Summary: Cody and Jon are joined by a very special guest to discuss his experience with the competitive video game scene, including how to balance such a hobby with the rigorous demands of high school (!!!).<br> Show Notes:<br> <br> * Cody and Jon welcome Chris Long to the podcast, a long-time listener of the podcast eager to share his experience with competitive gaming<br> * Life Stuff<br> <br> * Chris talks about his experience building robots for robotics competitions, then makes Cody and Jon feel really old by talking about some other awesome high school things<br> * Jon asks the question on everyone’s mind: why didn’t Space Ghost get a really cool streaming treatment?<br> <br> <br> * Full Gamer<br> <br> * Chris talks about how he got into the Smash Bros. Brawl: Project M tournament scene, then talks Team Fortress 2<br> * Cody mentions that he actually participated in <a href="http://www.ssbwiki.com/MELEE-FC_Diamond" target="_blank">MELEE-FC Diamond</a>, a major Smash Bros. Melee tournament in 2007, giving him mad street cred<br> * Hear Chris explain how much time it takes him to organize and manage a Team Fortress 2 team, and how the seasons are structured<br> * Yes: he schedules scrimmages, too. Hear what that’s like, including major challenges and roles for his team<br> * Cody doesn’t understand why Chris doesn’t just build a robot to build him a computer, but apparently there’s a good reason why that’s a terrible idea<br> <br> <br> * Life Stuff (again)<br> <br> * Jon tells a story about how his son has entered major meltdown mode, and how parenting apparently becomes difficult when you cannot physically stop a human being from constantly screaming nonstop<br> <br> <br> * Learn how to connect with us on the <a href="http://gonnageek.com" target="_blank">GonnaGeek Network</a>, syndication on <a href="http://wgnplus.com/category/gamelife-balance-u-s/" target="_blank">WGN Plus</a>, our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/unqualifiedpodcast" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, and more!<br> * Podcast theme song intro/outro credit: ‘<a href="http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01730" target="_blank">Subterranean Kamikaze</a>‘ by <a href="http://ocremix.org/artist/4685/sixto-sounds">Sixto Sounds</a>, <a href="http://ocremix.org/artist/4628/zircon">zircon</a>, via OverClocked ReMix (<a class="external free" href="http://ocremix.org/" rel="nofollow">http://ocremix.org</a>)<br> * Game/Life Balance AUS official web site: <a href="http://bit.ly/GLB-AUS" target="_blank">http://gamelifebalance.podomatic.com/</a><br> <br>
