UCX Podcast: Recent Episodes
Utah Competitive X-Wing
Andrew, Nate and Mike talk about X-Wing over breakfast! We discuss our local play group, meta, upcoming events and just hang out.
The results are in! 10 events over 9 months and we have our top 16! Congrats to everyone who's made it! Of course there's controversy! All the 2.5 rules are here, and we got a lot of them wrong! Correct us!
Mike and Andrew finally talk into the mics and record an episode! Time to knock the rust off and get in some LVO prep!
Life has slowed us down but the recording are still trickling out.... here's one from August recapping the St. George tournament, new product speculation (we were pretty spot on) and bidding a fond Adieu.
It's been a busy month, we found some time (7am) where we could podcast on an all remote edition. Previous League Champion Curtis joins Andrew and fellow League Champion Mike to recap the most recent events and the UCX Trials standing!
Andrew, Nate and Mike talk about the most recent tournament at Demolition Games, try to find a name for the tournament season, discuss tournament preparation, height privilege, some patreon shoutouts and how to get your very own callsign!
00:25 - Intro
02:00 - Demo Tournament Recap
10:12 - Eee-Thee-Er
29:03 - Utah Unnamed Series/Tour Thing
40:25 - Intermountain Cup
43:30 - Tournament Talk, List building, preparation
44:39 - Sam!
55:10 - Unsettled Meta
1:00:00 - Height Privilege + Player imprecision
1:06:24 - Patreon
1:10:32 - Call Signs
Chris joins Andrew and Mike as they break down the Blakfyre Tournament and announce the UCX Standings! No time stamps cause I'm lazy!
The boys are back! Nate, Andrew and Mike break down the league and the Phoenix Cell, Skystrike Academy and Fugitives and Collaborators. Follow our instagram
Time Stamp:
0:00 - League Talk
9:40 - Upcoming Events
13:35 - New Releases
14:30 - Hera Ruling Update
26:15 Hopeful?
30:55 Disciplined!
33:51 Vectored Cannons
48:05 Scum? Christian did blast me with his Scum list.
50:00 Belly Run
55:20 FFG Prize support
1:00:00 Expansion Rankings
1:07:05 Vadefender
1:12:10 Patreon
Sam from the Candid Clarinetist Twitch channel, joins Mike and Andrew to discuss streaming, online play and give his takes on the Scum Faction expansion pack! Find him on twitch at http://www.twitch.com/thecandidclarinetist
New ships, new cards equals lots to talk about. This week it's Mike vs Andrew, things get heated and words are exchanged. Hang out with us and let us know your thoughts in our discord channel! https://discord.gg/UHaHf3D
4:13 - Phoenix Cell
8:50 - Podcast Q1 - Who get's more table time, Wedge/Jake
10:06 - Podcast Q2 - Will Wedge be 33 points?
11:45 - Prediction - Wedge 33 points?
12:30 - Wedge in an A-Wing or X-Wing
14:08 - RZ-1.5
18:16 - A-Wing Hera
20:20 - A-Wing Hera vs B-Wing Hera
23:50 - How many points is Hera?
25:00 - AAAAhsoka!
25:33 - How much will Ahsoka cost?
27:00 - Does Ahsoka replace Dutch?
29:46 - Prediction 2 - Ahsoka most competitive A-Wing
30:00 - Hopeful
31:15 - 1 point Hopeful
32:00 - Thrift store art Leia
36:45 - Commandant Goran
40:20 - Windrider
45:22 - Ciena Ree
57:49 - Gideon Hask
59:59 - Discplined
1:05:05 - Epic Vader?
1:08:00 - League Week 2
1:10:45 - Voting for Sam... tiebreaker
1:12:40 - Tom vs Mike F
1:14:08 - Daniel vs Mike S
1:14:44 - Mike drops the F bomb
1:15:15 - Rian vs Eric
1:16:15 - Haydn vs David (Forfeit)
1:16:34 - Andrew vs Ben
1:17:04 - Christian vs Ian
1:19:30 - Nate drops news
1:22:18 - Voting results
1:23:41 - Eric FTW
1:24:31 - David FTW
1:25:45 - Nate mic drop
1:27:01 - Thanks Vince!
Andrew, Nate and Mike take you back to the very first episode by recording live at Black Bear Diner in Orem, Utah. Similar in scope to that first show, we eat and reminisce. Hang out with us and let us know your thoughts in our discord channel! https://discord.gg/UHaHf3D
??:?? - Podcast Question 1 - Salty or Sweet Grits
05:35 - Travel Story - Durango & Green Chili
12:28 - Podcast Question 2 - Fry Sauce, Yay or Nay?
31:10 - No Store Championship Coin for Mike
32:50 - New Pet Peeve?
36:19 - Unpredictable Opponents/Rian
41:50 - Nate Predicts Love
43:15 - Mike Still Doesn't Have a Coin...
44:49 - BCP Bad, TTT Good
49:52 - Nate & AMG Live Stream
52:20 - Podcast Question 3 - Large Tournaments & Dice
57:02 - Store Championships Byes?
58:58 - Andrew "Bangarang Gatekeeper" Pollard
1:05:02 - Tournament Intros
1:09:35 - Sorry Sam
1:11:15 - UVX 2021 Hyperspace Spring League
Andrew and Mike discuss last weeks Atomic Mass Games Star Wars Live Stream. There's some good, there's some bad. Predictions were made and laughs were shared. New squadron packs are broken down and the lack of OP details lamented.
18 players in 6 teams battled it out for 10 hours to be the champion, all so we could say we won anyways. Too many Sam Shades to time stamp. Enjoy!
The last episode of 2020, Andrew, Nate and Mike discuss Klick, Zam and an Ani vs Ani faceoff! ETA-2 or CLT Aethersprite, who's the better option? Then we finish it off with a recap of a match of Andrew (Rebels) vs Mike (Separatists)
Episode Timestamps:
2:20 - Klick
12:00 - Zam
24:18 - Slave 1
28:45 - Ani vs Ani
36:40 - Extreme Maneuvers
38:16 - Sam
40:30 - Have Squad Initiatives Gone Up
42:00 - 1 Point Bid, Worth it?
42:56 - Andrew vs Mike
58:05 - Sam 2
58:30 - Pollard Special 2.0
1:00:00 - WXTC
1:03:45 - Discord
1:06:07 - Sam 3
1:06:30 - Patreon
After a couple of hours of flying ETA-2, V-Wings, Droid Tri-Fighters and Jango Fett, Andrew and Mike with special guest Haydn "Spitfire" talk about their initial impressions. This episode was recorded in our LFGS, so some typical ambiance sounds may be heard, no appearances by Andrew's dog though. :(
Ben Whetten joins Andrew, Nate and Mike to talk about his recent Galaxies run, making it to top 8, er, top 16 at Coruscant! New intro music, keep it?
Full of Massaman curry and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Andrew, Nate and Mike talk about the league. Attending 2021 LVO, the new Alt Art card and chit chat about the new and upcoming ships.
00:40 - Sam Smack Talk
03:26 - League Update
22:35 - Galaxies
26:55 - 2021 LVO
36:15 - Fearless & Alt Arts
44:20 - Sorry Sam
45:30 - New toys, LAATs, HMPs, Resistance Pack, Tri-Fighters, ETA-2s and Jango!
1:15:00 - Travel Stories Reminder
1:22:35 - Nate's Dice Cup
Andrew, Mike and Nate speculate on upcoming league matches. Andrew hates on his X-Wing spouse Sam. Mike hates Heroic, and cannot be swayed. Nate talks about playing in the GSP Galaxies tournament and they talk about online play! Enjoy! We're looking for suggestions for our first guest! Weigh in on our discord! https://discord.gg/UHaHf3D
New points, new ships and heading to a tournament! Andrew, Nate and Mike hang out and voice their pleasure or displeasure on the recent changes and upcoming products.
Utah invades Las Vegas for the Power9 X-Wing Store Championship. It's not a trip if there isn't drama. Nate is put in the hot seat to make the call. Do you agree, vote in our discord server!
https://discord.gg/crGwdWU
While Nate is away, Andrew and Mike will play! We polled our Facebook and Discord groups to discuss aspects of the game that get under our skin! Everything's done in good humor and an attitude of trying to improve everyone's play experience. We weren't able to cover every topic we'd like, so maybe we'll have a Peevecast part 2!
Andrew, Nate and Mike recount some of their fondest memories and tips from traveling for X-Wing tournaments.
Andrew, Nate and Mike spend entirely too much time discussing the Quarantine Cup and online play in general! Nate is a data baller and shares how we stores your every move in his matches, while Andrew is a online newb and delves into online play for the upcoming Utah TTS League!
The second episode of the UCX Podcast, Andrew, Nate and Mike discuss Covid-19 and FFG OP's response and break down the Blakfyre store championship where 24 intrepid players braved life and limb to compete to become the second store champion in the state of Utah!
Andrew, Nate and Mike make introductions and lay out a thoughtful coherent plan on what the podcast is and will be.... sorta. Recap of 2020 LVO, GNG Store Championship and some Hyperspace Meta chat.