King of the Planet 11 - 7th February, 1500 UTC

Thanks to everyone who was able to join us to watch this live, and to those of you who setup local events to watch another top level clash.

If you weren't able to make it then we have uploaded VODs of the games for your convenience.

No offense guys but I found the commentary and interviews a bit lackluster. Was everyone half asleep or something? I realize it is difficult with a 5-game total shutout, but this seemed especially bad. Also can I please kindly request you guys commit to playing at least a few ranked matches per week? The commentary feels not particularly insightful - like listening to two casual players make uninformed remarks about expert players.

I hope that doesn't come off as too harsh, I love exodus e-sports and your guys casts, but I felt some constructive criticism was needed.

Sure totally understand, and it is hard as heck to keep up with the meta with new balance patches dropping constantly. I did bring this up in KillerKiwi's stream last night and a few people agreed. I actually already asked Zaphod if he would go back to his training days or at least play some regular 1v1s, as it just feels like a trend with casts becoming increasingly uninformed. I really crave the days when the videos you guys put up nicely showcased the meta, the trade-offs, builds, etc. Now there are a lot of times when its like... really guys this match was a total shut out 10 minutes ago and your still acting like its half and half. Anyway I'm just trying to give some feedback, still a huge fan. One solution might be to do future casts with either you and Elodea or Zaphod and Elodeah, like one charming funny caster and one elite player.

Hmm, OK. Sounds like you guys may need to think through your intro/outros a little more or just general organization for the stream. I want to emphasize that I still tune in for basically every cast/VOD and love your content. I think my main criticism is that it really feels like you could both use a little more competitive play to make the commentary shine again. Anyway, take it for what you will, i'm just one voice.

I don't want to focus too much on the example of a game that is basically already called, I get that you guys have to come up with stuff to say on the fly and keep it interesting. Was just trying to give on concrete example where it feels like there is a general lack of insight into the various strategies and such players use.

Not at all, it's always helpful to hear where people think we need to improve. If you watch it live we put out survey links to try and get an idea of where we're doing well and where we need to up our game.

elodea pretty much wiped the floor with battlebear ...

Exodus just earned a gold star in my book for accepting this feedback as nice as you did. Keep up the good work!

Unfortunately Battlebear has been busy studying and has hardly played PA since before Christmas and the UC patch. Real life can get in the way, on the other hand Elodea has been playing quite a lot lately. Not saying it wasn't a well deserved win, Elodea (as much as it pains me to admit) is pretty much the #1 PA player for a reason Still I think Battlbear wasn't on his top form for these, I would have expected it to be much closer really.

... yet i still see @Yaegz on the ladder

Hasn't Yaegz already tried to take the KOTP crown and failed? He's a superb ladder player, however he tends to fail whenever he enters tournaments...

Yaegz has not competed in kotp.

Ah ok, in that case @Yaegz you know you want that crown

even if what stops him from retrying? didn´t see a rule to not be able to rechalange (that a word?) the king again ... especialy if it is one that reigns for months ... cause competition right? have to keep that WWE hype for PA
... hmmm WPAE???

I think a problem Exodus has and which will grow the longer it takes is that Exodus has too few casters. Zaphod and Marshall cast a load of games. clan wars, tourneys, their own stuff. They are pretty much occupied every weekend because tournaments get more and more frequent with more and more viewers. For Exodus to grow they need to come up with new ideas for tournaments etc. but with 3/4 casters doing their thing in their free time (which they do very well let me be clear) It is also occupiing almost every saturday. Always the same casters. If exodus can attract more casters to them, maybe even train them with zaphod and marshall. So that there more casters available to choose from. It will relieve a bit of workload, stress and obligations that they MUST be there for them.

I know Marshall also has uni stuff and other things on his mind and I know for sure Zaphod has the same. To keep it fun for them aswell they need some backup in the form of other casters. But that is just my opinion

#SquishyForNextExodusStreamer.

I'm trying to re-familiarise myself with PA and the current meta so I can get back to casting again after something of a hiatus. I did a couple of Exodus events as a guest a while back and I'd love to work with them again in the future if they'll have me.