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70s Weekly Countdown with Mark and PeteEpisode 60: SpecialThis week we try and answer that eternal question; what is hip? Apparently, back in 2004, it was hip to release an album of remixed songs from the 70s. As the summer breeze fades and we leave behind memories of midnight at the oasis, we listen to the music and critique the 2004 Warner Brothers Release “What is Hip, Remix Project Volume 1”. If you were one of these remix artists, would you let go and express yourself, or would the effort just be a masquerade of the original song. Unless the artist was truly a dream weaver, because of our admiration for...
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The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 26 ft. SUNSfan: Enter the Cat WheelHello everyone and welcome to another great week of the Chat Wheel! This week, we were incredibly excited to have SUNSfan of DotaCinema joining us to talk about the recent work of his studio. We chat about picking up SyndereN, the XMG Captain's Draft Tournament, and the process of getting the Pudge set in game.
We also talk about the sale of NADota.com and have a cat cuteness war.
2014-03-181h 31The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 25 ft. Nigma (and a guest appearance by Monolith!): Nigma's Shitter Dota PodcastHello everyone and welcome to a very special week of the Chat Wheel! This episode marks our 25th episode of the show; holy hell we feel old (and Dariath is old, but that's beside the point). We were very happy to welcome one of our favorite content creators, Nigma, on the show to talk to us about his Shitter Dota Digest videos. Our good friend Charlie aka Monolith also stopped by to chat about Fluffnstuff's latest blog post and give his opinion on the matter.
2014-03-131h 25The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 24 ft. PyrionFlax and The Capitalist: The Intercontinental FailroadHello hello hello everyone! Welcome to another great week of the Chat Wheel! This week, the Chat Wheel goes international with both PyrionFlax, resident UK crumpet head, and The Capitalist, Berlin's newest treasure. Both Pyrion and Cap answer a whole herd of questions from us an the community, and we chat about the Free to Play documentary, EG's not-so-secret lineup, and the end of the Chinese shuffle.
2014-02-241h 29The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 23 ft. Sheever: Sheever Saves the Chat WheelGoooooood afternoon boys and girls and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! This week was quite interesting for us; we had planned to have The Capitalist on the show, but a freak power outage and subsequent nap made that impossible. Also, our carrier pigeons were shot down over the Atlantic, so contact was impossible.
Fortunately, a savior appeared in the form of Sheever! And thank God, because we like her better anyway. There was a lot to talk about this week, and we got her take on HitBox's King of the Hill Series and the Yardwhite...
2014-02-181h 03The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 22 ft. Hippie & KOTLGuy: Caster's CornerHello everyone and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! This week, Hippie and KOTLGuy joined us to answer some questions, talk about what its like for casters to get into the scene, and the latest & greatest in Dota drama and news.
2014-02-111h 03The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 21 ft. Zyori: Going Beyond the SummitGreetings and salutations Dota fans! Yeah you get the idea. We have another great week of the Chat Wheel here, this time with Zyori of Beyond the Summit! We sat down and chatted about his recent move to the BTS studios and we played "Where in the world is Luminous Inverse?". We also talked about the Next.KZ betting scandal, the recently announced New Bloom Festival, and the possibility of a new EG lineup.
2014-01-281h 27The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 20 ft. Spitwad: Long Live the KingHello everyone and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! This week, we're incredibly excited to have Spitwad, the grandfather of NADota, with us. We have a lot of tournament news to deliver including talking about Starladder, G-League, Eat Sleep Play, and CEVO. We also break news on the latest Chinese shuffle and rumor monger about the possibility of EG.Arteesy and the return of MYM.
2014-01-2656 minThe Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 19 ft. Aui_2000 and Monolith: Rocket ManHello everyone and welcome to another week of the Chat Wheel! This week we have Aui.2000 of Speed Gaming joining us as well as Dignitas.Monolith filling in for Weh. We talked to Aui about his recent success as a standin for Fnatic and his experience with the D2L finals, his time in China, and his plans for the future.
Oh, and Monolith flies a spaceship.
2014-01-131h 00The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 18 ft. Purge: Team Zephyr Blows Us AwayHappy new year Dota fans!Happy New Year Dota fans! We've decided to start the year off right with the Chat Wheel by bringing in Purge from Team Zephyr to talk about the team's recent incarnation, their performance in the NSL Qualifiers, and their time so far in Korea.
2014-01-0653 minThe Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 17 ft. Ryuuboruz: Get Over Here and Give Me an eHugHello everyone and welcome to another week of the Chat Wheel! This week we've got Ryuuboruz with us chatting about his new team, Team eHug! We also talk about the growing popularity of Dota 2, what it takes to break into the professional scene, and Greg once again being wrong about hats.
2013-12-231h 11The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 16 ft. KotLGuy: Blinded by the LightHello everyone and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! This week marked our first livestreamed episode, but as always we will continue to upload audio-only podcasts of each episode. This week, KotLGuy joined us with his robe and wizard's hat to talk about Wraith Night, Ranked Matchmaking, 6.79c changes, Legion Commander, and his new great idea for aspiring casters!
2013-12-171h 25The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 15 ft. TheCapitalist & Monolith: Two Real American HeroesWelcome ladies and gentlemen once again to the Chat Wheel! It's been a few weeks; did you miss us? We missed us. We apologize for the delay in getting the show out. We decided to skip the week before MLG to let WhatIsHip have some time to prepare himself; if you haven't seen his interviews for GGnet, go check them out immediately! But now we're back in action, and do we have a hell of a show for you.
This week we're excited to share with you guys a special double feature: TheCapitalist and Monolith! We pick Monolith's brain...
2013-12-021h 19The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 14 ft. Heliumbrella: We're All Just a Bunch of AirheadsHappy Hump Day everyone and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! We're really excited to share our time this week with the one and only Heliumbrella of CEVO and NEODota casting fame. He joins us and talks about his rise to the (somewhere slightly below) top and his love for what he does.
We've got quite a bit to talk about this week because our Dear Lord GabeN has delivered, and DIRETIDE HAS BEEN GIVEN! *fanfare of trumpets* We talk about the the newest Valve blog post and how WhatIsHip was wrong, again. And Dariath was...
2013-11-131h 07The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 13 ft. Pandaego: Good Work Everyone, Let's Take FiveHello Dota fans and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! This week, we talk to none other than Pandaego, one of the winners of Season 1 of the NEL and a former member of Take Five before they, in his words, crashed and burned. Pandaego was also a member of Typical Mistakes (now Pretty Boy Swag), a team that one both tournaments sponsored by WhatIsHip.TV.
This week, we ask Pandaego what he did with all the money we handed to him. We also get insight into his career as a Dota player, his time with Typical...
2013-11-061h 19The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 12 ft. Maut "Kraken Shell First": The Quest for the Golden MLG ToiletHello everyone and welcome to another exciting week of the Chat Wheel! We have a very special guest this week: the one and only Maut! Maut is one of the premier North American casters in the scene right now and has done a fantastic job casting the NEL, EEL, EMS, and a ton of other tournaments. This week, he takes us on a walk through the MLG offices in New York as he searches for the famed Golden Toilet. Oh, and Bdiz shows up too! Sorry for making him retire and all.
We also ramble on about the new...
2013-10-301h 13The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 11 feat. Bdiz: Set Full Sail for Fail!Happy Hump Day everybody and welcome to another episode of the Chat Wheel! This week we have a very special guest with us: Bdiz of Team Dignitas! We take a trip down the rabbit hole of Bdiz's professional gaming career, ranging from his Rapier Clinkz games in Dota 1 to his time with EG to his recent success with Team Dignitas at MLG Full Sail. We also chat about the ongoing season of the Hyper-X D2L and the recent Alliance documentary. Oh yeah, and that patch thing happened. We talk about that too.
2013-10-231h 23The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 10: The British InvasionWelcome one and all to the tenth edition of The Chat Wheel! Can you believe you've sat there and listened to us rant 9 times already? Let's make it 10. This week, we talk about the coming rise of the North American scene with the onset of of MLG Columbus and Anaheim, as well as the current top teams and players on the continent. We also throw in our own opinions about DemoN and "The EG Story" and the recent success of Take 5.
We also talk about the changes in the Virtus Pro roster as well as the ongoing Nexon Sponsorship...
2013-10-0856 minThe Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 9: The Storm Before the StormWelcome once again one and all to another week of the Chat Wheel! This week, we're talking about what everyone else is talking about: hats! Just kidding, it's LGD.int. We give our take of the brewing storm, Dariath sharpens his pitchfork, and Weh tries to extinguish the torches. Aside from all of that, we talk about the exciting First Blood! update as well as the roster changes in North America and the exciting news coming from MLG and MLG Columbus. We'd like to thank all you guys for sticking with us so far, and we apologize for the...
2013-09-281h 14The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 8: Look Mom, I'm on Dota Radio!Hello everyone and welcome to yet another week of The Chat Wheel, your number one stop for banter, bad jokes, and occasional Dota talk. This week we've got our friend Zyori from Dota Radio, the newest and greatest audio-only professional Dota stream. Zyori's been around eSports for quite some time and is looking to find himself a new home in the Dota scene, and we're damn happy to have him.
This week, we continue talking about the new rosters that have been finalized as well as revisiting some previous predictions to see how they've turned out. We also chat...
2013-09-161h 03The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 7: Fast Times at NA DotA HighHello everyone and welcome to another week of the Chat Wheel! This week, we're talking about the controversy on everyone's minds: The Premier League. We give our take on the matter and try to wade through all the crap that's been thrown around.
We also talk quite a bit about new NA DotA leagues, mainly focusing on MLG. We're really excited to see NA DotA get some love, and we've got Nika 'CruelGGs' with us to shed some light on the players and teams that we see competing.
We want to give a big "thank you" to everyone who's...
2013-09-091h 03The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 6: And the Wheel Keeps SpinningHello everybody and welcome to another episode of the Chat Wheel! This week, we pick up where we left off during the last episode talking about roster changes and drama in the professional scene. A lot has happened in these past couple weeks, and we'll do our best cover everything with information, misinformation, humor, sarcasm, and shit-talking.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this week's episode. We apologize for the lack of an episode last week; there were family emergencies that needed to be attended to, which obviously take precedence. But, we're glad you're back.
2013-09-0359 minThe Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 5: Let the Rumor Wheel Turn!This week, our good friend PyrionFlax joins us again to talk about his and Greg's misadventures at TI3. We also talk about the huge storm of rumors and team drama that's brewing in the distance, trying to wade through what's fiction, and what could indeed be fact.
2013-08-181h 07The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 4 (TI3 Edition): Got My Mind on the MoneyGoooooooooood morning Dota 2! Or afternoon, or evening, or whatever the time of day in your current time zone is. Welcome to another episode of The Chat Wheel. This week, we've got special guest TheCapitalist with us! Many of you know him from his casting The Defense with Tobi. We've got him with us this week on our special TI3 episode talking about our predictions for the tournament, how we've been excited and disappointed with teams so far, and where we think it's all headed in the coming days.
We'd also like to proudly say that GosuGamers did a very...
2013-08-061h 00The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 3: New York State of MindThis week on Chat Wheel, we have everyone's new favorite caster: NYJohn! We talk about recent cosmetics that have been added to the game, our opinions on the in-game mute system, and the big Starcraft II WCS scheduling debacle.
2013-07-3154 minThe Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 2: Cooking with PFlax OilThis week we have a very special guest, Pyrion Flax! We tackle the deep topics of girls in Dota 2, Matchmaking changes, TI3, and... Idris Elba? It makes sense in the context of the show.
You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by clicking on this link. And remember to follow us, @Dariath, @WhatIsHipTV, @WEHDota, and @PyrionFlax on Twitter. Our website is here. And remember to check out CyberpowerPC as we love them for sponsoring us.
2013-07-211h 02The Chat WheelThe Chat Wheel - Episode 1: Exciting Beginnings, and CruelGGsThe very first episode in WhatIsHip.TV's new podcast, the Chat Wheel! In this episode, we talk about Dota 2 coming out of beta, TI3 predictions, and Greg's rage over rebroadcasts.
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