Loot Shoot Lane – A Blizzard Fancast

Diablo Season 5 is over so we discuss how the season finished out for us and our plans heading into season 6 at the end of the month. Have you made your plan for battle for the upcoming season? HoTS has Matte on bit of a salty streak with bad games this week but Chair League has started again. Matte is thankful that it’s much more organized this time around. ASU won the Heroes of The Dorm competition but neither of us actually got to watch the finals. Matte played some Paragon and that looked semi-interesting. You know, for a game that isn’t made by Blizzard. Our big news this week is that both of us finally got into the Beta. Beta Overwatch us! We even got to play with some of our friends too! We’re discussing the things we liked and a few things we liked less. All this and more in the sixth installment of Loot, Shoot, Lane!
 

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Hosts: Cade and Matte
Show Twitter: @LootShootLane
E-Mail: lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com
Music By: Al_n

Matte is sick but we made him record anyways. It’s that time of year again and Blizzcon was announced – Let those F5 keys reign supreme! While we won’t be able to go, we hope those of you heading to Blizzcon get there safely. Diablo Season 5 is almost over and we discuss how the season went for us. Matte tells an awesome story for us this week about the most troll game he’s ever had in HoTS. This ends up leading us in a discussion about some of the professional tournament caveats. If you were looking to get into Heroes, now is a great time! This weekend all heroes are unlocked and free experience bonus for Heroes of The Storm. On the Overwatch front, competitive mode is going to be a thing. We’re really excited about this. Everyone starts in potato league at the bottom, where they belong. If you’ve been following closely another Overwatch short was released and we think it’s great. Can you feel the excitement reaching its capacity? We sure as hell can.  We also get a little sidetracked this episode discussing hackers, cheaters, and the differences between platforms. Enjoy!
 

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Hosts: Cade and Matte
Show Twitter: @LootShootLane
E-Mail: lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com
Music By: Al_n

Matte is super excited for the new Heroes of The Storm patch. It’s the new HoTS(ness). There’s a new hero and updates for others. The ban system is finally in the game. Cade does his best Kael’thas impression in celebration. Matte uses the honor system, Cade wouldn’t. Do you like Burger King crowns? Now there’s a little crown, it’s like your birthday but better? Side note: Harvard is a bunch of little cheaters. With these changes as of recent, Cade may not be able to play anymore. You can find out why before Matte talks about his hero rank. This week we’re also worried about Season 6 of Diablo cannibalizing Blizzard’s following in turn with the release of Overwatch. With Overwatch on the horizon we’re discussing the backstory behind the game and characters from what we’ve read. It’s exciting that this is all coming to light now and we’re hoping for more. We apologize for the MMO tangent we went on but it seemed really important at the time.
 

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Hosts: Cade and Matte
Show Twitter: @LootShootLane
E-Mail: lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com
Music: Boxcat Games “Epic Song”

Patches and changes and opinions, oh my! We’re proud to let you all know something progressive has happened: ESPN isn’t for Sportsball anymore! We’re not sure why but welcome to the eSports scene because you actually wanted to be the ESPN of eSports. Please let Colin Cowherd know that all of his base are now belong to us. Since you’re here for the Blizzard chatter, Cade gets into not wanting to play ping pong with his monk. It’ll make more sense as you listen. We’re still not in the Overwatch Beta but Overwatch finally has a release date it seems. Matte has a brief moment of Ermergerd over it as we get into breaking our pre-order droughts. We caved. It was a moment of weakness. Are the rewards worth it, at all? We look back on how games have changed since their releases to accommodate the audience they cater to. You’re probably wondering why Pacific Rim has anything to do with our show and we’re glad to tell you it doesn’t. We’re just busting on Remy from My Morning Coffee. Remember: Splitting up the roles in games between friends is always a nice change. It’s a lot like giving the gift of the Overwatch Beta, if you managed to get it.
 

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Hosts: Cade and Matte
Show Twitter: @LootShootLane
E-Mail: lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com
Music: Boxcat Games “Epic Song”

Welcome back to Loot, Shoot, Lane. Matte is making his triumphant return from his well needed Birthday Vacation and we’ve decided to celebrate with another episode. We’re also talking about some new info from a recent datamine. That’s right, DATAMINE ALL THE THINGS! More specifically, the 2.4.1 upcoming patch for Diablo 3. We got buffs, we got some nerfs and what these mean to us! We’d like you to take a moment of silence as we mourn the Season 5 Meta Group. Seriously though, do you even cow level, bro? Cade babbles on about rifts, rift levels and his quest for more loot. Later, Matte talks about Blood Pacts in gaming with friends and avoiding The Division at all costs. We take a moment to ponder matchmaking in Heroes and wonder when someone will step their game up. Do us a favor, if you’re a toxic gamer, stay away from Overwatch. You’ll make a lot of players way happier. Did we mention Matte got a new toy for his birthday? It’s pretty Kulle.
 

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Hosts: Cade and Matte
Show Twitter: @LootShootLane
E-Mail: lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com
Music: Boxcat Games “Epic Song”

Some of us like to get together with our buddies and get a pizza. Instead of that we decided to do a show together instead. Welcome to Loot Shoot Lane – a fancast dedicated to Blizzard Entertainment and their offerings. In our inaugural episode we’re taking some time and discussing our gaming histories. You might wonder what makes us, Cade and Matte, knowledgeable about this subject. There isn’t a right answer though. We enjoy playing and learning these games. At this point you could say we’re Blizzard fanboys. Hell, even we think we are. In fact they have our undivided attention. Interested in what we think of the soon to arrive Overwatch? How about our time spent with Diablo titles? How about our origins into how we got in to playing Hardcore only? Interested in a steaming cup of HoTS? We got you covered. Want to get involved with the show? We got options. You can follow us on Twitter @LootShootLane or send an Overwatch Beta invite to lootshootlane@ninjapancake.com. Stay awhile and listen.
 

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