Hell Let’s Talk

Mix a passionate fan base with the internet and you are going to get conspiracy theories. For HLL, these fall into two main thought groups, either Team 17 the publisher exploited Black Matter the developer or Black Matter exploited the fan base. Evil Inchon makes his introduction by tossing out suggested evidence and Digishadow provides the a counterpoint. Do you agree with Evil Inchon or is this a lot of smoke with no fire. We discuss patch 16 and if this kind of delay is something the community has been asking for (Smaller, more frequent changes). Mosca is back with a airhead cartoon, and we review all the competitive HLL news to include a new 18vs18 champion.

Two major HLL competitive events are about to kick off and we tackle the challenge of trying to power rank the 23 teams involved (plus Exodus). For a task this big we need to bring in our friend from Germany, DasAltberg who has broadcasted competitive HLL for well over a year. Besides bringing his unfiltered commentary he also provides insight into some of the lesser known European competitive teams. Prior to the rankings we preview patch 16 changes which are significant. There is a new bug with American windshields that you should know about. Digishadow provides up an update on his most requested addition to HLL, shotguns. All of this as a whole lot of drinking on Episode 18 of Hell, Lets Talk.

Finally, the tankers episode! We're joined by General_T and Koleto, plus notes from Chokarion to discuss tanking changes in Update 10, armor tactics, and get a few suggested changes from them. Did Update 10 reduce the skill level for tanking but make it more accessible? Digi and myself do our best to not make it about destroying tanks. Before that we dive into some recently discovered suppression reduction mechanics, talk about the freak out over possible paid future content, and discuss the Hound Dog vs Hot Dog controversy. Packed in is updates for all four competitive HLL tournaments, too much good stuff.

Welcome to the Eastern Front with Update 10 and if you're a commander, welcome to resource overload. Digishadow and Inchon answer four questions after a week of update 10: 1) What is the biggest change to the metagame 2) What is the biggest change at the individual player level (positive or negative) 3) The change you may not notice, but should 4) The change that left us most confused. Prior to this we discuss the newly issued and long awaited New Player Guide with Mosca. Get a behind the scene's look at the art and process of making the guide. We also dive into the DLC conversation and provide an update on competitive HLL.

In our final episode before HLL leaves early access, we look back at the most influential dev briefs, updates, and milestones of the Early Access period. In reviewing these we are able to see the journey HLL has been on and what ultimately it is now. Guest co-host Johnny Gunner provides his insights on the heavy armor in the game. Show friend Dbl0Douche joins us for insight on what's the same and what is different. Of course we're brining you the HLL news, changes, and community feedback. Stay tuned for the bonus content, it's meme worthy.

HLL will leave Early Access on July 27th, 2021. Where does the game stand after the last 2 years in this period of development? To answer this Digishadow and Inchon (with assistance from the live chat) break down the first EA Road Map and their 15 goals, along with 5 of our own. Some topics receive some high marks, others... well not so much. The tier list ranking is available for you to make your own and share! Also we discuss our feedback from PTE#3 which tested new SMDM and Stalingrad. JohnnyGunner is back with a side by side lethality comparison of an M1 Garand vs a Carbine round. And back by popular demand, hero and zero segment.

A key generation of HLL players, referred to as Veterans, are leaving the game or simply getting exhausted. For such a serious topic we take the time to discuss this and it's impacts with two pillars of the HLL community, Wild Bill Jammin and Heidegger. They provide their in-depth perspective on game mechanics, the Meta changes since Update 3 and how these changes removed choices and added rules. We address the recent changes in Update 9 and the last PTE to determine if it fixes, mitigates, or ignore critical issues to this player group. This is a long one so settle in. We provide our first feedback of the PTE and speculate on a release date. A wrap up of the Currahee Cleanup Project is provided along with highlighting the winner of the HLL video creation competition. Congratulations to Easy who combined Company of Heroes with HLL to take the top spot.

A foundation of HLL marketing is history, but World War II history isn't balance and during the time period HLL is set-in. The HLT crew brings back our resident history buff JohnnyGunner to discuss if the current game his historically authentic (period appropriate), accurate period appropriate and used at that particular time and place, or strives for asymmetrical balance. Should Sherman76's and Tigers even be in Foy? At the end we provide some of our suggestions on how to find some balance while keeping true to the historical roots. (Hint: Moderation tools). As normal we have all the HLL news that you may not have caught up on such as Stalingrad confirmed (?), Russian contact PTE announced, and Mosca's 1 year HLL Cartoon birthday.

t's not easy being passionate about an early access game. In this episode we cover some of the highs and lows that the community is currently feeling. We've got (4) dev briefs worth of new Russian content and a new patch (high), but Spring Seasonal is cancelled and performance is still suffering (low). What has always continued to improve is the great community we have and we spotlight 116. Pz D (Greyhounds) for their work in running the Greyhound Cup. We learn about their structure, history and custom discord badges!?! Mosca captures everybody's favorite HLL sound with his newest cartoon. and we introduce our first history segment with none other than Johnny Gunner. As a true WWII enthusiast and reenactor, he provides a unique perspective about Foy and the fog during the battle.

Did you get a chance to go through the 998 comments from the Developer Question and Answer Post? If not, you know the HLT research team has you covered. We're breaking down what were the biggest questions answered, not answered, and what went against the community opinions. For such heavy lifting we're joined by one of the largest HLL personalities, Monoespecial as a special co-host. Fresh off his appearance from the Dreamhack invitational, he is bringing his unique perspective and answering questions about being a content creator. We've got news from the competitive scene across the globe, Mosca's newest artwork, and a special hero segment from the lead organizer of the Currahee Clean-Up Project.

Update 9 has seeped into our very bones and it's got us asking a crucial question: Did Hell Let Loose keep its kickstarter promises? The research team has broken down the major highlights of the original pitch from the developers during their successful kickstarter campaign and we interview two early financial backers to talk about the wins and losses throughout HLL's life. Is it fair to say that what was promised in the beginning isn't exactly what's been delivered? Is that for better, or for worse? To help us break it all down are two of the longest serving veterans of the game and kickstarter backers, Grim13Geist (GrimGeist) and Dbl0Douche. They bring us their unfiltered observations rooted in over +5000 hours of in-game time. We have news, too, update 9 corrections and global competitive battles, including an official Dreamhack event for HLL. Want to carry more of these conversations on with Inchon, Digishadow, or Dbl0Douche, ensure you follow their twitch channel and chat with them live.

2021. It is the year of tank fixes, new maps, the Russian front. The year Hell Let Loose goes from a boy to a man. Did update 9 progress us towards maturity? This episode of Hell, Let's Talk ranges from news the game would be out on new platforms and obviously, the drop of Update 9. If you saw the year end financial statement from Team 17, you know there's been some controversy over the revelation that the game would be rolling out onto Xbox and PlayStation. And if you've been playing the game since last week, you've definitely noticed some not so great changes that have come from Update 9 - and maybe some good ones. We focus in on: - .ini file changes by showing what was possible before locking - Debate resource node changes - How effective are the red zone garrisons - And many other topics

WOW! Is all we have to say about the end of the Winter Seasonal Tournament and the champions Exodus, who are our spotlight. Not only does WakandaPerhaps introduces us to their their community, but Ninjapulver walks us through their tactical map and explain their strategy in the final match on Saint-Marie du Mont. They also present their favorite two memes, because it wouldn't be Exodus without some memes. Melee is on its way to Hell Let Loose and it actually looks decent, but we go in depth on it this episode. We also talk offensive mode changes, micro terrain, game modes and map long awaited map changes and rework to the classic map, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Finally Moscatnt is back to unveil his newest HLL cartoon live on the show in addition to his one-of-a-kind HLL spotter T-shirt.

Episode 6 is for the content creators featuring special guest Moscatnt, Hell Let Loose resident artist. If you go anywhere near the Reddit for the game you've likely come across his work which is hilarious, professional, informative and telling. He cleverly captures the essence of the game in every piece he does. Like a political cartoonist, but for Hell Let Loose. The team discusses the news this week too around how the game's new admin cam will work and some initial feedback for Update 9's PTE. On our Winter Seasonal tournament update the most intense final three minutes is broken down by Cdub and Digishadow as they lead a nail-biter against OC/KRT. The cowbell is back for the Hero/Zero segment and a special thanks to God_sSs_end at the end. Ensure you check out the bonus content for Moscantnt's drawing live.

Here's a little extra post-show footage. In a surprising twist, GOD-sSs-END confesses the deal about why he wears sunglasses all the time, and Abinus talks about his new job, which he earned as a direct result of his time at the Hell Let Loose Training Camp (HLLTC).

Welcome to the very first episode of our bi-weekly show "Hell, Let's Talk!" This week, our hosts Inchon and Digishadow dive into Update 8 and give you their takes on the biggest, most controversial changes to Hell Let Loose. Learn about changes in time to travel (TTT), time to kill (TTK), friendly fire, loadout changes, and much, much more on this week's show. We'll also be discussing resource economy, the increase in automatic weapons, OP and garrison destruction, and map updates/lack of updates.

In this year-end episode of Hell, Let's Talk, we bring on the man, the myth, the garrison czar, Wild Bill Jammin as a co-host. Wild Bill makes incredibly hilarious and well thought out videos on YouTube all about Hell Let Loose. Don't listen to him when he's being modest on the show. If you haven't already? Check. These. Out. He makes the best Hell Let Loose content out there. In this episode, Wild Bill helps Dashthirty (filling in for Digi) and Inchon get through the circulating conspiracy theory about a 2021 Stalingrad map coming to the game as well as a little peek in the rearview mirror at HLL's year. It was a big one, to say the least.

An interview with Wild Bill Jammin recorded after he helped co-host Episode 2 of Hell, Let's Talk. Wild Bill tells us about his mad methods and the origin story behind his gaming handle.

First off, apologies about the awful audio you're going to hear from Inchon's microphone in this episode. The issue was caught way too late and will be fixed for next time. This show, Digi and Inchon get into everything from the nitty-gritty about smoke use all the way up to the meta at its highest level. This Christmas special also features an interview with the two founders of the Hell Let Loose Training Camp, Abinus and GOD-sSs-END. They're responsible for one of the many communities within the game and know Hell Let Loose inside and out. We also ask the devs for what we'd like under our Hell Let Loose Christmas trees this year, talk about the latest news, and give our take on some of the fixes that have been implemented since Update 8.

Over 800 players are competing in the largest HLL tournament and "Hell, Lets Talk" has it covered. From tournament structure and tactics to teams and key week-1 match-ups, we've got it all right here in Episode 3. Key insights are provided by [HLLTC]Cdub8D, the Training Camp's chief organizer for competitions and (WTH)Heidegger, founder of team WTH. Also covered is the achievement for HLL breaking into the top 10 games in Steam's worldwide sales and achievements for the players. Barb Wire impacts are discussed as well. And, of course, we give you the view-favorite segment Hero and Zero's awards. Finally, this week's musical shout-out goes to Lazyboi Dri for "Learn Chinese". In honor of the massive influx of Asian players that just recently took place, we thought it'd be fun to give a warm, fun welcome to everyone. Lazyboi Dri is an incredibly talented up-and-coming artist from the far East, and we look forward to seeing more of him.

The top HLL podcast "Hell, Let's Talk" is back for Episode 4, and we're really excited about this one because we have the Training Camp's own walkingPTSD as well as special guest Xiang_Ganger, a Britain living in China, and a member of the Australian HLL team HFKT. To his credit, Xiang_Ganer is a content producer, an outspoken advocate against region locking, and a supporter of equality in gameplay for Asian communities. He's here with us to talk about Hell Let Loose opening up to the huge, new, and exciting community in Asia. Of course, we also get into the latest news with a focus on comms issues which we've been hearing are being worked on. But haven't we heard that before? We also talk about the Winter Seasonal tournament which is now in full swing and showcasing the top teams in the game slugging it out.

Pour your whisky and scotch for this Episode as Inchon and Digi are joined by a dapper, Scottish pal of ours, Sheepzez from [PBS]. You may remember Skeepzez from prolific streams like, “Hey, is that guy wearing a tie and vest while he plays?” and “Does he really play Hell Let Loose standing up?” because this show we analyze HLL's new road map and the wide-ranging Q&A with the developers that recently came out. But we ask the question... was this a road map to redemption or ruin? Also, the winter seasonal progresses with only 2 European Teams remaining undefeated after the elite 8 battled each other and next week will determine the final 4. In addition to Sheepzez, Frank from [PBS] will be joining the show as we talk about that clan's 15 year anniversary. [PBS] is one of HLL's biggest clans and we're excited to chat with Frank about how exactly you achieve long-term success in cultivating a gaming community over the long-term. Finally our “Zero of the Show” is a must-see for anybody that loves the Band of Brothers series or maintaining historic sites