Omnic Lab: A Strategic Overwatch Podcast

This week we’ve got a BIG update on the game about the crowd control changes hitting the live game, hero pools being removed from Diamond and below, and the hosts talk all about Following up on damage in Overwatch! GAME NIGHT: 5/29/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, Cypher, Tonkatrukk, & ManyFacedGod Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week the lab talks through some new experimental card adjustments to crowd control and a big update coming to the communication wheel. GAME NIGHT: 5/29/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week the lab talks about a slew of updates to hit the game. Echo is now live, hero pools adjusted for a new month of competitive, and map pools are done away with for now! GAME NIGHT: 4/24/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week the lab talks about multitasking in the game, what to learn and improve by paying attention to more than one thing in the game! GAME NIGHT: 4/24/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week Andres and Rob are back to talk all about the new hero pools going on in ranked that Blizzard has adjusted! Also we have some more updates on toning down Echo on the PTR as well! We are going to chat about some other miscellaneous things in our games as well! GAME NIGHT: 4/24/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week Andres and Rob return! All new announcements this week came in that Echo is now on the PTR as Hero 32 with all her new kit! We’ll be breaking down her abilities this week, what we’d like to see adjusted, and a few more bits of information about the development cycle! GAME NIGHT: 3/27/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfbU--3ZTSmEXOJ87MkN1MVPhLsywoikkjduUjnsrYA/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week Andres and Rob return! Andres is back from feeling sick and moving apartments in a crazy week! We have a LOT to catch you all up on, so buckle up as we talk balance, hero pools, the Archives event, skins, and MORE. GAME NIGHT: 3/27/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfbU--3ZTSmEXOJ87MkN1MVPhLsywoikkjduUjnsrYA/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week Andres and Rob are back to talk about the brand new experimental card that dropped this week and the whole plethora of new stuff in the card for balance changes. We’ll give you a quick news update on the hotfix this week plus the new Mardi Gras event too! GAME NIGHT: 2/28/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfbU--3ZTSmEXOJ87MkN1MVPhLsywoikkjduUjnsrYA/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week Andres and Rob talk all about the opening weekend of the Overwatch League team strategies. We talk compositions, counters, and map picks! GAME NIGHT: 2/28/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfbU--3ZTSmEXOJ87MkN1MVPhLsywoikkjduUjnsrYA/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week, Andres returns! And with his return, we finally talk through all the madness of Hero Pools, what it means for comp, and how they’re running it in OWL. We have some major updates on PTR for balance and workshops as well so let’s get into it! GAME NIGHT: 2/28/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfbU--3ZTSmEXOJ87MkN1MVPhLsywoikkjduUjnsrYA/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week, Rob brings long-time supporter Shazear to talk about his specialty: Quality Assurance. This field of work includes a lot of key information about discerning how Blizzard releases pretty much anything! We’re going to see how to connect the dots on some things under the hood that may be going on in the back end of game development. GAME NIGHT: 2/28/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SoriQPmgDbwqMmcAWejOeT7K_r2Rq4U5kqIpq3K2eFE/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv Shazear: twitter.com/shazear twitch.tv/shazear 

In this episode we discuss the new insight from Jeff Kaplan on how they are experimenting with different iterations of the game. In this case: Three DPS, two Supports, and one Tank has been their latest experiment! GAME NIGHT: 1/31/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SoriQPmgDbwqMmcAWejOeT7K_r2Rq4U5kqIpq3K2eFE/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week, Andres and Rob give you the rundown of the first patch in 2020. This patch includes Baptiste, Doomfist, DVa, Hanzo, Mei, and Orisa. We’ve also got some stirring about “Power Creep” on the forums as well as a quick heads up on the new map pool for Season 20. GAME NIGHT: 1/31/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnC4G7wBpvHsg6uugp7_8QwRv58IFIO-HwF8nQma-mY/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

This week, Andres and Rob talk with GM Dutch streamer Enz. Enz is known for his high tier play on the tank role with multiple T500 finishes, but has achieved GM on all 3 roles in the new system. He currently streams games on the EU ladder! GAME NIGHT: 1/31/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnC4G7wBpvHsg6uugp7_8QwRv58IFIO-HwF8nQma-mY/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv Enz: https://www.twitch.tv/enz_ow, https://twitter.com/enz_ow

This week, Andres and Rob interview Atlanta Reign Content Director Danny Berger! We talk about his influence in Overwatch and esports, have an interview with him, and kind of his thoughts throughout the Overwatch League so far and what horizons we have coming with season 3. GAME NIGHT: 1/31/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnC4G7wBpvHsg6uugp7_8QwRv58IFIO-HwF8nQma-mY/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Shazear, Shepherd, Chrisdaplaya, Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv Danny: https://twitter.com/Dahberger