The Long Haul: An Artifact Podcast

Episode 32   A look into the Shopping Phase in 2.0!   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: Let's Shop! Post

Episode 31   Basic Hero Previews! #VoteNyx !   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: https://playartifact.com/news/2217403321334436090

Episode 30 Moonday #4! Some new mechanics and the ruleset expands!   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: https://playartifact.com/news/3487417872003751630

Episode 29   Focus on the new deployment ruleset and how that might affect gameplay.   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links:https://playartifact.com/news/2217402051955024403

Episode 28   Some PREVIEWS and some speculation! Lets go!   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: https://playartifact.com/news/2096930128295276281

Episode 27 The single best moonday of 2020 is upon us! Lets get right on it!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms!     YouTube / Twitch /  iTunes / Spotify / Podbean /  TuneIn / Stitcher          Leave a review & Join our Discord server! Join the long haul! http://bit.ly/Longhaulpodcast   Let us know what you think on Twitter too!    @NineArmada   @k3rrigor   Useful Links: https://playartifact.com/news/2102558993190369211

IT´S ALIVE!!!!!!! Valve´s recent activity marks the beginning of the end of the long haul!   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: https://playartifact.com/news/1821083382556531528 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0zXkwLs_lo https://www.reddit.com/r/Artifact/comments/fmwhhr/the_artifact_page_in_edge_may_issue/

Episode 25 Valve unveils some of their projects. But where is Artifact? Episode 25 marks the upcoming first anniversary of the game. Hopefully they baked a cake for the community.   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor     Useful Links: Half-Life: Alyx Announcement Trailer Valve’s YouTube Page and the Banner without Artifact

Episode 24     A discussion on some current topics; Blizzard´s RP mess and the ACS!     Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor

Episode 23   Intrigued by the recent announcements of the Void Spirit and Snapfire, we gather some friends to talk some Lore. How might it tie with Artifact?   (10:30) The new Heros (Void Spirit and Snapfire)! (21:32) DotA 2 Multiverse and tie-ins with Underlords and Artifact (40:16) Underlords   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor @Cymen90 @AngermaniaP   Useful Links: Snapfire Trailer Void Spirit Trailer

Episode 22   Joined by Jukebox and Kronn to discuss custom designed Artifact cards and how they might be implemented in the future.   (02:31) The International 2019 (07:05) Custom Artifact (16:46) Player Types (24:23) Design & Balance approaches (29:18) From Dota to Artifact (40:05) Workshop   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: Snapfire Trailer Void Spirit Trailer Custom Artifact Sub-Reddit 

Episode 21   We go inside Valve through the eyes of joinDota.com´s CozmikMonkey.   (03:15) The visit to Valve (09:57) The Artifact cabal (12:22) Leadership inside Valve (18:15) The game design approach (24:44) How Valve interacts with the community (38:30) Mobilizing the community   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major platforms! YouTube / Twitch / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: JoinDota: My visit at Valve´s HQ

Episode 20   As fake patch notes leak onto Twitch, we take a step back. What does the community really want?   (04:27) Fake Notes (06:35) Economy and Game mode changes (13:58) Secret Shop changes (21:05) Misc shiny changes (26:07) Quests (34:24) Quality of life fixes (35:39) Reddit    Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher    Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: Fake Leaked Patch Notes Erik Robson´s confirmed fake tweet  Reddit Thread

Episode 19   I´m joined by JoeyD and Grafz for an episode on our all time favourite Artifact moments since the game´s release.   (02:17) Valve devs are still going at it (32:20) Our favourite Artifact moments   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher    Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: WePlay Agility Finals: Shana v  Maggo Melo v SuperJJ: Thundergod Timeout

Episode 18   Chat roulette   (00:25) ??? (05:30) ?!??! (12:42) ??!!!!???! (20:13) ?!!%&%?? (24:53) $%&!?!?!?!§ (29:00) These are random timestamps   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor

Episode 17   Leaks, Meta, Win rates & Game of thrones   (01:43) Dota Underlords Leak (04:00) LoL Auto Chess (05:23) DCL Update (06:27) CD_tiho’s winning RB deck (13:26) Meta Analysis (15:16) Matchup Analysis (20:46) Game of Thrones ?!   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: Meta Analysis DCL Patreon

Episode 16 Captain´s log: Stardate 06.2019. We have encountered meta shifts. It is not clear to us exactly what they mean, but we are attempting to learn more from them.   (01:29) The DCL begins (03:15) The Metagame (08:58) Mono Red & Red/Black (14:47) Mono Blue (15:14) Mono Black (17:44) Mono Green (18:03) Blue/Black (18:37) Final Show Notes   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: DCL Weekly Meta June Week 1 Weekly Mondays #8 Meta

Episode 15   Artifact blows up on Twitch! And Babybokchoy88 guides us through the new & upcoming Draft / Constructed league which hopes to bring the community together on a daily basis.   (02:31) Dota Underlords (06:14) The Artifact dev team (19:49) Twitch memes   (24:14) Bok & organized play (30:06) The structure of the Constructed / Draft league   (40:37) Future plans for the league   (46:31) Final notes   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: Draft/Constructed League Discord Server https://www.patreon.com/letsstillplayartifact

Episode 14 Valve´s new mysterious trademark dissected; and a trip into Aquin’s version of Artifact 2.0. We also discuss ongoing changes with community events and Aquin unveils the Significant Amount of Time Tournament Series. This episode was recorded on the 16th of May and some of the event information provided no longer holds true as the episode gets published. Please visit community discord servers for more information regarding the Artifact Bitcoin League and the Weekly Monday Tournaments, as well as the B3H League. (links provided at the end of the post).   (01:52) Dota Underlords (11:33) Where does this leave Artifact? & the Battle Pass (16:51) Artifact 2.0 Electric Boogaloo; the Javascript project (41:15) Changes in community events (50:58) The Significant Amount of Time Tournament Series (52:16) Final Show Notes   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!   Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotif

Episode 13   Charm3r joins us for a tour of his TCG experiences, as well as some of his own insights into the Artifact universe. We ramble on about the beta, the launch, the future and some alternative TCGs.   (02:54) Background (06:45) Gwent (11:01) Mythgard (19:20) Getting into the Beta (27:02) The Beta (42:16) What would you have changed in the Beta (48:53) Player retention (54:33) Card value (59:50) The Garfield interview (1:04:57) A significant amount of things (1:11:11) Re-launching the game (1:13:51) The WePlay experience (1:21:43) WePlay Mighty Triad: Intelligence? (1:24:17) N3rdStGamers (1:26:06) Future plans (1:28:28) Shout outs (1:30:18) Closing remarks   Join the cast! We record every Sunday at 4 PM CET. Join our Discord; ask questions, join the long haul!    Follow and review us on all major podcast platforms! YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Podbean / TuneIn / Stitcher   Let us know what you think on Twitter too! @NineArmada @k3rrigor   Useful Links: Mythgard discord IGN Ga