special guest / the man of the hour Leyton "Punk" Gilchrist for an interview.
Ever get that feeling of deja vu? This week we talk about Boston's second 3-0 loss against the Florida Mayhem. Then we have a chat with AndrewKendo, GM of Uprising Academy!
So the Boston Uprising didn't perform so great this week. That won't stop us from having fun discussions and inventing drinking games LIVE on Twitch with our listeners! Maybe next week's opponent won't be so tough...
Catch us on Sunday, April 26th right after the Uprising - Mayhem match ends for a Weekly Uprising live show! Check it out at https://www.twitch.tv/theweeklyuprising.
Join Snowy, Space, and Danny as they discuss Bostons game against Toronto and the positional battles between the two teams. Listen as they give themselves hope that will most certainly be crushed next week.
This week, Space and Kulayd discuss the Boston Uprising's recent string of less-than-desirable match losses and what the team needs to do to start climbing #bostonup the ladder.
The Weekly Uprising is live from Twitch this week! We decided to see how well each of the hosts know the heroes of Overwatch from their early days of development.
OWL 2020 is finally back, but sadly it seemed like the boys in blue didn't get the memo. With lots going on over the last few days, Snowy, Kulayd, and Danny break down the match against Toronto, sing Nori the cat's praises, and look forward to a match against Florida that may or may not be happening.
Come join Snowy, Danny, and Kulayd as we talk about Echo, Uber's "limited mental capacity", and look forward to next week's games (please, pretty please, let there be games next week this time).
Join Snowy, Danny, and Space as we practice our social distancing and remotely talk about the latest special episode of Watchpoint, and how things have been shaken up by the global pandemic.
This week, Snowy + Space + Danny go through another live hero pool reveal, and dig into the dirty details of Boston's downfall this past weekend. On the Rise has never seemed like more of a question than it does now.
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The Weekly Uprising talk about our showing in Houston, look forward to next week in DC and give our first reactions to Hero Pools.
Snowy, Kulayd, Space, and eventually Danny celebrate our first win in FOREVER with a map-by-map breakdown of the LONGEST REGULAR SEASON MATCH IN OVERWATCH LEAGUE HISTORY. We also get into the keys to victory for taking on the Philly Fusion next week.
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In our "wow it's already a bye week?" episode, Kulayd chats with several Uprising fans that made it out to the opening weekend homestand in New York. Snowy also chats with an extra special guest that shares his perspective of the homestand...from the other side of the monitors.
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The most fun we've had watching Boston lose in a looooong time. Overwatch League is back, baby! Snowy, Kulayd, Danny, and Space talk about our unfortunate 3-0 loss to NYXL, and how good it feels to see "situational" comps instead of GOATS GOATS GOATS.
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In our final preseason episode, Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and Space talk about Overwatch League's big switch to YouTube, Hero Pools, and the Uprising's strength of schedule. #RIPtwitch
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WE'RE BAAAAAACK! Join Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and Space as we roll call the new role-locked Boston Uprising roster. Plus, find out how our podcast fantasy draft went, and who you should snag for your own leagues.
This episode is sponsored by HighNoon.gg.
This is it folks, the grand finale of The Weekly Uprising! Snowy, Danny, and Kulayd welcome several special guests to talk roster, homestands, and more. Check it out and definitely keep listening until the end - you won't want to miss our final interview of the season!!!
In the almost-finale episode of The Weekly Uprising, the crew goes through some of our favorite highlights throughout the season, and picks a Team MVP. A fun trip down memory lane, all leading up to our final episode next week with a TON of amazing content. So stay tuned, and Boston Up!
Snowy, Space, Danny, and Kulayd wrap up the final week of the regular season. We talk New York, Atlanta, and what "rivalry" even means in a league where you play other teams at most twice.
BUT! Just because the season is over for Boston doesn't mean we don't have more in store for you. We'll be putting some great content over the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!
This week Danny hosts two writers from The Game Haus: former Boston Uprising beat writer turned Valiant writer - Mallory (we still love her) and the newest addition to TGH, now covering Boston - Brock. Later in the episode, Space joins in for a discussion of what's left in Season 2 of Overwatch League, and we announce the winner of our Twitter OWL Token giveaway!
After a close match against the "top team in the league" (according to Plat Chat), Boston has to look forward to a surprisingly difficult opponent in Florida (Valiant is there too, I guess). Join the full Weekly Uprising crew as we talk about the roster shakeup in DPS and Tank, of all things, and bring on special guest Leggoeman from the Mayhem Maniacs Podcast to let us know what to expect from the ascendingly dominant Florida Mayhem.
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Join Snowy, Space, and Danny this week as we talk about how 2-2-2 has completely upended Overwatch League as we know it (Washington Justice finished 4-0ing the Vancouver Titans as we started recording and then ~NYXL~ got 4-0'd for the first time!!!). We also get into Boston's newly revised strength of schedule, playoff structure, MVP voting, and more.
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As we get tantalizingly close to the start of Boston's Redemption Arc - aka "Stage 4", Snowy interviews esports writer Brock about the team's strength of schedule, and how they still have a solid chance to make the play-in.
In this exclusive interview, Snowy chats with Rebeka Wellmon, the Marketing & Advertising Coordinator for the New England Patriots AND Boston Uprising. Hear how she got into the role (including an epic dissertation), differences between the Patriots and Uprising fan communities, and what she's most looking forward to in Season 3.
In our final episode of Stage 3: Snowy, Space, and Danny take you through the rematch against Philly, map by map, and look forward to Stage 4 (and beyond?!?).
As a quick note, we will be taking a break next week during the Atlanta Homestand, but have some amazing content lined up for the stage break!
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Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and special guest Mallory discuss the resurgence of the Boston Uprising this week! From getting 4-0'd to a classic Boston Reverse Sweep, we cover it all, including our early hot takes on MVP.
So... another 0-2 week but never the less snowy, space, kulayd and danny keep you up to date on the happenings of the Boston uprising in the past week, as well as what we can expect to see in the coming week.
A special bonus episode to celebrate Father's Day in the US! Snowy interviews the one and only Søren Keller: father of Kristian Keller (aka Kellex) and newly appointed Community Lead for Team Denmark in the Overwatch World Cup. We discuss Danish esports, the importance of balancing education and career, and finish with some advice for any parent whose children may be considering a career as a pro gamer.
We're baaaaaaaaaaack!
And what better way to kick off Stage 3 than a brief tour of Europe? Join Snowy, Danny, Kulayd, and Space as we cognitively dissonate our way through the Uprising's two back-to-back losses, and look to the future. Win or lose, Overwatch League is back! And so is The Weekly Uprising.
The long wait for Stage 3 of the Overwatch League's 2nd season is almost over! In this week's episode Snowy, I_Am_Danny_Rand and spaceaviator discuss their favorite moments from Season 2.
Hey now, we have an All Star! Snowy, Space, and Danny talk about our main man Fusion in the all star break. Our thoughts about the All Star games in general, along with a discussion on the rumored 2-2-2 lock.
The salt is VERY REAL in this episode as Snowy, Space, Kulayd and a, shall we say, somewhat tilted Danny discuss our 1 Win & 1 Loss week in the last few matches of Stage 2, as well as what the team can do to stay competitive moving forward.
BostonUp #OnToStage3
On this most pleasant of bye-weeks, Snowy sits down with community member, Discord Mod, and Ash cosplayer extraordinaire - Val!
This week Kulayd and Danny talk about the game against Hangzhou and look at the games coming up next week and through out the rest of the season. We discuss some other news in the Uprising family and check in on everyone's favorite Canadian D.Va player.
We honestly don't know how we got through the off-season with how antsy we've been with no Overwatch League last week. But we're back! Or at least, Space, Danny, and Kulayd are.
This week we have meta predictions, match predictions, and we even discuss the state of Overwatch as a whole.
This week, Danny and Snowy talk Titans, teamfights, and trades. Catch up on the latest gossip surrounding the Boston Uprising, and pay a little respect to the "Kings of the North", the Stage 1 Champions, the Vancouver Titans.
Snowy and the guys - Danny, Space, and Kulayd - break down how Boston made us all sweat a little harder this St Patrick's Day weekend, edging out a reverse sweep against Dallas Fuel and getting locked into the Stage 1 playoffs by our saviors ... but soon to be opponents: The Vancouver Titans.
4-0. It happened. It was amazing. Re-live our win over Florida with Snowy, Space, and Danny as this week we break things down map-by-map, talk about who we think is most improved (hint: it rhymes with Buller-Mex), and look forward to Dallas Fuel, the potential gatekeepers to the Uprising's Stage 1 Playoff run. Also this week - Snowy interviews Overwatch League Network Founder and Podcast Host: Totemlydrunk.
Week 3 is now behind us, and Boston is starting to look like the team we all hoped it could be! Some ups (Seoul) and downs (Toronto), and we talk about it all. Snowy, Danny, Space, and Kulayd talk stats, patches, and fantasy in this episode of The Weekly Uprising.
For the fourth episode of our podcast, Snowy + Danny + Space (reluctantly) discuss the much-feared Shanghai win, as well as Boston's #defused drama right before the match. Also, Space interviews Mallory from The Game Haus!
The gang's all here after the first week of Overwatch League, Season 2! Join Snowy, Danny, Space, and Kulayd as we review the Gamsu trade that shook the community, the player we signed in his place that has some folks saying "Gam-who?", and our performances against New York and Houston. Stick around at the end of the podcast for Danny's weekly fantasy update.
Join Snowy, Danny, and Kulayd as they break down the important numbers from last season, and look forward to who does and doesn't seem like competition for the Uprising going into Season 2.
In this episode of The Weekly Uprising - Snowy, Danny, and Space discuss the formation of the initial Boston Uprising roster, how the team performed in Season 1, and discuss how things have changed in the off-season.
Whether you're an old-school, lifetime Boston Uprising veteran with the yellow name in Discord and flair on Reddit or a new fan just getting into esports for the first time, one thing you might not know about the boys in blue is how they came to be. In this teaser/trailer for The Weekly Uprising podcast, Snowy talks about the origins of OWL, and how the Boston Uprising came to be one of the very first teams in the new esports league.