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Can You Segway?Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.So exactly who was going to be sympathetic to their plight, who we cared about?Beyond my fevered dream of making a difference there was a pinch of reality. See, the Cabindans and the people of Zaire were both ethnic Bakongo and the Bakongo of Zaire had also once had their own, independent (until 1914) kingdom which was now part of Angola. The Bakongo were major factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -(formerly for a short time known as the nation of Zaire, from here on out to be referred to as the DRC and in the running for the most fucked up place on the planet Earth, more on that later)- and Congo (the nation) yet a minority in Angola. Having an independent nation united along ethnic and linguistic lines made sense and could expect support from their confederates across international boundaries.The Liberation Air ForceThe Earth & Sky operated under one constant dilemma ~ when would Temujin make his return? Since they didn't know and it was their job to be prepared for the eventuality if it happened tomorrow, or a century down the line, they 'stockpiled', and 'stockpiled' and 'stockpiled'.That was why they maintained large horse herds and preserved the ancient arts of Asian bowyers, armoring and weapons-craft. That was why they created secret armories, and sulfur and saltpeter sites when musketry and cannons became the new ways of warfare. They secured sources of phosphates and petroleum when they became the new thing, and so on.All of this boiled over to me being shown yet again I worked with clever, creative and under-handed people. The Khanate came up with a plan for a 'Union' Air Force {Union? More on that later} within 24 hours, and it barely touched any of their existing resources. How did they accomplish this miracle? They had stockpiled and maintained earlier generation aircraft because they didn't know when Temujin would make his re-appearance.They'd also trained pilots and ground crews for those aircraft. As you might imagine, those people grew old just as their equipment did. In time, they went into the Earth & Sky's Inactive Reserves ~ the rank & file over the age of 45. You never were 'too old' to serve in some capacity though most combat-support related work ended at 67.When Temujin made his return and the E&S transformed into the Khanate, those people went to work bringing their lovingly cared for, aging equipment up to combat-alert readiness. If the frontline units were decimated, they would have to serve, despite the grim odds of their survival. It was the terrible acceptance the Chinese would simply possess so much more war-making material than they did.Well, the Khanate kicked the PRC's ass in a titanic ass-whooping no one (else) had seen coming, or would soon forget. Factory production and replacement of worn machines was in stride to have the Khanate's Air Force ready for the next round of warfare when the Cease-fire ended and the Reunification War resumed.Always a lower priority, the Khanate military leadership was considering deactivating dozens of these reserve unit when suddenly the (Mongolian) Ikh khaany khairt akh dáé (me) had this hare-brained scheme about helping rebels in Africa, West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea coast/Atlantic Ocean, far, far away, and it couldn't look like the Khanate was directly involved.They barely knew where Angola was. They had to look up Cabinda to figure out precisely where that was. They brought in some of their 'reservist' air staff to this briefing and one of them, a woman (roughly a third of the E&S 'fighting'/non-frontline forces were female), knew what was going on. Why?She had studied the combat records and performance of the types of aircraft she'd have to utilize... back in the 1980's and 90's and Angola had been a war zone rife with Soviet (aka Khanate) material back then. Since she was both on the ball, bright and knew the score, the War Council put her in overall command. She knew what was expected of her and off she went, new staff in hand. She was 64 years old, yet as ready and willing to serve as any 20 year old believer in the Cause.Subtlety, scarcity and audacity were the watchwords of the day. The Khanate couldn't afford any of their front-line aircraft for this 'expedition'. They really couldn't afford any of their second-rate stuff either. Fortunately, they had some updated third-rate war-fighting gear still capable of putting up an impressive show in combat ~ providing they weren't going up against a top tier opponents.For the 'volunteers' of the Union Air Force, this could very likely to be a one-way trip. They all needed crash courses (not a word any air force loves, I know) in Portuguese though hastily provided iPhones with 'apps' to act as translators were deemed to be an adequate stop-gap measure. Besides, they were advised to avoid getting captured at all cost. The E&S couldn't afford the exposure. Given the opportunity ~ this assignment really was going above and beyond ~ not one of these forty-six to sixty-seven year olds backed out.No, they rolled out fifty of their antiquated aircraft, designs dating back to the 1950's through the mid-70's, and prepared them for the over 10,000 km journey to where they were 'needed most'. 118 pilots would go (72 active plus 46 replacements) along with 400 ground crew and an equally aged air defense battalion (so their air bases didn't get blown up). Security would be provided by 'outsiders' ~ allies already on the ground and whatever rebels could be scrounged up. After the initial insertion, the Indian Air Force would fly in supplies at night into the Cabinda City and Soyo Airports.The composition,14 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 jet fighters ~ though she entered service in 1959, these planes' electronics were late 20th century and she was a renowned dogfighter. 12 were the Mig-21-97 modernized variant and the other two were Mig-21 UM two-seater trainer variants which could double as reconnaissance fighters if needed.14 Sukhoi Su-22 jet fighter-bombers ~ the original design, called the Su-17, came out in 1970, the first 12 were variants with the 22M4 upgrade were an early-80's package. The other 2 were Su-22U two-seat trainers which, like their Mig-21 comrades, doubled as reconnaissance fighters. The Su-22M4's would be doing the majority of the ground attack missions for the Cabindans, though they could defend themselves in aerial combat if necessary.6 Sukhoi Su-24M2 supersonic attack aircraft ~ the first model rolled off the production lines in the Soviet Union back in 1974. By far the heaviest planes in the Cabindan Air Force, the Su-24M2's would act as their 'bomber force' as well as anti-ship deterrence.8 Mil Mi-24 VM combat helicopters ~ introduced in 1972 was still a lethal combat machine today. Unlike the NATO helicopter force, the Mi-24's did double duty as both attack helicopter and assault transports at the same time.4 Mil Mi-8 utility helicopters, first produced in 1967. Three would act as troop/cargo transports (Mi-8 TP) while the fourth was configured as a mobile hospital (the MI-17 1VA).4 Antonov An-26 turboprop aircraft, two to be used as tactical transports to bring in supplies by day and two specializing in electronic intelligence aka listening to what the enemy was up to. Though it entered production in 1969, many still remained flying today.2 Antonov An-71M AEW&C twin-jet engine aircraft. These were an old, abandoned Soviet design the Earth & Sky had continued working on primarily because the current (1970's) Russian Airborne Early Warning and Control bird had been both huge and rather ineffective ~ it couldn't easily identify low-flying planes in the ground clutter so it was mainly only good at sea. Since the E&S planned to mostly fight over the land,They kept working on the An-71 which was basically 1977's popular An-72 with some pertinent design modifications (placing the engines below the wings instead of above them as on the -72 being a big one). To solve their radar problem, they stole some from the Swedish tech firm Ericsson, which hadn't been foreseen to be a problem before now.See, the Russians in the post-Soviet era created a decent AEW&C craft the E&S gladly stole and copied the shit out of for their front line units and it was working quite nicely ~ the Beriev A-50, and wow, were the boys in the Kremlin pissed off about that these days. Whoops, or was that woot?Now, the Khanate was shipping two An-71's down to Cabinda and somewhere along the line someone just might get a 'feel' for the style of radar and jamming the Cabindans were using aka the Swedish stuff in those An-71's. The Erieye radar system could pick out individual planes at 280 miles. The over-all system could track 60 targets and plot out 10 intercepts simultaneously. NATO, they were not, but in sub-Saharan Africa, there were none better.Anyway, so why was any of this important?Why the old folks with their ancient machines? As revealed, since the Earth & Sky had no idea when Temüjin would return, they were constantly squirreling away equipment. World War 2 gave them unequaled access to Soviet military technology and training.Afterwards, under Josef Stalin's direction, thousands of Russian and German engineers and scientists were exiled to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan who were then snatched up (reportedly died in the gulags/trying to escape) and the E&S began building mirror factories modeled on the 'then current' Soviet production lines.So, by the early 1950's, the E&S was building, flying and maintaining Soviet-style Antonov, Beriev, Ilyushin, Myasishchev, Mikoyan-Gurevich, Sukhoi, Tupolev and Yakovlev airplanes. First in small numbers because their pool of pilots and specialists was so small.The E&S remedied this by creating both their own 'private' flight academies and technical schools. They protected their activities with the judicious use of bribes (they were remarkably successful with their economic endeavors on both side of the Iron Curtain) and murders (including the use of the Ghost Tigers).By 1960, the proto-Khanate had an air force. Through the next two decades they refined and altered their doctrine ~ moving away from the Soviet doctrine to a more pure combined-arms approach (the Soviets divided their air power into four separate arms ~ ADD (Long Range Aviation), FA (Front Aviation), MTA (Military Transport Aviation) and the V-PVO (Soviet Air Defenses ~ which controlled air interceptors).).It wasn't until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of the various former SSR's that the E&S program really began to hit its stride. Still, while Russia faltered, China's PLAAF (Peoples' Liberation Army Air Force) began to take off. Since the Chinese could produce so much more, the E&S felt it had to keep those older planes and crews up to combat readiness. The younger field crews and pilots flew the newer models as they rolled off the secret production lines.Then the Unification War appeared suddenly, the E&S-turned Khanate Air Force skunked their PLAAF rivals due to two factors, a surprise attack on a strategic level and the fatal poisoning of their pilots and ground crews before they even got into the fight. For those Chinese craft not destroyed on the ground, the effects of Anthrax eroded their fighting edge. Comparable technology gave the Khanate their critical victory and Air Supremacy over the most important battlefields.What did this meant for those out-of-date air crews and pilots who had been training to a razor's edge for a month now? Their assignment had been to face down the Russians if they invaded. They would take their planes up into the fight even though this most likely would mean their deaths, but they had to try.When Operation Fun House put Russia in a position where she wasn't likely to jump on the Khanate, this mission's importance faded. The Russian Air Force was far more stretched than the Khanate's between her agitations in the Baltic and her commitments in the Manchurian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Georgian theaters.With more new planes rolling off the production lines, these reservist units began dropping down the fuel priority list, which meant lowering their flight times thus readiness. Only my hare-brained scheme had short-circuited their timely retirement. Had I realized I was getting people's grandparents killed, I would have probably made the same call anyway. We needed them.The KanateThe Khanate's #1 air superiority dogfighter was the Mig-35F. The #2 was the Mig-29. No one was openly discussing the Khanate's super-stealthy "Su-50", if that was what it was, because its existence 'might' suggest the Khanate also stole technology from the Indian defense industry, along with their laundry list of thefts from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the PRC, Russia and half of NATO.Her top multi-role fighters were the Su-47, Su-35S and Su-30SM. The Su-30 'Flanker-C/MK2/MKI were their 2nd team with plenty of 3rd team Su-27M's still flying combat missions as well.Strike fighters? There weren't enough Su-34's to go around yet, so the Su-25MS remained the Khanate's dedicated Close Air Assault model.Medium transport aircraft? The An-32RE and An-38. They had small, large and gargantuan transports as well.Bombers? The rather ancient jet-powered Tu-160M2's and Tu-22M2's as well as the even older yet still worthwhile turboprops ~ from 1956's ~ the Tu-95M S16.Helicopters? While they still flew updated variants of the Mil Mi-8/17 as military transports, the more optimized Kamov Ka-52 and Mil Mi-28 had replaced them in the assault role.Bizarrely, the Khanate had overrun several Chinese production lines of the aircraft frames and components ~ enough to complete fairly modern PLAAF (Peoples Liberation Army Air Force) FC-1 and J-10 (both are small multi-role fighter remarkably similar to the US F-16 with the FC-1 being the more advanced model, using shared Chinese-Pakistani technology and was designed for export,).They did have nearly two dozen to send, but they didn't have the pilots and ground crews trained to work with them, plus the FC-1 cost roughly $32 million which wasn't fundage any legitimate Cabindan rebels could get their hands on, much less $768 million (and that would just be for the planes, not the weeks' worth of fuel, parts and munitions necessary for what was forthcoming).Meanwhile, except for the An-26, which you could get for under $700,000 and the An-71, which were only rendered valuable via 'black market tech', none of the turboprop and jet aircraft the Khanate was sending were what any sane military would normally want. The helicopters were expensive ~ the 'new' models Mi-24's cost $32 million while the Mi-17's set you back $17 million. The one's heading to Cabinda didn't look 'new'.The Opposition:In contrast, the Angolan Air Force appeared far larger and more modern. Appearances can be deceptive, and they were. Sure, the models of Russian and Soviet-made aircraft they had in their inventory had the higher numbers ~ the Su-25, -27 and -30 ~ plus they had Mig-21bis's, Mig-23's and Su-22's, but things like training and up-keep didn't appear to be priorities for the Angolans.When you took into account the rampant corruption infecting all levels of Angolan government, the conscript nature of their military, the weakness of their technical educational system, the complexity of any modern combat aircraft and the reality that poor sods forced into being Air Force ground crewmen hardly made the most inspired technicians, or most diligent care-takers of their 'valuable' stockpiles (which their officers all too often sold on the black market anyway), things didn't just look bleak for the Angolan Air Force, they were a tsunami of cumulative factors heading them for an epic disaster.It wasn't only their enemies who derided their Air Force's lack of readiness. Their allies constantly scolded them about it too. Instead of trying to fix their current inventory, the Angolans kept shopping around for new stuff. Since 'new'-new aircraft was beyond what they wanted to spend (aka put too much of a dent in the money they were siphoning off to their private off-shore accounts), they bought 'used' gear from former Soviet states ~ Belarus, Russia and Ukraine ~ who sold them stuff they had left abandoned in revetments (open to the elements to slowly rot) on the cheap.To add to the insanity, the Angolans failed to keep up their maintenance agreements so their newly fixed high-tech machines often either couldn't fly, or flew without critical systems, like radar, avionics and even radios. Maybe that wasn't for the worst because after spending millions on these occasionally-mobile paperweights, the Angolans bought the least technologically advanced missile, gun and rocket systems they could get to put on these flying misfortunes.On the spread sheets, Angola had 18 Su-30K's, 18 Su-27, 12 Su-25's, 14 Su-22's, 22 Mig-23's, 23 Mig-21bis's and 6 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (a turboprop aircraft tailor-made for counter-insurgency operations), 105 helicopters with some combative ability and 21 planes with some airlift capacity. That equated to 81 either air superiority, or multi-role jet fighters versus the 12 Union Air Force (actually the Bakongo Uni o de Cabinda e Zaire, For as Armadas de Liberta  o, For a Area ~ Liberation Armed Forces, Air Force (BUCZ-FAL-FA) Mig-21-97's.It would seem lopsided except for the thousands of hours of flight experience the 'Unionists' enjoyed over their Angolan rivals. You also needed to take into account the long training and fanatic dedication of their ground crews to their pilots and their craft. Then you needed to take into account every Unionist aircraft, while an older airframe design, had updated (usually to the year 2000) technology lovingly cared for, as if the survival of their People demanded it.A second and even more critical factor was the element of surprise. At least the PRC and the PLAAF had contingencies for attacks from their neighbors in the forefront of their strategic planning. The Angolans? The only country with ANY air force in the vicinity was the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and they had ceased being a threat with the end of Apartheid and the rise of majority Black rule in that country nearly two decades earlier.In the pre-dawn hours of 'Union Independence Day', the FAL-FA was going to smash every Angolan Air base and air defense facility within 375 miles of Cabinda (the city). Every three hours after that, they would be hitting another target within their designated 'Exclusion Zone'. Yes, this 'Exclusion Zone' included a 'tiny' bit of DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) territory. The DRC didn't have an air force to challenge them though, so,Inside this 'Exclusion Zone', anything moving by sea, river, road, rail, or air without Unionist governmental approval was subject to attack, which would require neutral parties to acknowledge some semblance of a free and independent B U C Z. Worse for Angola, this 'Zone' included Angola's capital and its largest port, Luanda, plus four more of their ten largest urban centers. This could be an economic, military and humanitarian catastrophe if mishandled.The Angolan Army did not have significant anti-aircraft assets. Why would they? Remember, no one around them had much of an air force to worry about. The FAL-FA in turn could hit military convoys with TV-guided munitions 'beyond line of sight', rendering what they did have useless. It got worse for the Army after dark. The FAL-FA could and would fly at night whereas the average Angolan formation had Zip-Zero-Nadda night fighting capacity.Then geography added its own mountain of woes. As far as Cabinda was concerned, there was no direct land line to their border from Angola. Their coastal road only went as far as the port of Soyo where the Congo River hit the South Atlantic Ocean. Across that massive gap was the DRC where the road was not picked back up. Far up the coast was the DRC town of Muanda (with an airport) and though they did have a road which went north, it did not continue to the Cabindan border.Nope. To get at Cabinda from the south meant a long, torturous travel through northeastern Angola, into the heart of the DRC then entailed hooking west to some point 'close' to the Cabindan frontier before finally hoofing it overland through partially cleared farmland and jungle. Mind you, the DRC didn't have a native air force capable of protecting the Angolans in their territory so,In fact the only 'road' to Cabinda came from the Republic of Congo (Congo) to the north and even that was a twisted route along some really bad, swampy terrain. This had been the pathway of conquest the Angolans took 39 years earlier. The difference being the tiny bands of pro-independence Cabindan guerillas back then couldn't hold a candle to the Amazons fighting to free Cabinda this time around in numbers, zeal, training and up-to-date equipment.Next option ~ to come by sea. They would face a few, stiff problems, such as the FAL-FA having ship-killer missiles, the Angolan Navy not being able to defend them and the Unionists having no compunction to not strike Pointe-Noire in the 'not so neutral' Republic of the Congo if they somehow began unloading Angolan troops. It seemed the Republic of the Congo didn't have much of an Air Force either.Before you think the FAL-FA was biting off more than they could chew, Cabinda, the province, was shaped somewhat like the US State of Delaware, was half the size of Connecticut (Cabinda was 2,810 sq. mi. to Conn.'s 5,543 sq. mi.) and only the western 20% was relatively open countryside where the Angolan Army's only advantage ~ they possessed armed fighting vehicles while the 'Unionists' did not (at this stage of planning) ~ could hopefully come into play.Centered at their capital, Cabinda (City), jets could reach any point along their border within eight minutes. Helicopters could make it in fifteen. To be safe, some of the FAL-FA would base at the town of Belize which was in the northern upcountry and much tougher to get at with the added advantage the Angolans wouldn't be expecting the FAL-FA to be using the abandoned airfield there, at least initially.Where they afraid attacking Angolan troops in the DRC would invite war with the DRC? Sure, but letting the Angolans reach the border unscathed was worse. Besides, the DRC was in such a mess it needed 23,000 UN Peacekeepers within her borders just to keep the country from falling apart. Barring outside, read European, intervention, did "Democratically-elected since 2001" President (for Life) Joseph Kabila want the FAL-FA to start dropping bombs on his capital, Kinshasa, which was well within reach of all their aircraft?Congo (the country), to the north, wasn't being propped up by the UN, or anything else except ill intentions. In reality, it hardly had much of a military at all. Its officer corps was chosen for political reliability, not merit, or capability. Their technology was old Cold War stuff with little effort to update anything and, if you suspected corruption might be a problem across all spectrums of life, you would 'probably' be right about that too.If you suspected the current President had been in charge for a while, you would be correct again (1979-1992 then 2001- and the 'whoops' was when he accidently let his country experiment with democracy which led to two civil wars). If you suspected he was a life-long Communist (along with the Presidents of the DRC and Angola), you'd be right about that as well. Somehow their shared Marxist-Leninist-Communist ideology hadn't quite translated over to alleviating the grinding poverty in any of those countries despite their vast mineral wealth,At this point in the region's history, little Cabinda had everything to gain by striving for independence and the vast majority of 'warriors' who could possibly be sent against her had terribly little to gain fighting and dying trying to stop them from achieving her goal. After all, their lives weren't going to get any better and with the Amazons ability ~ nay willingness ~ to commit battlefield atrocities, those leaders were going to find it hard going to keep sending their men off to die.And then, it got even worse.See, what I had pointed out was there were two oil refineries in Angola, and neither was in Cabinda. Cabinda would need a refinery to start making good on their oil wealth ~ aka economically bribe off the Western economies already shaken over the Khanate's first round of aggressions.But wait! There was an oil refinery just across the Congo River from Cabinda ~ which meant it was attached to mainland Angola. That had to be a passel of impossible news, right?Nope. As I said earlier, it seemed the people of northern Angola were the same racial group as the Cabindans AND majority Catholic while the ruling clique wasn't part of their ethnic confederacy plus the farther south and east into Angola you went, the less Catholic it became.But it got better. This province was historically its own little independent kingdom (called the Kingdom of Kongo) to boot! It had been abolished by Portugal back in 1914.The 'good' news didn't end there. Now, it wasn't as if the leadership of Angola was spreading the wealth around to the People much anyway, but these northerners had been particularly left out of this Marxist version of 'Trickle Down' economics.How bad was this? This northwestern province ~ called Zaire ~ didn't have any railroads, or paved roads, linking it to the rest of the freaking country. The 'coastal road' entered the province, but about a third of the way up ran into this river, which they'd failed to bridge (you had to use a single track bridge farther to the northeast, if you can believe it). It wasn't even a big river. It was still an obstacle though.How did the Angolan government and military planned to get around? Why by air and sea, of course. Well, actually by air. Angola didn't have much of a merchant marine, or Navy, to make sealift a serious consideration. Within hours of the 'Union Declaration of Independence' anything flying anywhere north of the Luanda, the capital of Angola, would essentially be asking to be blown out of the sky.Along the border between Zaire province and the rest of Angola were precisely two chokepoints. By 'chokepoints', I meant places where a squad (10 trained, modernly-equipped troopers) could either see everything for miles & miles over pretty much empty space along a river valley and the only bridge separating Zaire province from the south, or overlook a ravine which the only road had to pass through because of otherwise bad-ass, broken terrain.Two.Zaire Province had roughly the same population as Cabinda ~ 600,000. Unlike Cabinda, which consisted of Cabinda City plus a few tiny towns and rugged jungles, Zaire had two cities ~ Soyo, with her seventy thousand souls plus the refinery at the mouth of the Congo River, and M'banza-Kongo, the historical capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, spiritual center of the Bakongo People (who included the Cabindans) and set up in the highlands strategically very reminiscent of Điện Biàn Phủ.Of Zaire's provincial towns, the only other strategic one was N'Zeto with her crappy Atlantic port facility and 2,230 meter grass airport. The town was the northern terminus of the National Road 100 ~ the Coastal Road. It terminated because of the Mebridege River. There wasn't a bridge at N'Zeto though there was a small one several miles upstream. N'Zeto was also where the road from provinces east of Zaire ended up, so you had to have N'Zeto ~ and that tiny bridge ~ to move troops overland anywhere else in Zaire Province.So you would think it would be easy for the Angolan Army to defend then, except of how the Amazons planned to operate. They would infiltrate the area first then 'rise up in rebellion'. Their problem was the scope of the operation had magnified in risk of exposure, duration and forces necessary for success.The serious issue before Saint Marie and the Host in Africa were the first two. They could actually move Amazons from Brazil and North America to bolster their numbers for the upcoming offensive. Even in the short-short term, equipment wouldn't be a serious problem. What the Amazons dreaded was being left in a protracted slugfest with the Angolan Army which the Condottieri could jump in on. The Amazons exceedingly preferred to strike first then vanish.There was reason to believe a tiny number could have stayed behind in Cabinda to help the locals prepare their military until they could defend themselves. They would need more than a hundred Amazons if Cabinda wanted to incorporate Zaire. The answer was to call back their newfound buddy, the Great Khan. While he didn't have much else he could spare (the Khanate was ramping up for their invasion of the Middle East after all, the Kurds needed the help), he had other allies he could call on.India couldn't help initially since they were supposed to supply the 'Peace-keepers' once a cease-fire had been arranged. That left Temujin with his solid ally, Vietnam, and his far shakier allies, the Republic of China and Japan.First off ~ Japan could not help, which meant they couldn't supply troops who might very well end up dead, or far worse, captured.. What they did have was a surplus of older equipment the ROC troops were familiar with, so while the ROC was gearing up for their own invasion of mainland China in February, they were willing to help the Chinese kill Angolans, off the books, of course.The ROC was sending fifteen hundred troops the Khanate's way to help in this West African adventure with the understanding they'd be coming home by year's end. With Vietnam adding over eight hundred of her own Special Forces, the Amazons had the tiny 'allied' army they could leave shielding Cabinda/Zaire once the first round of blood-letting was over.To be 'fair', the Republic of China and Vietnam asked for 'volunteers'. It wasn't like either country was going to declare war on Angola directly. Nearly a thousand members of Vietnam's elite 126th Regiment of the 5th Brigade (Đặc cáng bộ) took early retirement then misplaced their equipment as they went to update their visas and inoculations before heading out for the DRC (some would be slipping over the DRC/Cabindan border).On Taiwan, it was the men and women of the 602nd Air Cavalry Brigade, 871st Special Operations Group and 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion who felt the sudden desire to 'seek enlightenment elsewhere, preferably on another continent'.They too were off to the Democratic Republic of Congo, man that country was a mess and their border security wasn't worth writing home about, that's for damn sure, via multiple Southeast Asian nations. Besides, they were being issued fraudulently visas which showed them to be from the People's Republic of China, not the ROC/Taiwan. If they were captured, they were to pretend to "be working for a Communist Revolution inside Angola and thus to be setting all of Africa on fire!" aka be Mainland Chinese.There, in the DRC, these Chinese stumbled across, some Japanese. These folks hadn't retired. No. They were on an extended assignment for the UN's mission in, the DRC. OH! And look! They'd brought tons of surplus, outdated Japanese Self Defense Forces' equipment with them, and there just so happened to be some Taiwanese who had experience in using such equipment (both used US-style gear).And here was Colonel Yoshihiro Isami of the Chūō Sokuō Shūdan (Japan's Central Readiness Force) wondering why he and his hastily assembled team had just unloaded,18 Fuji/Bell AH-1S Cobra Attack helicopters,6 Kawasaki OH-6D Loach Scout helicopters,12 Fuji-Bell 204-B-2 Hiyodori Utility helicopters,6 Kawasaki/Boeing CH-47JA Chinook Transport helicopters and4 Mitsubishi M U-2L-1 Photo Reconnaissance Aircraft.Yep! 46 more aircraft for the FAL-FA!Oh, and if this wasn't 'bad enough', the Chinese hadn't come alone. They'd brought some old aircraft from their homes to aid in the upcoming struggle. Once more, these things were relics of the Cold War yet both capable fighting machines and, given the sorry state of the opposition, definitely quite deadly. A dozen F-5E Tiger 2000 configured primarily for air superiority plus two RF-5E Tigergazer for reconnaissance, pilots plus ground crews, of course.Thus, on the eve of battle, the FAL-FA had become a true threat. Sure, all of its planes (and half of its pilots) were pretty old, but they were combat-tested and in numbers and experience no other Sub-Saharan African nation could match.The Liberation Ground Forces:But wait, there was still the niggling little problem of what all those fellas were going to fight with once they were on the ground. Assault/Battle rifles, carbines, rifles, pistols, PDW, SMGs as bullets, grenades and RPG's were all terrifyingly easy to obtain. The coast of West Africa was hardly the Port of London as far as customs security went. They were going to need some bigger toys and their host nations were going to need all their native hardware for their upcoming battles at home.And it wasn't like you could advertise for used IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicles), APCs (armored personnel carriers) and tanks on e-Bay, Amazon.com, or Twitter. If something modern US, or NATO, was captured rolling around the beautiful Angolan countryside, shooting up hostile Angolans, all kinds of head would roll in all kinds of countries, unless the country,A) had an Executive Branch and Judiciary who wouldn't ask (or be answering) too many uncomfortable questions,B) wasn't all that vulnerable to international pressure,C) really needed the money and,D) didn't give a fuck their toys would soon be seen on BBC/CNN/Al Jazeera blowing the ever-living crap out of a ton of Africans aka doing what they were advertised to do and doing it very well in the hands of capable professionals.And politics was kind enough to hand the freedom-loving people of Cabinda & Zaire a winner, and it wasn't even from strangers, or at least people all that strange to their part of the Globe. If you would have no idea who to look for, you wouldn't be alone.That was the magic of the choice. See, the last three decades had seen the entire Globe take a colossal dump on them as a Nation and a People. They were highly unpopular for all sorts of things, such as Crimes Against Humanity and 'no', we were not talking about the Khanate.We would be talking about Република Србија / Republika Srbija aka Serbia aka the former Yugoslavia who had watched all their satellite minions (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia) slip away. Despite being reduced to a tiny fraction of their former selves thus fighting two incredibly brutal and bloody World Wars for nothing, Serbia insisted on maintaining a robust armaments industry.Mind you, they didn't make the very best stuff on the planet. That didn't stop them from trying though. Of equal importance was their geographic location and the above mentioned desire for some hard currency without asking too many questions. The geography was simple, you could move even heavy gear unnoticed from central Serbia to the Montenegrin port of Bar by rail and load them up on freighters and off to the Congo you went.The Serbians produced an APC called the BVP M-80A's which weren't blowing anyone's minds away when they started rolling off the production lines back in 1982, plus some over-eager types on the Serbian Army's payroll sweetened the deal by offering 'the rebels' some BVP M-80 KC's and a KB as well.Then they slathered on the sugary-sweet Maple syrup by upgrading a few of the M-80A's to BVP M-98A's. Why would they be so generous? The KC's and KB were the Command & Control variants, so that made sense (C = company & B = battalion commander). The -98A had never been tested in the field before and they were kind of curious how the new turrets (which was the major difference) would behave. 'Our' procurement agents didn't quibble. We needed the gear.Besides, these Slavic entrepreneurs gave them an inside track on some 'disarmed/mothballed' Czech (introduced in 1963) armored mobile ambulances and Polish BWP-1 (first rolled out in 1966) APC's which were either in, or could be quickly configured into, the support variants those ground-fighters would need. The 'disarmed' part was 'fixable', thanks to both the Serbians and Finland. The 'missing' basic weaponry was something the Serbians could replace with virtually identical equipment.It just kept getting better. Unknown to me at the time, the Finnish firm, Patria Hágglunds, had sold twenty-two of their 'most excellent' AMOS turrets ~ they are a twin 120 mm mortar system ~ then the deal fell through. Whoops! Should have guarded that warehouse better. Those bitches were on a cargo plane bound for Albania inside of six hours.The ammunition for them was rather unique. Thankfully, it was uniquely sold by the Swiss, who had no trouble selling it to Serbia, thank you very much! Twenty-two BWP-1's became mobile artillery for the Unionist freedom fighters, though I understood the ship ride with the Serbian and Chinese technicians was loads of fun as they struggled to figured out how to attach those state-of-the-art death-dealing turrets to those ancient contraptions.To compensate, the Serbians added (aka as long as our money was good) two Nora B-52 155 mm 52-calibre mobile artillery pieces and one battery of Orkan CER MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) for long-range artillery, two batteries of their Oganj 2000 ER MRLS for medium range carnage and six batteries of their M-94 MRLS for 'close support' as well. More field-testing new gear for the "freedom fighters" We also managed to 'purchase' ten M-84AS Main Battle tanks plus an M-84A1 armor recovery vehicle. It should have been twelve tanks, but two had 'loading issues'.Not to be deterred, our busy little procurement-beavers discovered four tanks no one was using, in neighboring Croatia. Why wasn't anyone immediately keen on their placement? They were two sets of prototypes, Croatia's improvements on the M-84; the M-95 Degman which was a 'failed redesign' and the M-84D, which was a vast up-grade for the M-84 line which had been sidelined by the 2008 Global economic collapse, after which the project stagnated.It seemed they were all in working order because late one night 'my people' exited a Croatian Army base with them, never to be seen again, until two weeks later when an intrepid news crew caught the distinctive form of the M-95 sending some sweet 125 mm loving the Angolan Army's way. Whoops yet again! At least they hit what they were aiming at and destroyed what they hit, right?By then, millions of other people would be going 'what the fuck?' right along with them as Cabinda's camouflage- and mask-wearing rebel army was laying the smack-down on the Angolans. That was okay; over a million 'free Cabindan Unionists' were in the same boat. Over a thousand Asians with their mostly-female militant translators were right there to prop up their 'Unionist Allies', but then they were the ones with the tanks, armored vehicles, planes and guns, so they were less worried than most.To pilot these tanks, APC, IFV and man this artillery, they had to go back to the Khanate. Sure enough, they had some old tankers used to crewing the T-72 from which the M-84's and -95 Degman were derived. They'd also need drivers for those BVP M-80A's and Polish BWP-1's and OT-64 SKOT's... who were, again, derived from old Soviet tech (just much better). The Serbian artillery was similar enough to Soviet stuff, but with enough new tech to make it 'more fun' for the reservists to 'figure out' how to use.More volunteers for the Liberation Armed Forces! More Apple sales, great apps and voice modulation software so that the vehicle commanders would be heard communicating in Portuguese if someone was eavesdropping. As a final offering the Turkish Navy spontaneously developed some plans to test their long range capabilities by going to, the South Atlantic.On the final leg they would have six frigates and two submarines, enough to give any navy in the region, which wasn't Brazil, something to think about. This was a show of force, not an actual threat though. If anyone called their bluff, the Khanate-Turkish forces would have to pull back. These were not assets my Brother, the Great Khan, could afford to gamble and lose.If someone didn't call that bluff, he was also sending two smaller, older corvettes and three even smaller, but newer, fast attack boats, a "gift" to the Unionists ASAP. The frigates would then race home, they had 'other' issues to deal with while the submarines would hang around for a bit. The naval gift was necessitated by the reality the Unionists would have to press their claim to their off-shore riches and that required a naval force Angola couldn't hope to counter.As things were developing, it was reckoned since a build-up of such momentous land and air power couldn't be disguised, it had to happen in a matter of days ~ four was decided to be the minimum amount of time. More than that and the government of the Democratic Republic might start asking far too many questions our hefty bribes and dubious paperwork couldn't cover. Less than that would leave the task forces launching operations with too little a chance of success.Our biggest advantage was audacity. The buildup would happen 100 km up the Congo River from Soyo, the primary target of the Southern Invasion, in the DRC's second largest port city, Boma. Though across the river was Angolan territory, there was nothing there. The city of roughly 160,000 would provide adequate cover for the initial stage of the invasion.There they grouped their vehicles & Khanate drivers with Amazon and Vietnamese combat teams. The Japanese were doing the same for their 'Chinese' counterparts for their helicopter-borne forces. Getting all their equipment in working order in the short time left was critical as was creating some level of unit dynamic. Things were chaotic. No one was happy. They were all going in anyway.What had gone wrong?While most children her age were texting their schoolmates, or tackling their homework, Aya Ruger ~ the alias of Nasusara Assiyaiá hamai ~ was getting briefings of her global, secret empire worth hundreds of billions and those of her equally nefarious compatriots. She received a very abbreviated version of what the Regents received, delivered by a member of Shawnee Arinniti's staff.When Aya hopped off her chair unexpectedly, everyone tensed. Her bodyguards' hands went to their sidearms and Lorraine (her sister by blood), also in the room on this occasion, stood and prepared to tackle her 'former' sibling to the ground if the situation escalated into an assassination attempt. No such attack was generated, so the security ratcheted down and the attendant returned her focus to her Queen. Aya paced four steps, turned and retraced her way then repeated the action three more times."How many people live in the combined areas?" she asked."The combined areas? Of Cabinda and Zaire?""Yes.""I," the woman referenced her material, "roughly 1.1 million.""What is the yearly value of the offshore oil and natural gas production?""Forty-nine billion, eighty hundred and sixty-seven million by our best estimates at this time,""How many live in Soyo City proper?""Roughly 70,000.""We take Soyo," she spoke in a small yet deliberate voice. "We take and hold Soyo as an independent city-state within the Cabindan-Zaire Union. From the maps it appears Soyo is a series of islands. It has a port and airport. It has an open border to an ocean with weaker neighbors all around.""What of the, Zairians?""Bakongo. As a people they are called the Bakongo," Aya looked up at the briefer. "We relocate those who need to work in Soyo into a new city, built at our expense, beyond the southernmost water barrier. The rest we pay to relocate elsewhere in Zaire, or Cabinda."By the looks of those around her, Aya realized she needed to further explain her decisions."This is more than some concrete home base for our People," she began patiently. "In the same way it gives our enemies a clearly delineated target to attack us, it is a statement to our allies we won't cut and run if things go truly bad.""In the same way it will provide us with diplomatic recognition beyond what tenuous handouts we are getting from Cáel Wakko Ishara's efforts through JIKIT. Also, it is a reminder we are not like the other Secret Societies in one fundamental way, we are not a business concern, or a religion. We are a People and people deserve some sort of homeland. We have gone for so long without.""But Soyo?" the aide protested. "We have no ties to it, and it backs up to, nothing.""Northern Turkey and southern Slovakia mean nothing to us now as well," Aya debated. "No place on Earth is any more precious than another. As for backing up to nothing, no. You are incorrect. It backs into a promise from our allies in the Earth & Sky that if we need support, they know where to park their planes and ships."Aya was surrounded with unhappy, disbelieving looks."The Great Khan is my mamētu meáeda," she reminded them, "and I have every reason to believe he completely grasps the concept's benefits and obligations."The looks confirmed 'but he's a man' to the tiny Queen."Aya, are you sure about this?" Lorraine was the first to break decorum."Absolutely. Do you know what he sent me when he was informed of my, ascension to the Queendom?""No," Lorraine admitted."We must go horse-riding sometime soon, Daughter of Cáel, Queen of the Amazons."More uncertain and unconvinced looks."He didn't congratulate me, or send any gifts. He could have and you would think he would have, but he didn't. He knew the hearts of me & my Atta and we weren't in the celebratory mood. No. The Great Khan sent one sentence which offered solace and quiet, atop a horse on a windswept bit of steppe."Nothing.Sigh. "I know this sounds Cáel-ish," Aya admitted, "but I strongly believe this is what we should do. We are giving the Cabindans and Bakongo in Zaire independence and the promise of a much better life than what they now face. We will be putting thousands of our sisters' lives on the line to accomplish this feat and well over two hundred million dollars.""What about governance of the city ~ Soyo?" the aide forged ahead."Amazon law," Aya didn't hesitate. "We will make allowances for the security forces of visiting dignitaries and specific allied personnel, but otherwise it will be one massive Amazon urban freehold.""I cannot imagine the Golden Mare, or the Regents, will be pleased," the attendant bowed her head."It is a matter of interconnectivity," Aya walked up and touched the woman's cheek with the back of her small hand. "We could liberate then abandon Cabinda with the hope a small band could help them keep their independence. Except we need the refinery at Soyo so the people of Cabinda can truly support that liberty.""So, we must keep Soyo and to keep Soyo, we must keep Zaire province. There is no other lesser border which makes strategic sense ~ a river, highlands, a massive river, an ocean ~ those are sustainable frontiers. You can't simply keep Soyo and not expect the enemy to strike and destroy that refinery, thus we must take Zaire province.""But the Bakongo of Zaire cannot defend themselves and will not be able to do so for at least a year, if not longer. That means we must do so, and for doing so, they will give us Soyo and we will be honest stewards of their oil wealth. We cannot expect any other power to defend this new Union and if we don't have a land stake we will be portrayed as mercenaries and expelled by hostile international forces.""So, for this project to have any chance of success, we must stay, fight and have an acknowledged presence, and if you can think of an alternative, please let me know," she exhaled."What if the Cabindans and Bakongo resist?""It is 'us', or the Angolans and they know how horrible the Angolans can be. Didn't you say the average person their lives on just $2 a day?""Yes.""We can do better than that," Aya insisted."How?" the aide persisted. "I mean, 'how in a way which will be quickly evident and meaningful?'""Oh," Aya's tiny brow furrowed. Her nose twitched as she rummaged through the vast storehouse of her brain."Get me in touch with William A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. He should be able to help me navigate the pathways toward getting aid and advisors into those two provinces ASAP.""I'll let Katrina know," the attendant made the notation on her pad."No. Contact him directly," Aya intervened. "We established a, rapport when we met. I think he might responded positively to a chance to mentor me in foreign relations.""Really?" Lorraine's brows arched."Yes," Aya chirped."Are you sure, Nasusara?" the attendant stared. She used 'Nasusara' whenever she thought Aya had a 'horrible' idea instead of a merely a 'bad' one."Yes. He owes me. Last time we met I didn't shoot him.""Didn't?" the woman twitched."Yes. I drew down on him with my captured Chinese QSW-06. I didn't want to kill him, but I felt I was about to have to kill Deputy National Security Advisor Blinken and he was the only other person in the room both armed and capable of stopping me.""Why is he still alive?""Cáel Ishara saw through my distraction and then took my gun from me, asked for it actually," she shyly confessed."Would you have shot him?" the aide inquired."What do you think?" Aya smiled.And Then:So, given t

Patch 1.27 has landed, and Sahkal is buzzing with changes! This week on Friendly?: A DayZ Podcast, we're doing a deep dive into the latest update, covering all the key additions and tweaks you need to know.Join us as we analyse:Tool Time!: We'll explore the new tool slots for bags, discussing the implications for inventory management and survival efficiency.Run, Livestock, Run!: Say goodbye to easy cow and sheep harvesting! We'll discuss the impact of the new fleeing behaviour and how it changes hunting dynamics.Hear Every Step: Get ready for louder footsteps! We'll examine how this change affects stealth gameplay and awareness in PvP encounters.SMG Sound Revamp: We'll break down the sound changes to SMGs, discussing their impact on combat and audio immersion.Overall Patch Analysis: We'll dissect the balancing changes, community reactions, and our own survival strategies for adapting to the new update.Whether you're a seasoned survivor or a fresh spawn, this episode is your essential guide to navigating the revamped landscape of DayZ 1.27.Ad Free: https://patreon.com/friendlydayzpodcast#DayZ #DayZPodcast #127Update #PatchNotes #ToolSlots #Livestock #SoundChanges #GameplayChanges #DayZCommunity #WastelandUpdatesSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/friendly-a-dayz-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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The boys brainstorm different strats, techniques, weapons, and attachments that are optimal to use as we close out this iteration of Warzone. If you enjoyed this episode, get a ton more just like it by joining the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:32 - Perks; Flex, Combat Scout, Tempered, Quick Fix 00:31:58 - SMGs 00:43:28 - Up-close gunfight strats; DTIR 01:13:43 - Rebirth Island POIs/drop spots Note: timestamps may be slightly misaligned on podcast apps (but not on YouTube) due to dynamic ads. The podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, and ad-free & early access versions - as well as bonus episodes - are available to all of our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot) supporters. We stream the podcast live on our website (https://www.thedropshot.com/live) every Thursday and Saturday afternoon at 12 o'clock Pacific Time. We typically start the stream 30 minutes early to answer viewer questions, banter, and chat. Links for everything are below. Thanks for checking us out!

Hey there, gaming aficionados! Hayden, Mitch, and Tom here, bringing you the lowdown on dominating Call of Duty's Resurgence mode. Ready to ditch the hide-and-seek routine and level up your tactical play? Tom's got the inside scoop on game-changing strategies that'll have you outmaneuvering the opposition with the finesse of a chess grandmaster. We're all about the sneak peeks into enemy locations and knowing when to hit the reverse gear for that strategic retreat. Plus, Mitch steps up with his sage advice on survival, emphasizing the art of the well-timed withdrawal when the squad's down.Strap on your headsets and prepare to mark your maps, as we dissect the strategies that'll have you reigning supreme on Rebirth Island. From debating the merits of high ground to the nitty-gritty of weapon choices, we're covering every angle to keep you one step ahead. SMGs? Check. Zone control? Double-check. And for those of you hungry for tactical knowledge, we unload our thoughts on balancing defensive and offensive maneuvers amidst the chaos of enemy respawns. This isn't just about where you drop; it's about the when, the how, and the what-next that takes you from sitting duck to the one who's calling the shots.Wrapping up, we welcome your war stories and wisdom as we gear up for Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2—consider this your official call to arms. Share your tips, join our squad, and let's navigate the evolving battlefield together. Remember, we're not just here for the frags and the fame; we're building a community where every insight makes us mightier. So keep those comms clear, roles defined, and tactics tight. Hayden, Mitch, and Tom are signing off, but not before reminding you: victory loves preparation, and we're here to prep you for greatness.The Gaming BlenderCould you design a video game?Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

With Amazon bringing its AI image generation tool to UK shores and doubling down on its investment in AI startup, Anthropic, committing a further $2.75bn to the business, the global e-commerce landscape is becoming increasingly impacted by AI technology.This episode of the Performance Marketing Unlocked podcast features both Robin Langford, PMW's Editor, and Ben Marks, Director of Global Market Development at open-source e-commerce marketplace, Shopware.Robin unpacks the Amazon news further, dissecting exactly what it means for small, medium and large businesses alike. Following this discussion, Ben joins the show to offer some expert insight into why AI is becoming increasingly popular across e-commerce and how SMGs can best begin investing in the technology.We touch on everything from the importance of hiring people with the right skills and ensuring use of AI promotes efficient scaling, to the need to invest in the technology sooner rather than later and how to expand into new markets. Ben also uses his sales skills to resell us a famously outdated product in PMW's classic 'Resell Me A Pen' challenge.This podcast was hosted by PMW's Multimedia Editor, Joseph Arthur.~ Further reading ~Amazon Ads brings its AI-powered product image generation tool to the UKWill the data skills gap hinder marketers' ability to integrate AI? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we have Amanda Price from KPMG who works with founders to help them understand their opportunities. We discuss the dynamics of founder-led sales and the challenges faced by founders, particularly when expanding into the US market. Amanda shares experience from her extensive career, from her first job at Tech Specific to setting up programs for founders to get into the US. The conversation looks at the role of accelerators and the moment Amanda realised the potential of the high-growth venture space. Amanda provides an extreme amount of entrepreneurial wisdom. Problem: Founders struggle to understand what opportunities they have, who to connect with, or the market they need to expand into. Solution: KPMG works like a concierge service, they help the founders to understand their opportunities and help connect them to relevant people like vetters, SMGs & advisors. One big piece of advice: You have to do founder-led sales, the best salesperson for customers and investors is the founders. Bullets:    (00:00) - Introduction (02:09) - The business Amanda would start today (05:38) - Founder-led sales (06:50) - Amanda's first job at Tech Specific (08:26) - Going from startup office to a corporate job (09:25) - Amanda's travels to the United States during the Global Financial Crisis (12:30) - Challenges Aussie founders have when they the US market (15:16) - Many people fight for that 1% of the market (17:16) - What the best founders that do that reach customers elsewhere (18:55) - Role of accelerators (22:04) - Sustaining high performers (24:23) - How was it when Amanda realised this high-growth venture space was working (25:33) - Putting satellite dishes on 500 Woolworths stores (28:35) - What Amanda would change for founders (31:16) - One Big Piece of Advice (37:57) - Show & tell Show & tell Startmate - https://www.startmate.com/ KPMG: https://kpmg.com/au/en/home.html

In this episode, J and Subone reflect on their holidays and dive into a retrospective of Warzone 2. They discuss the issues with movement and gun functionality in the early stages of the game. The crowded airspace and the delay in using streaks are also highlighted. The hosts express their dissatisfaction with the weapon balance and the lack of viable SMGs. They also touch on the reception of the Al Mazrah map and the introduction of ranked play. The episode concludes with a discussion on the problems with shields and Semtex grenades. The conversation covers topics such as riot shields and flamethrowers, overall thoughts on the game, issues with audio, current weapon metas, disappointment with Modern Warfare 2 guns, artificial skill gap in the meta, and a discussion on aim assist. The conversation revolves around the debate on aim assist in Call of Duty. The hosts discuss the misconception that aim assist is overpowered and argue that it is necessary for controller players. They also highlight the majority of players using controllers and the need for balance between mouse and keyboard and controller inputs. Possible solutions, such as skill-based aim assist and skill-based matchmaking, are explored. The hosts emphasize the importance of game development and creating a gameplay style that caters to both inputs. They conclude by acknowledging Call of Duty's history and its focus on controller players. Your hosts: J007tv: https://twitter.com/FakeJ00712 https://www.twitch.tv/j007tv SuboneKD: https://twitter.com/Subonekd https://kick.com/subonekd Takeaways The movement and gun functionality in the early stages of Warzone 2 were problematic, with slow movements and random recoil patterns. The crowded airspace and delay in using streaks were frustrating aspects of the game. The weapon balance in Warzone 2 was not ideal, with SMGs being particularly weak. The Almasra map received mixed reviews, but ranked play was generally well-received. Shields and Semtex grenades were seen as problematic and in need of balancing. Riot shields and flamethrowers can be effective in certain situations, but they have limitations and can be countered. The game is in a good position overall, with improvements made to address previous issues. Audio in the game still needs improvement, as it can be inconsistent and affect gameplay. The current weapon metas have a divide between easy-to-use guns and high-skill guns, creating an artificial skill gap. Aim assist is a contentious topic, with advantages and disadvantages for both controller and mouse and keyboard players. Aim assist is necessary for controller players and is not as overpowered as some claim. The majority of Call of Duty players use controllers, making aim assist an essential feature. Balancing the game for both mouse and keyboard and controller inputs is crucial. Game development should focus on creating a gameplay style that caters to both inputs. 00:00 Introduction and Holiday Recap 03:00 Reflecting on Warzone 212:00Issues with Movement and Gun Functionality 19:00 Crowded Airspace and Streaks 26:00 Discussion on Weapon Balance 32:00 Transition to Warzone 3 39:00 Ranked Play and Map Reception 45:00 Weapon Meta in Modern Warfare 3 47:00 Issues with Shields and Semtex 47:54 Discussion on Riot Shields and Flamethrowers 55:09 Overall Thoughts on the Game 58:00 Issues with Audio 01:11:16 Current Weapon Metas 01:20:23 Disappointment with Modern Warfare 2 Guns 01:25:11 Artificial Skill Gap in the Meta 01:27:05 Discussion on Aim Assist 01:28:47 The Debate on Aim Assist 01:36:18 The Majority of Players Use Controllers 01:41:34 Possible Solutions and Skill-Based Matchmaking 01:48:53 The Need for Balance and Game Development 01:53:18 The Choice of Input and Call of Duty's Focus 01:54:18 Call of Duty's History and Conclusion

The guys spend some time detailing how to most quickly and efficiently get every single multiplayer camo up through Gilded. Part 2 will cover every Forged and Priceless camo challenge. 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:10 - Intro & announcements 00:09:55 - Camo grinding strategy 00:34:34 - Tips for multiple categories 00:55:02 - ARs, BRs 00:59:18 - Sponsored by us 01:00:48 - SMGs, Shotguns, LMGs 01:20:33 - Marksman, Snipers 01:33:43 - Pistols, Melee, Launcher Note: timestamps may be slightly misaligned on podcast apps (but not on YouTube) due to dynamic ads. The podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, and ad-free & early access versions - as well as bonus episodes - are available to all of our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot) supporters. We stream the podcast live on our website (https://www.thedropshot.com/live) every Thursday and Saturday afternoon at 12 o'clock Pacific Time. We typically start the stream 30 minutes early to answer viewer questions, banter, and chat. Links for everything are below. Thanks for checking us out!

On this episode of Ruff Talk VR we are joined with  Jeroen Dessaux  the Creative Director at Triangle Factory - the studio behind Breachers! One of the most popular multiplayer games in VR, Breachers is as good as it gets for VR 5v5 shooters. Listen as we get to know Jeroen, hear about the making of Breachers, what's coming next, and more!Discord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrGaming Showcase: https://www.rufftalkvr.com/p/2024-ruff-talk-vr-gaming-showcase/Tabor Radio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2216985If you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe! Join our official subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/RuffTalkVR/Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RUFFTALKVR at MANSCAPED.com!Genotype Website: https://www.playgenotype.com/Breachers Store Link: https://www.meta.com/experiences/5740397619319389/CROSS-BUY ENABLED: Get the Quest version and receive the Rift version for free!In Breachers, you plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Whether you play as an enforcer or a revolter, master your nifty gadgetry, customize your powerful weaponry and beat your opponents in stunning environments.Intuitive to grasp. Endlessly playable.BREACH AS ENFORCERSYour goal as an enforcer is to eliminate your enemies and disarm their bombs with an EMP. Rappel and blow up walls, swing through windows and catch your opponents by surprise with gadgetry like drones, cloaking devices, flashbangs and breaching foam.AMBUSH AS REVOLTERSYour goal as a revolter is to prevent your enemies from disarming your bomb by terminating them before they do so. Use doorblockers, tripmines, static field emitters and proximity sensors to defend your position.CUSTOMIZE POWERFUL WEAPONRYTo ensure victory, purchase and customize your extensive weaponry to your liking at the start of each round. Every gun, whether it's pistols, SMGs, shotguns or assault rifles, can be modified with attachments to suit your needs.Support the show

Timestamps 0:00 - How to lose your mental in Tarkov 15:55 - BSG host Arena tournament at Twitch con 34:05 - Interest in Tarkov and Arena according to Google 38:40 - Church's reaction to the Tigz reaction of Giga FIR video 1:24:04 - A glimpse into the RMT Tarkov cheating market 1:59:39 - Is m995 the best meta round now? 2:12:24 - The balance difference between SMGs and rifles 2:25:47 - Labs mains create their own Tarkov Arena behind BSG backs 2:29:29 - Warhammer 40k Darktide update is a lot of fun Get featured in our next episode! Leave us a message here: https://anchor.fm/scavtalk/message Join the Discord! - https://discord.gg/T9QA2DuFcP Church1x1 - Twitter https://twitter.com/Church1x1 - Twitch https://twitch.com/Church1x1 GigaBeef - YT https://www.youtube.com/Gigabeef - Twitter https://twitter.com/Gigabeef --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scavtalk/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scavtalk/support

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Get ready for an adventure of epic proportions as we traverse the thrilling landscapes of video games, particularly the adrenaline-fueled worlds of Dark Souls and Division. The camaraderie, the rivalry, the hilarious mishaps - playing online with friends is a roller coaster ride we all have stories about. We also delve into how our work shifts tinker with our gaming habits and why we're picky about the audio quality of podcasts.But the adventure doesn't end there. We're heading outdoors into the majestic beauty of Colorado, the exhilaration of winter sports, and our shared passion for airsoft guns. There's something about airsoft that connects us - whether it's sharing tales about our favorite guns, experimenting with digital scopes, or picking the perfect helmet mount for recording gameplay videos. And of course, who can forget the moonshine, the Desert Eagle trade story, and the strange yet endearing hobby of collecting rubber ducks?And if you thought that was it, you're in for a surprise. We also talk about the enthralling synergy of drumming and video games, marveling at Travis Barker's talent and the unique light-up drumsticks. We also wax poetic about our favorite flavored coffees and discuss our YouTube channel. And of course, our fascination with airsoft SMGs is something we cannot help but share. So strap in, because this episode is a wild ride through gaming adventures, hilarious moments, and thrilling stories you wouldn't want to miss!https://www.instagram.com/spazgustic_airsoft Support the showThank you everyone for the support. Don't forget to leave a rating on whatever podcast app you listen to this on. It helps get this suggested to others with similar interests. Watch all of our podcasts here YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TriFectaAirsoft/videos AnchorFM https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/01jFx7ebrxb Rumble https://rumble.com/c/TriFectaAirsoftMerchhttps://my-store-e7676e.creator-spring.com/listing/big-t-coffee-mughttps://my-store-e7676e.creator-spring.com/listing/get-trifecta-teehttps://my-store-e7676e.creator-spring.com/listing/podcast-tee-2023 Join YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/@TriFectaAirsoft/membership

On this episode of Ruff Talk VR our hosts breakdown and review Breachers! A hit new VR FPS on the official Meta Quest store developed by Triangle Factory! This 5v5 shooter brings an incredibly fun gameplay loop combined with some of the best graphics on the Meta Quest. Strategy and teamwork is a must in this game as you play as either the Enforcers or the Revolters and try and either defuse or defend the bomb for the round. Listen for our full thoughts and rating!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrIf you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe!Discord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSThis podcast was sponsored by Kiwi Design - the premier company for Oculus Quest accessories. Visit our affiliate link below to shop for your VR accessories including knuckle straps, lens protectors, head straps, link cables, and more while also supporting the podcast!Affiliate Link: https://www.kiwidesign.com/?ref=RuffTalkVRGet 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RUFFTALKVR at MANSCAPED.com!As a Ruff Talk VR listener, you get a special offer: 10% off your first month of BetterHelp! Just visit BetterHelp.com/RuffTalkVR and start taking charge of your mental health today."Visit Mindway to get your meditation and mindfulness started today! https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/5978805525464490/Breachers VR Store Link: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/5740397619319389/Store Description:CROSS-BUY ENABLED: Get the Quest version and receive the Rift version for free!In Breachers, you plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Whether you play as an enforcer or a revolter, master your nifty gadgetry, customize your powerful weaponry and beat your opponents in stunning environments.Intuitive to grasp. Endlessly playable.BREACH AS ENFORCERSYour goal as an enforcer is to eliminate your enemies and disarm their bombs with an EMP. Rappel and blow up walls, swing through windows and catch your opponents by surprise with gadgetry like drones, cloaking devices, flashbangs and breaching foam.AMBUSH AS REVOLTERSYour goal as a revolter is to prevent your enemies from disarming your bomb by terminating them before they do so. Use doorblockers, tripmines, static field emitters and proximity sensors to defend your position.CUSTOMIZE POWERFUL WEAPONRYTo ensure victory, purchase and customize your extensive weaponry to your liking at the start of each round. Every gun, whether it's pistols, SMGs, shotguns or assault rifles, can be modified with attachments to suit your needs.*We are paid a commission through affiliate links to help support the podcast on the Kiwi links abovePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvr Support the show

On this episode of Ruff Talk VR our hosts Dscruffles and Stratus breakdown and review The Light Brigade! A new VR rogue-lite game on the official Meta Quest store made by developers Funktronic Labs! The game packs incredibly fun gun mechanics, a steady rate of improvement with upgrades and different classes, and an incredibly challenging run featuring randomly generated rooms and intense boss battles. Listen for our full thoughts and rating!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrIf you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe! Join our official subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/RuffTalkVR/Discord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSThis podcast was sponsored by Kiwi Design - the premier company for Oculus Quest accessories. Visit our affiliate link below to shop for your VR accessories including knuckle straps, lens protectors, head straps, link cables, and more while also supporting the podcast!Affiliate Link: https://www.kiwidesign.com/?ref=RuffTalkVRGet 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RUFFTALKVR at MANSCAPED.com!The Light Brigade Store Link: https://www.oculus.com/appreferrals/DScruffles/2681027292004911/?utm_source=4Store Description:he world remains in eternal darkness and only you can bring the dawn. Enlist in the ranks of The Light Brigade, humanity's last line of defense. Journey through procedurally-generated battlegrounds as many times as it takes to free the souls of the fallen in this challenging roguelike shooter. PHYSICS-BASED GUNPLAY creates tense battles against increasingly difficult enemies. Survival depends on your steady hands and mastery over realistic rifles, SMGs, pistols, machine guns, and more.HARDCORE ROGUELIKE gameplay features procedurally-generated battlegrounds, an array of gun attachments (such as tactical scopes, silencers and charms), magic spells, buffs, and permadeath.POWERFUL LIGHT MAGIC pairs beautifully with gunplay, offering new and tactical ways to defeat a wide range of increasingly difficult enemies. MAGICAL TAROT CARDS can be looted from enemies and treasure chests during runs to stack a variety of buffs/debuffs for devastating effects.ASCEND THE RANKS of The Light Brigade to improve your weapons, spells, character traits, gear, and abilities. Unlock new character classes and playstyles, making each journey unique.UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES of what led to the world's downfall as you fight to save it from the darkness. *We are paid a commission through affiliate links to help support the podcast on the Kiwi links abovePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvr Support the show

Defrowe Airsoft Podcast - Meet The Legend - Fred Miranda (TNT) - S02E07 Veteran airsoft player Fred Miranda is well-known for his love of milsim airsoft and his formidable arsenal. Fred has devoted many hours to perfecting the art of airsoft and developing a team of talented players who share his passion for the sport as the captain of the Tactical North Team (TNT). Fred and his team, who are based in Argentina, are experts in milsim airsoft, a variation of the game that seeks to as nearly mimic the experience of actual military operations as possible. This means that TNT players go to great measures to make sure that their equipment, strategies, and moves are as realistic as they can be in order to give themselves and their opponents a more engaging and difficult experience. The incredible arsenal that Fred and his colleagues possess is one of the things that stand out the most. Over the years, Fred has accumulated a wide variety of weapons, including handguns, SMGs, rifles, and specialized gear like night vision goggles. This gives TNT an advantage over other teams that might not have as wide of a selection of equipment by enabling them to adapt to a variety of settings and challenges. Yet, TNT stands out not just for the amount of their equipment, but also for the quality. Every component of Fred and his team's equipment shows their attention to detail and dedication to realism. From the realistic attachments and configurations on their guns to the carefully chosen clothing and accessories that they wear, TNT players take pride in creating a fully immersive and authentic experience for themselves and their opponents. Fred is committed to not only enhancing his own abilities but also those of his teammates.He spends a lot of time training and practicing with them, both individually and as a group, to ensure that they are all on the same page and able to work together effectively in the heat of battle. Yet, airsoft is about more for Fred and his squad than just winning or honing their skills; it's also about establishing a connection with nature. As ardent outdoor aficionados, TNT players frequently take their milsim games into the wild, exploiting the terrain and settings present there to increase the difficulty and realism of their battles. Their outstanding photography is another feature that distinguishes the TNT team. Fred and his teammates are skilled at taking beautiful pictures of their equipment, their battles, and the natural settings where they play. In addition to being physically stunning, the team's images demonstrate their commitment to authenticity and attention to detail. Check him out on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/tacticalnteam/ ---------- We talk about airsoft guns, gear, milsim, speedsoft, loadouts, tactics. You name it, it's on the table. In this podcast, we take a deep dive and get to know a local legend. We take a look behind their call sign and find out why they got into airsoft. We take a look at what their preferences are and how they like to play. We discuss the local airsoft scene and see how it differs from other countries. We also discuss their dream airsoft events, the guns they are currently using, the backstory of some of their popular IG posts and find out what their greatest accomplishment is. Podcast | Merch | Youtube | Events | Japan airsoft guide ⁠⁠www.defrowe.com ⁠⁠⁠ Do you want to watch the video version of the podcast? Youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJoKaHCRokeMiFEXJtqjyerxKhXN0eQc⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4NNKPHCGdRaEaOsPtNiNym⁠⁠

Welcome to the second episode of the Scrap Time Podcast! In this episode Ben Nissim and FaZe Crowder discuss every roster move from iLLeY being replaced by DanGhosty to Vegas dropping both of their SMGs for challengers players. You can expect to see new podcast episodes once a week moving forward on both YouTube and Spotify. Tweet Ben or Coach Crowder with any topics or suggestions for the podcast moving forward. You're feedback is always appreciated in making the experience better! Follow The Hosts: Ben Nissim FaZe Crowder Watch Full Episodes: Episode One Episode Two

Identifying and Characterizing the Most Heavily Dust-Obscured Galaxies at 1 le z le 4 by Nicholas S. Martis et al. on Thursday 24 November We present 65 extremely dust-obscured galaxies from the UltraVISTA DR3 survey of the COSMOS field at $1

Identifying and Characterizing the Most Heavily Dust-Obscured Galaxies at 1 le z le 4 by Nicholas S. Martis et al. on Wednesday 23 November We present 65 extremely dust-obscured galaxies from the UltraVISTA DR3 survey of the COSMOS field at $1

Welcome back to The Third Party Podcast! Your weekly update on Apex Legends the best battle royale game out there. Want to support us as creators and get access to tons of exclusive content? We greatly appreciate any support you can give us to continue to put out this content and take this podcast to the next level. PATREON Link: https://www.patreon.com/thirdpartypod In this episode of the podcast, we will be breaking down the close range weapons including Shotguns, SMGs, and a few pistols given recent care package and hop up changes. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/y3MADG8bCE Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @Thirdpartypod Shay Twitter: @CurcurutoShay Henry Twitter: @HBburreson Email us questions, comments, legend concepts, and anything involving Apex Legends: Thethirdpartypod@gmail.com Please rate and review. A five-star review guarantees your question will be answered. #PlayApex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Apple TV+ film Raymond & Ray stars two of the better actors of their generation in Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke. But is there enough else to like about this movie to make it worth your time? The SMGs discuss.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

Netflix had a big release this week with The Good Nurse, a film starring two Oscar winners that only one of the SMGs thought lived up to the adjective in its title.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

The fifth installment of the Scream franchise was released in January, so for Halloween, the SMGs decided to see if the series was worth revisiting.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

The Ly α , CIV, and HeII nebulae around J1000+0234: a galaxy pair at the center of a galaxy overdensity at z=4 5 by E. F. Jiménez-Andrade et al. on Monday 17 October Ly$alpha$ emission extending over $gtrsim,rm 10,kiloparsec,(kpc)$ around dusty, massive starbursts at $zgtrsim3$ might represent a short-lived phase in the evolution of present-day, massive quiescent galaxies. To obtain empirical constraints on this emerging scenario, we present Ly$alpha$, CIV, and HeII observations taken with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer towards J1000$+$0234: a galaxy pair at $z=4.5$ composed of a low-mass starburst (J1000$+$0234$-$South) neighboring a massive Submillimeter Galaxy (SMG; J1000$+$0234$-$North) that harbors a rotationally supported gas disk. Based on the spatial distribution and relative strength of Ly$alpha$, CIV, and HeII, we find that star formation in J1000+0234$-$South and an active galactic nucleus in J1000+0234$-$North are dominant factors in driving the observed 40 kiloparsec-scale Ly$alpha$ blob (LAB). We use the non-resonant HeII line to infer kinematic information of the LAB. We find marginal evidence for two spatially and spectrally separated HeII regions, which suggests that the two-peaked Ly$alpha$ profile is mainly a result of two overlapping HI clouds on a collision course, rather than resonant scattering effects in an expanding HI shell. We also report the serendipitous identification of three Ly$alpha$ emitters spanning over a redshift bin $Delta z leq 0.007$ (i.e., $lesssim 380,rm km,s^{-1}$) located at $lesssim 140,rm kpc$ from J1000+0234. A galaxy overdensity analysis confirms that J1000+0234 lies near the center of a Megaparsec-scale galaxy overdensity at $z= 4.5$ that might evolve into a galaxy cluster at $z=0$. The properties of J1000+0234 and its large-scale environment strengthen the link between SMGs within LABs, tracing overdense regions, as the progenitors of local massive ellipticals in galaxy clusters. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07982v1

The Ly α , CIV, and HeII nebulae around J1000+0234: a galaxy pair at the center of a galaxy overdensity at z=4 5 by E. F. Jiménez-Andrade et al. on Monday 17 October Ly$alpha$ emission extending over $gtrsim,rm 10,kiloparsec,(kpc)$ around dusty, massive starbursts at $zgtrsim3$ might represent a short-lived phase in the evolution of present-day, massive quiescent galaxies. To obtain empirical constraints on this emerging scenario, we present Ly$alpha$, CIV, and HeII observations taken with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer towards J1000$+$0234: a galaxy pair at $z=4.5$ composed of a low-mass starburst (J1000$+$0234$-$South) neighboring a massive Submillimeter Galaxy (SMG; J1000$+$0234$-$North) that harbors a rotationally supported gas disk. Based on the spatial distribution and relative strength of Ly$alpha$, CIV, and HeII, we find that star formation in J1000+0234$-$South and an active galactic nucleus in J1000+0234$-$North are dominant factors in driving the observed 40 kiloparsec-scale Ly$alpha$ blob (LAB). We use the non-resonant HeII line to infer kinematic information of the LAB. We find marginal evidence for two spatially and spectrally separated HeII regions, which suggests that the two-peaked Ly$alpha$ profile is mainly a result of two overlapping HI clouds on a collision course, rather than resonant scattering effects in an expanding HI shell. We also report the serendipitous identification of three Ly$alpha$ emitters spanning over a redshift bin $Delta z leq 0.007$ (i.e., $lesssim 380,rm km,s^{-1}$) located at $lesssim 140,rm kpc$ from J1000+0234. A galaxy overdensity analysis confirms that J1000+0234 lies near the center of a Megaparsec-scale galaxy overdensity at $z= 4.5$ that might evolve into a galaxy cluster at $z=0$. The properties of J1000+0234 and its large-scale environment strengthen the link between SMGs within LABs, tracing overdense regions, as the progenitors of local massive ellipticals in galaxy clusters. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07982v1

Blonde is the new Netflix film about Marilyn Monroe. It's a fictionalized version of her life, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, from acclaimed director Andrew Dominik. But the SMGs found themselves wondering if it was necessary — and appropriate — to tell her story in such a way.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

The SMGs had a reader request to cover a sports documentary and so they watched Gleason, the 2016 Amazon documentary about one former football player's battle with ALS and the emotional journey it takes his friends and family on. Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

It's been 40 years since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came out and so it's recently been playing in limited release. The SMGs happened to revisit it last month and boy are they glad they did.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

The SMGs are huge Pixar fans and were excited to finally have one of the studio's films back in the theater. But they found themselves asking, is Lightyear worthy of being the first Pixar back on the big screen?Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

The SMGs were headed out camping last week, but before they did, they each took the time out to watch the '80s classic The Great Outdoors. Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

Pig was one of the SMGs favorite films of 2021, so how do they feel about Nicolas Cage turning back to silliness for his next film? It turns out, they absolutely love it.Matt and Grant are two old friends on Long Island in New York who have been watching movies together for 30 years.Check them out at suburbanmovieguys.com where you can sign up to follow them on the podcasting app of your choice.

A look into what to expect in Season 3 Reloaded in the coming week, Two SMG builds for the top SMGs in the game and a challenge that you'll want to copy...

FULL Stage 1 MAJOR PREDICITIONS! First LAN tourney of CoD League official season! Pick Darkhorses, MVP, and more! And we break down ranked play and the future of the CDL!   ◾ Well..Josh - 00:00 ◾ News of the Week - 4:45 -- Major 1 Winners advantage // Ranked Play Debate // Shotzzy F8 drama // Mp40 nerfed?! // MajorManiak and CDL format debate // Challengers Elite  ◾ FULL CDL Stage 1 Major 1 Bracket PREDICTIONS - 26:20 –  ◾ SMGs, FLEX, or AR?! - Intelligent or Irrelevant - 01:21:05   The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcasts covers and its hosts Josh "SalvationsElite," Rex "ShadyNero," and Sam "Bash" cover all things Call of Duty Esports in regards to the Call of Duty League, CoD Cold War, CoD League news, updates, predictions, breakdowns, summaries, game patches, meta, gameplay, gamebattles, competitive gaming, the news of the official CoD League with all the pro teams like the Dallas Empire, Seattle Surge, OpTic Chicago, Atlanta FaZe, LA Thieves, Minnesota Rokkr, NY Subliners, London Royal Ravens, Florida Mutineers,  the LA Guerillas, Toronto Ultra and the Paris Legion! We do predictions and breaking news, updates, roster changes rostermania, free agency, trades, with players like Scump, Crimsix, Simp, Huke, Dashy, Skrapz, Octane, Abezy, Gunless, Arcitys, FormaL, ILLeY, Shotzzy,  Clayster, Cellium, Priestahh, Attach, and others! We are the Best of 3 Call of Duty Esports Podcast!   -CONNECT- YOUTUBE Watch on YouTube HERE (https://www.youtube.com/salvationselite)   TWITTER Follow Josh “SalvationsElite” - https://twitter.com/SalvationsElite Follow Rex  “ShadyNero” - https://twitter.com/ShadyNero Follow Sam “Bash_Bo3” - https://twitter.com/Bash_BO3   PODCAST The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts and will be coming to more apps soon!   Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/BestOf3Pod   LISTEN HERE: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-of-3-cod-esports-podcast/id1490028421 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/7jgzkfT6uc7wyU2L4UCh0B?si=Z6XhfUCcQ2exwOgyjfJFDA ---------------- SALVATIONSELITE SOCIALS The DISCORD CoD Community Server! Join for community tourneys, live streams, finding teammates and more! https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   TWITTER -- https://twitter.com/salvationselite INSTAGRAM -- https://www.instagram.com/josh.roeloffs/ TWITCH -- https://www.twitch.tv/salvationselite DISCORD -- https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   #TheBestOf3Podcast #CoDEsports #CallofDutyLeague #podcast #CallofDuty #Esports #CoDPodcast #EsportsPodcast #CallofDutyEsports #CompetitiveCoD

FULL CDL 2022 Vanguard SEASON PREDICTIONS! MVP, Breakout players, CoD Champs, BEST SMGs/ARs/FLEX, and More! We debate “FIXING” the CDL and the drama of Simp vs Censor, Hecz/Nadeshot and more! And we debate the best players in challengers and predictions for upcoming cups/elite series qualification!   ◾ Well..Josh - 00:00 ◾ News of the Week - 4:00 -- League FORMAT & Kickoff Event?! // Spart to LAG // Paris signs analyst?! // Zoomaa says patch coming?? // Ranked play..coming..soon?? // USS Texas? // MW2 2022 dev cycle ◾ “Fixing” the CDL DEBATE (Simp vs Censor, Nadeshot/Hecz) - 28:15 – Streaming Scrims good or bad? // Hecz & Nadeshots SPICY IDEAS Debate // Fixes to CDL & Challengers ◾ Best Players in Challengers & Cup Predictions - 01:04:29 – Best Teams and player in Challengers atm //  Next Threat Showcase & Teams to watch towards Elite Series ◾ CDL 2022 Season PREDICTIONS - 01:14:20 – Best SMG, FLEX, ARs // Rookie of the Year // First roster change // Franchise to never make major // Most likely to win champs // Major 1 winner // Most roster changes // Biggest DIsappointment // Breakout player of the year // MVP ◾ Boston Breach…BUST?! - Intelligent or Irrelevant - 01::15   The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcasts covers and its hosts Josh "SalvationsElite," Rex "ShadyNero," and Sam "Bash" cover all things Call of Duty Esports in regards to the Call of Duty League, CoD Cold War, CoD League news, updates, predictions, breakdowns, summaries, game patches, meta, gameplay, gamebattles, competitive gaming, the news of the official CoD League with all the pro teams like the Dallas Empire, Seattle Surge, OpTic Chicago, Atlanta FaZe, LA Thieves, Minnesota Rokkr, NY Subliners, London Royal Ravens, Florida Mutineers,  the LA Guerillas, Toronto Ultra and the Paris Legion! We do predictions and breaking news, updates, roster changes rostermania, free agency, trades, with players like Scump, Crimsix, Simp, Huke, Dashy, Skrapz, Octane, Abezy, Gunless, Arcitys, FormaL, ILLeY, Shotzzy,  Clayster, Cellium, Priestahh, Attach, and others! We are the Best of 3 Call of Duty Esports Podcast!   -CONNECT- YOUTUBE Watch on YouTube HERE (https://www.youtube.com/salvationselite)   TWITTER Follow Josh “SalvationsElite” - https://twitter.com/SalvationsElite Follow Rex  “ShadyNero” - https://twitter.com/ShadyNero Follow Sam “Bash_Bo3” - https://twitter.com/Bash_BO3   PODCAST The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts and will be coming to more apps soon!   Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/BestOf3Pod   LISTEN HERE: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-of-3-cod-esports-podcast/id1490028421 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/7jgzkfT6uc7wyU2L4UCh0B?si=Z6XhfUCcQ2exwOgyjfJFDA ---------------- SALVATIONSELITE SOCIALS The DISCORD CoD Community Server! Join for community tourneys, live streams, finding teammates and more! https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   TWITTER -- https://twitter.com/salvationselite INSTAGRAM -- https://www.instagram.com/josh.roeloffs/ TWITCH -- https://www.twitch.tv/salvationselite DISCORD -- https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   #TheBestOf3Podcast #CoDEsports #CallofDutyLeague #podcast #CallofDuty #Esports #CoDPodcast #EsportsPodcast #CallofDutyEsports #CompetitiveCoD

Tech News and Commentary Dave and the team discuss SMGs, Apple’s ratings for their own apps, tech gift Ideas for the holidays, and more. Lance in Dearborn, Michigan listens online and asked: “I’ve been getting into gardening lately. Since I live in the northern states, I’m planning to try some indoor gardening. Are there any […]

Isaac rambles about what the next evolution of duty pistols could be. His ideas aren't so much based on any individual pistol technologies, but a number of external trends:Increased use of pistol opticsIncreased use of suppressors and muzzle devicesDecreased importance of SMGs and PCCsIncreased sophistication of decentralized manufacturingAfter some feedback and testing, this could be an interesting video study. Keep in touch with us here: https://trex-arms.com/subscribe/

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Darren Wadsworth to discuss the scene where Quint and Hooper load their gear on the boat. They talk about how the blocking of the scene underscores the themes of the film and produces some excellent foreshadowing, the difference in the list of gear the two men bring, what it would be like if there was a sea shanty battle, and make a shocking discovery about the family in the background of the scene.

CoD Champs FULL BRACKET Predictions! Is CLAY BACK?! Champs ONLINE, Cancelled or NO Fans?! Challengers CHAMPS debate & players who made a name for themselves this year in the am scene? Who is the next Standy, Insight, Hydra? Who wins CoD Champs?! Our best predictions! OpTic? FaZe? Empire? Toronto? Rokkr?    ◾ Intro - 00:00 ◾ News of the Week - 3:05 || Champs ONLINE?! Players getting sick and potential impact of champs changes // Clay RETURNING?! & NYSL's Situation if Clay does return // Slasher playing for a roster spot at champs? // the best amatuer players! ◾  Challengers CHAMPS BREAKDOWN & Best Am Players!! -  22:16 || Challengers CHAMPS & The NEXT Standy, Insight & Hydra (the best players in challengers!) // What winning at Challengers champs means for a career & what happened to the best players from last season! ◾  INSANE CDL Stage 5 Major! PT. 2!  -  41:45|| FULL CoD Champs Bracket Predictions! Match by Match! ◾ ARs or SMGs?! - Intelligent or Irrelevant - 01:38:00   The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcasts covers and its hosts Josh "SalvationsElite," Rex "ShadyNero," and Sam "Bash" cover all things Call of Duty Esports in regards to the Call of Duty League, CoD Cold War, CoD League news, updates, predictions, breakdowns, summaries, game patches, meta, gameplay, gamebattles, competitive gaming, the news of the official CoD League with all the pro teams like the Dallas Empire, Seattle Surge, OpTic Chicago, Atlanta FaZe, LA Thieves, Minnesota Rokkr, NY Subliners, London Royal Ravens, Florida Mutineers, the LA Guerillas, Toronto Ultra and the Paris Legion! We do predictions and breaking news, updates, roster changes rostermania, free agency, trades, with players like Scump, Crimsix, Simp, Huke, Dashy, Skrapz, Octane, Abezy, Gunless, Arcitys, FormaL, ILLeY, Shotzzy, Prestinni, Clayster, Cellium, Priestahh, Attach, Temp, and others! We are the Best of 3 Call of Duty Esports Podcast!   -CONNECT- YOUTUBE Watch on YouTube HERE (https://www.youtube.com/salvationselite)   TWITTER Follow Josh “SalvationsElite” - https://twitter.com/SalvationsElite Follow Rex  “ShadyNero” - https://twitter.com/ShadyNero Follow Sam “Bash_Bo3” - https://twitter.com/Bash_BO3   PODCAST The Best of 3 CoD Esports Podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts and will be coming to more apps soon! Links here: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-of-3-cod-esports-podcast/id1490028421 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/7jgzkfT6uc7wyU2L4UCh0B?si=Z6XhfUCcQ2exwOgyjfJFDA ---------------- SALVATIONSELITE SOCIALS The DISCORD CoD Community Server! Join for community tourneys, live streams, finding teammates and more! https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   TWITTER -- https://twitter.com/salvationselite INSTAGRAM -- https://www.instagram.com/josh.roeloffs/ TWITCH -- https://www.twitch.tv/salvationselite DISCORD -- https://discord.gg/wJh6BCC   #TheBestOf3Podcast #CoDEsports #CallofDutyLeague #podcast #CallofDuty #Esports #CoDPodcast #EsportsPodcast #CallofDutyEsports #CompetitiveCoD

Netflix will reportedly offer video games within the next year | Engadget - EngadgetNetflix hired Mike Verdu, a former Oculus and EA exec, as vice president of game development..Google updating the default Pixel ringtone, notification, and alarm sounds with Android 12 - 9to5GoogleGoogle lets owners customize Pixel phones with a large collection of ringtones, notification, and alarm sounds, and new defaults are...Video: Atlus Releases A New Story Trailer For Shin Megami Tensei V - Nintendo LifeOut exclusively on Switch this NovemberBrain implant turns thoughts into words to help paralyzed man 'speak' again - CNETThe UCSF research taps a brain-computer interface to turn attempted speech into typing. It's funded by Facebook, which is shifting its own focus on neural tech.Warzone Season 4 Reloaded weapon buffs & nerfs: ARs, Krig, C58, SMGs, MP5, more - CharlieINTEL.comWarzone's Season 4 Reloaded update includes significant balancing changes to a number of weapons, including AMAX, C58, SMGs, and more.

In this fascinating episode, we were honored to have Mr. Yousef Riazi back on our podcast and this time to tell us more about the history of the development of Iranian Submachineguns that proliferated throughout the Middle East due to the ongoing conflicts in which Iran plays a major role in. From the very first foreign SMGs that entered Persia to Iranian Uzis and more! Credits- Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with permission of the director Benjamin Gilmour. The conversation takes place in the Kyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK) region of Pakistan and is between a customer examining a "Krinkov"-patterned rifle that is for sale. Music is traditional Arabic Dabkha by the name of اغاني دبكة تي رش رش Patreon Shoutout- If you want to support our work on researching small arms and light weapons in the MENA and Central Asian regions, please consider joining our Patreon support network that allows us to get articles, videos, and podcasts such as these to an international audience. Check us out here! www.patreon.com/SilahReport

In this extremely fun and exciting episode, Tanner and I talk about the May 7th Warzone patch and give you our loadouts in this ever-changing landscape. We also share a very interesting story surrounding Raven Software - whose favorite podcast is, of course, The Dropshot - A Call of Duty Podcast. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:31 - Acknowledgments & announcements 00:20:30 - The Dropshot; endorsed by Raven Software 00:56:25 - The current Warzone meta 01:01:28 - The CARV.2 in Warzone 01:04:15 - Are Cold War assault rifles worth using? 01:11:29 - The state of SMGs in Warzone 01:28:14 - The state of snipers in Warzone 01:35:05 - Are LMGs viable? 01:39:59 - Our current loadouts in Verdansk 01:59:29 - Plugs & reminders 02:03:00 - Outro The podcast is streamed live on our website (https://www.thedropshot.com/live) every Wednesday and Saturday night at 7 o'clock Pacific Time. We typically start the stream 30 minutes early to answer viewer questions, banter, and chat. Links for everything are below. Thanks for checking out the podcast!

Welcome to the episode 64 of the llama buddy podcast, your source for Fortnite news, with me your llama buddy.  News Aloy and Lara team up mode coming (Duos game mode) Chonker's Tires Spire Assassin changes (mythic recycler)  Front Bumper - Scoop  Rear Bumper - Mega Booster Grappler Bow, Splinter Bow Quests Set structures on fire (10) Search chests (7) Eliminate opponents with weapons of Rare rarity or higher (3) Shockwave wildlife using a Shockwave Grenade or Bow (1) Tame animals in different matches (3) Deal damage to opponents with the Recycler (1000) Revive a teammate (1) Legendary - Was to deal damage with Primal Weapons Deal damage with SMGs (1000) Search ammo boxes (5) Use a campfire (1) Modify vehicles with off-road tires (3) Drive from Sweaty Sands to Colossal Crops without leaving the vehicle (1) Maintain a speed of 65 or greater for 4 seconds in a vehicle (1) Get 2 seconds of airtime in a vehicle (2) Legendary - Collect gold bars (5000)                                  

In this episode, the FANs Brett Blakemore and ROKKR coaches 'Saintt' and 'REPPIN' discuss the news of a roster change. Priestahh will now run AR with Accuracy and Standy from Challengers will run SMGs with Attach. Follow everyone on Twitter @ROKKR @REPPINjt @BrianSantt @staaandy @BrettKFAN

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his hack of 'Hit the Street - Defend the Block' (by Rich Rogers) for play as Pulp Heroes rather then street level Supers. This session was organsied as part of February 2021's Gauntlet Community Open Gaming weekend (GCOG) where we encourage gamers to come and try out online gaming and the Gauntlet's play culture (www.gauntlet-rpg.com). Nelson (the Hustler/Gumshoe), Lucy (the Friend/Air Ace), and Irene (the Professor/Inventor) literally run in to Bruce (the Daredevil/Explorer) as they pursue the kidnappers of 'Gus' the world famous boxing kangaroo through the rainy streets of New Gauntlet City. There's an FBI Special Agent, and a clue that takes them to Casablanca in search of Gus' mate. Then ... mayhem at a secret Nazi desert base, an eccentric hollow-earther and his sister-in-law, and the biggest kangaroo you ever did see ... A recordnig snafu means that the last Act is text only ... Nelson sneaks into the camp and bushwhacks a Nazi before squeezing into his uniform and entering the supply tent where he finds Bruce still in the crate. Meanwhile, Lucy makes her way onto the German transport plane that they tracked to the secret desert base; it's parked beside the a convenient fuel truck ... BOOOOOM! Soldiers approach the supply tent but Nelson convinces them that 'Die Kangaroo ist ... Gone!' Another squad are seen hustling a prisoner to a truck and Nelson distracts them while Bruce charges in and lays about them with his cricket bat, freeing the prisoner ... Professor Sterk. Lucy and Irene arrive just as other soldiers get organised and level their SMGs at our heroes ... Nelson drives a truck into them providing an escape route for the others. Professor Sterk directs them to an eerily silent, deserted, ancient temple with contrasting ancient pillars and statues, and the new antenna radials and spotlights. Sterk stammered, "The fools. They did it!" As we head down a spiral ramp into the earth Sterk explains the Nazis are trying to open a gate to the Hollow Earth. They didn't know what they were unleashing ... in the depths there's a rumbling growl of something huge. At the end of the stairs, there is a long tunnel into the mountainside that is lit by a string of light bulbs that only provide a small amount of light in the darkness. At the end of the tunnel is a large open area with an energy portal to the Hollow Earth. Inside the room, there is a large Kangaroo Kaiju creature (see pic in Faces and Places) that roars at us. Above the Kangaroo is a smaller cage that houses what must me Gus' mate. Lucy ran over to the wench on the wall, and slowly started to lower the cage to the floor of the cavern. Irene said that she'd turn off the portal machine--one way or another--but Bruce had to get the Giant Kangaroo back through the portal before that happened! Bruce ran over to the Kangaroo, and saw many, many bodies of the dead Nazi's that the Kangaroo Kaiju had killed as they had tried to capture it. He took his chance to distract the Giant Kangaroo into following him back toward the portal. Irene worked the machine to shut it down, but, just as she was about to, Special Agent Jessie Edge stepped out of the shadows with a pistol held at the ready. "Step away from the machine." he said. Lucy grabbed the rope from the decending cage, and cut it behind her. She swung across the cavern to intercept Edge, but he swung his pistol around to shoot in her direction several times (Mike didn't succeed on his roll and took Spark damage down to "Oh no!".) Bruce ran away from the Giant Kangaroo toward the portal. Through it, he could see the grassland plains of the Hollow Earth. There was also an Aussie sized gap between the bottom of the portal and the cavern floor. Just as the Giant was about to grab Bruce, he slid under the portal--through the gap, and was save on the other side. He lost his hat through the portal (from Spark damage). Irene used the distraction from Lucy's swing to yank the power cable out of the machine and grab Edge. The electricy from the machine caused them both to convulse and fall to the floor. Just as the Giant Kangaroo stumbled through the portal, the portal winked out, and the cavern went dark. In the dim lights, we could just make out the shape of Gus coming into the cavern and going over to the cage where his mate was located. We swung open the door to the cage, and they left--happily ever after. That's why, to this day, there is a kangaroo population in Nortern Africa. Final post-credit shot shows the burned out hulk of the truck Nelson drove into the soldiers. The camera circles the wreck to find ... Nelson leaning agasnt it lighting a cigarette ... it takes more than a violent explosion to finish a hard-bitten Pulp Hero ...

Episode 39 - Season 5 Week 3 Quests Welcome to the episode 39 of the llama buddy podcast, your source for Fortnite news, with me your llama buddy. News * Cowboy Repeater rifle * Operation SnowDown * Reboot a friend is live * Black Panther Challenges * Black Panther, Cpt Marvel, Task Master coming as pack * Snow is falling on the island * Performance modes available for higher FPS - Looks rough Before we get into the challenges this week, lets hear about our sponsors for this episode. Spy Within * Play Matches - 10,000 XP * (Creative) Play The Spy Within matches - Wrap * Complete all The Spy Within quests - Board * (Creative) Eliminate players in The Spy Within matches - Music * (Creative) Complete tasks in The Spy Within matches - Glider Winter Fest * Complete Epic Quests * Visit different Snowmando Outposts * Deal damage with Lever Action Rifle * Dance at different Holiday trees * Search chests at Snowmando outposts * Place top 10 with friends in squads * Destroy Nutcracker Statues * Travel 5,000 meters in X-4 Stormwings * Shoot down opponent structures with X-4 Stormwings * Collect gold bars * Catch a Snowy Flopper * Revive a player in different matches * Hide inside a Sneaky Snowmando in different matches * Play duo/squads with friends * Stoke a campfire * Deal damage at Snowmando Outposts * Use Chiller Launcher to apply icy feet to opponents
 Quests * Deal 500 damage with Assault Rifles or SMGs. * Deal 200 Headshot Damage to players with Pistols or Sniper Rifles. * Destroy 3 Toilets * Loot 4 Chests in Craggy Cliffs, Holly Hedges or Retail Row * 3 Eliminations with Rare weapons or greater (Blue) * An Elimination while in a Vehicle * Loot 7 Ammo Boxes in Salty Towers or Colossal Coliseum * Legendary Eliminate 15 opponents while riding in a vehicle. If you like this show tell your friends, and if you didn't well you could tell your enemies until next time I'm your llama buddy signing off --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support (https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support)

Episode 30 - Week 13 News Welcome to the episode 30 of the llama buddy podcast, your source for Fortnite news, with me your llama buddy. News Intel and Fortnite Skin Sign up at http://softwareoffer.intel.com/Bonus A bunch of free software, and a skin pack for Fortnite. (Splash Squadron) Venom Cup Skin coming to the item shop soon Winners were mistakenly awarded the Black Widow skin. Fortnite + twitch creators challenge Earn rewards in Fortnite and on Twitch. https://creatorschallenge.fortnite.com Challenges - XP Xtravaganza Week 3 Deal damage with SMGs, this is a tiered challenge. (1,000/2,500/5,000) Eliminate Stark Robots, Gatherers, or Gorgers (10/25/50) Search 10 Chests Search 10 Supply Drops Collect Materials. Stone/Wood/Metal (1,000/1,500/2,000) Dance on all five colored bridges in a single match Before you go, show some love for your favorite llama by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Until next time I'm your llama buddy signing off. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support (https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support)

Episode 30 - Week 13 News Welcome to the episode 30 of the llama buddy podcast, your source for Fortnite news, with me your llama buddy. News Intel and Fortnite Skin Sign up at http://softwareoffer.intel.com/Bonus A bunch of free software, and a skin pack for Fortnite. (Splash Squadron) Venom Cup Skin coming to the item shop soon Winners were mistakenly awarded the Black Widow skin. Fortnite + twitch creators challenge Earn rewards in Fortnite and on Twitch. https://creatorschallenge.fortnite.com Challenges - XP Xtravaganza Week 3 Deal damage with SMGs, this is a tiered challenge. (1,000/2,500/5,000) Eliminate Stark Robots, Gatherers, or Gorgers (10/25/50) Search 10 Chests Search 10 Supply Drops Collect Materials. Stone/Wood/Metal (1,000/1,500/2,000) Dance on all five colored bridges in a single match Before you go, show some love for your favorite llama by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Until next time I'm your llama buddy signing off. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support (https://anchor.fm/llamabuddy/support)

Today HMC discusses how prevalent cheating is in Warzone and how it is killing the game. We also talk about how the FAL and the Bruen are toxic. As Alex says Bruen goes BRR. we also debate the relevancy of SMGs in the current meta of Warzone. Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/HMC_Podcasthttps://twitter.com/HMC_Podcast Join our Discord! https://t.co/106Kz6WQkd?amp=1

(12/4/19) Another in-between week, so it's time for another off the cuff gun talk. We'll talk SMGs vs PDWs vs PCCs, the real history of the NRA, who knows? Let's see! Live video - https://www.facebook.com/andrew.gouff/videos/10162613189040150/ Inked Anarchist YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuYw7aFnaJBc8F6NCn-CKg/videos Dyreka's book - https://www.amazon.com/Think-Yourself-Critical-Thinking-Beginners/dp/1791936172/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1 Anarchy Among Friends FB - https://www.facebook.com/AAFRTD Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0pqbeHBmWPN1sG0e6L28Uv Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anarchy-among-friends/id1459037636?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/anarchy-among-friends GooglePodcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hNGZmNzQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/anarchy-among-friends Overcast - https://overcast.fm/itunes1459037636/anarchy-among-friends PocketCasts - https://pca.st/CDH3 RadioPublic - https://radiopublic.com/anarchy-among-friends-Wkzzjl THIS PODCAST IS COVERED BY A BipCot NoGov LICENSE. USE AND RE-USE BY ANYONE EXCEPT GOVERNMENTS OR THEIR AGENTS IS OK. MORE INFO: https://bipcot.org/

YOUR FAVORITE MIAMI GIRLS ARE BACK!! Featuring a brand new segment, CUENTAMELO, where YOU get tell US what you want to hear. Drop us a voicemail at the official SMGS phone number (305) 537 6527 and lets us know your questions, comments, and concerns. We'll choose our favorites and put them on the show!!!

Episode Eight of NotOpodcast Gaming - 1:02 - Single Player vs Multiplayer Games, Microtransactions, Industry Trends Technology - 24:31 - Intel CPUs, Google Messaging Platforms, Google Phones Firearms - 45:37 - Practice and consistency, SMGs, US Military Caliber Selection

A tip for getting eliminations when getting spammed by SMGs and LMGs! anchor.fm/daily-fortnite/support Twitch - www.twitch.tv/mmmikedaddy Twitter - twitter.com/MMMThatsGoodSTF email - mmmthatsgoodstuffgaming@gmail.com PS4 + Epic - MagnificantMikie YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEJ4F24Xq8aNQRyI3FWhOg Discord Server - discord.gg/qugJAVp Daily Fortnite - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-fortnite/id1366304985 The goal of Daily Fortnite is to build a positive community of Fortnite players so we can all enhance our enjoyment of Fortnite together. I want to hear your tips, tricks and stories too! So use the Anchor app to call the show and leave a message and you might be featured on the show! Remember to rate, review, subscribe, and like to help grow the show and the community! And as always, have fun be safe, and Don't Get Lost in the Storm! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daily-fortnite/support

A lot of players are feeling the unbalance in the game with SMGs being OP. Hopefully Fortnite will buff the shotguns a little. Twitch - www.twitch.tv/mmmikedaddy Twitter - twitter.com/MMMThatsGoodSTF email - mmmthatsgoodstuffgaming@gmail.com PS4 + Epic - MagnificantMikie YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEJ4F24Xq8aNQRyI3FWhOg Discord Server - discord.gg/qugJAVp Daily Fortnite - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-fortnite/id1366304985 The goal of Daily Fortnite is to build a positive community of Fortnite players so we can all enhance our enjoyment of Fortnite together. I want to hear your tips, tricks and stories too! So use the Anchor app to call the show and leave a message and you might be featured on the show! Remember to rate, review, subscribe, and like to help grow the show and the community! And as always, have fun be safe, and Don't Get Lost in the Storm! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daily-fortnite/support

We got a Dev Update today that mentioned SMGs, Remote Explosives, and Guided Missiles. Another exciting #SummerSkirmish event today as well. Speaking of...qualify for a future event by playing Solo Showdown now! Twitch - www.twitch.tv/mmmikedaddy Twitter - twitter.com/MMMThatsGoodSTF email - mmmthatsgoodstuffgaming@gmail.com PS4 + Epic - MagnificantMikie YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEJ4F24Xq8aNQRyI3FWhOg Discord Server - discord.gg/qugJAVp Daily Fortnite - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-fortnite/id1366304985 The goal of Daily Fortnite is to build a positive community of Fortnite players so we can all enhance our enjoyment of Fortnite together. I want to hear your tips, tricks and stories too! So use the Anchor app to call the show and leave a message and you might be featured on the show! Remember to rate, review, subscribe, and like to help grow the show and the community! And as always, have fun be safe, and Don't Get Lost in the Storm! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daily-fortnite/support

Fortnite had its first birthday yesterday! A lot of changes came with the birthday as well. Some fun like, Playground LTM, and some nerfs in the SMGs. Twitch - www.twitch.tv/mmmikedaddy Twitter - twitter.com/MMMThatsGoodSTF email - mmmthatsgoodstuffgaming@gmail.com PS4 + Epic - MagnificantMikie YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEJ4F24Xq8aNQRyI3FWhOg Discord Server - discord.gg/qugJAVp Daily Fortnite - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-fortnite/id1366304985 The goal of Daily Fortnite is to build a positive community of Fortnite players so we can all enhance our enjoyment of Fortnite together. I want to hear your tips, tricks and stories too! So use the Anchor app to call the show and leave a message and you might be featured on the show! Remember to rate, review, subscribe, and like to help grow the show and the community! And as always, have fun be safe, and Don't Get Lost in the Storm! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daily-fortnite/support

Clucked Chickens a Realm Royale Podcast - Episode 1  Join OctoOG & guest DieNasT Gaming Pro Realm Royale Player Lo_Donut_ol as they discuss the latest updates to Realm Royale: State of the game Hitscan Weapons Test 2 - View Patch Notes Deathmatch Training Grounds - View Patch Notes Forging Strategies Rumors (New Class, Dinosaurs, Skins) Follow us here: Clucked Chickens Twitter Clucked Chickens Twitch Donut Twitch

Grab your novelty martian headbands, arcade games and SMGs because it's our ninth episode and we are talking about one of our all-time favorites NIGHT OF THE COMET starring Kelli Maroney, Catherine Mary Stewart & Mary Woronov! We talk about befriending geese, production drama and much more. It's a fun one!

Birds, Bones and Swain are back with another episode of the podcast for all things Destiny PvP. Subscribe on iTunes / Subscribe on RSS / Discuss on the Playbook Now that Laser Tag Weekend is over, Crucible Radio is excited to get back into the Crucible and try out all these new weapons they've been collecting! Bones is confident that SMGs are top-tier at the moment, but there's more than a couple new ones that can compete.  CammyCakes arrives this week to talk about his strategies and utilization of the weapons everyone else seems to leave in the vault. Is he just messing around or on to something great? Music this week by Friend Group Visit our Site / Follow us on Twitter / Listen on Stitcher Edited by Andrew Gomez  

It's not one team, one dream--it's one team, THREE dreams as the Mailbag plumbs the depths of our subconscious minds!  We've also got a bit of news on Project 1v1, some changes coming to Fortnite, and this week we actually have the real Battleborn free rotation for you guys!   Make sure to join in our #Inktober2017 #TalentedTuesday art competition by submitting art with the following prompts for the following dates:  October 3 - Poison; October 17 - Graceful; and October 31 - Mask.

Options Oddities 216: XOMA, SMGS, CREE   Unusual Activity for July 1, 2015:   Calls trade in XOMA Corp. (XOMA) OTM calls trade in Scientific Games Corp. (SMGS) Calls and stock go up in Cree, Inc. (CREE)