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You missed one choice that *has* caused me to stop listening to a podcast -- drunk casting.

If your hosts are obviously inebriated, please don't record. Even for a hobby cast, it's unattractive and unprofessional.

Not enough drunk hosts. Would it kill you nerds to loosen up a bit?

Not every Podcast needs to be serious, and the odd drunkcast won't stop me from listening.

But terrible audio quality (especially where the different speakers are at massively different volume levels) is an issue. I listen to many different podcasts on my drive to work and tournaments, and changing the volume between podcasts isn't a big deal, but having to juggle between not being able to hear one speaker and being deafened by the response is a pain. Oh, and include in that the volume between speakers and ads/intro/outro/etc. I'm not a fan of 5 minute intro/outros either.

the thing that switches me off a pod-cast the quickest is when it feels like a bunch of pals sitting around recording themselves talking pointless BS. I have enough friends I can do that with in real-time, don't need to give an hour or so to strangers to feed their egos.

1. Podcasts that run too long. I have very little free time, and most X-Wing podcasts last an hour and a half, nearly double the time i'd be willing to invest into a podcast. This is usually because the podcasters are wasting time talking about stuff that isn't important.

2. Podcasters that run the same meta-slave lists and that's all they talk about. I could go out to my FLGS for 2 hours and get bored to death by the X-Wing meta, but at least get to PLAY X-WING, or i could... sit at home and listen to some bozos bore me to death about the X-Wing meta for the same amount of time. Talk about some varied lists! Aturi cluster, house rules, custom game types, Epic! Mix it up! Very few people end up actually going to nationals or worlds. Lots of us play more than just 100 point dogfight. This ties in heavily to #1, because when i do invest 1 and a half or more hours into a podcast i just end up bored and disappointed because i didn't give a **** about anything the hosts were talking about.

the thing that switches me off a pod-cast the quickest is when it feels like a bunch of pals sitting around recording themselves talking pointless BS. I have enough friends I can do that with in real-time, don't need to give an hour or so to strangers to feed their egos.

Well it depends on the structure of the podcast. I like those better than the podcasts with only a single host. I already am attending class, I don't need a lecture on my hobbies.

For me the biggest turn-offs in a podcast would be lack of credibility (I don't really want to listen to strategy discussions from a guy who's top achievement is 'I almost made the cut at a store championship once') and lack of general interest topics (occasionally spending one full episode talking about x-wing stuff going on in the hosts' local area is fine, regularly doing so no).

Honestly running down every match from every host for every tournament since the last podcast gets old really fast. a quick summary of some really memorable moments great, everything not so much.

#1 Turn Off: When podcasts talk about why their podcast is better than some other one.

No one cares what you think about your music, what city you live in or what your tournament record is versus another podcast.

the thing that switches me off a pod-cast the quickest is when it feels like a bunch of pals sitting around recording themselves talking pointless BS. I have enough friends I can do that with in real-time, don't need to give an hour or so to strangers to feed their egos.

Well it depends on the structure of the podcast. I like those better than the podcasts with only a single host. I already am attending class, I don't need a lecture on my hobbies.

Honestly running down every match from every host for every tournament since the last podcast gets old really fast. a quick summary of some really memorable moments great, everything not so much.

True, true. Podcasts need to focus content like you focus fires: for maximum effect.

You missed one choice that *has* caused me to stop listening to a podcast -- drunk casting.

If your hosts are obviously inebriated, please don't record. Even for a hobby cast, it's unattractive and unprofessional.

Hail naw. Drunkcasts are the best.

You missed one choice that *has* caused me to stop listening to a podcast -- drunk casting.

If your hosts are obviously inebriated, please don't record. Even for a hobby cast, it's unattractive and unprofessional.

Hail naw. Drunkcasts are the best.

In that case, we need a podcast rating system:

T = Teetotal

S = Social Drinking

H = Hold my Dice and Watch This!

I = Inebriated

You need to change the ranking order:

S = Social Drinking

H = Hold My Dice and Watch This!

I = Inebriated

T = Teetotal

Just saying'

Edit: Bojangles, your signature rebel list equals 100 points. I put in in squadron builder, as I like that list, and it totals 100, not 99.

H = Hold My Dice and Watch This!

Edit: Bojangles, your signature rebel list equals 100 points. I put in in squadron builder, as I like that list, and it totals 100, not 99.

ITT: Reasons the Nova Squadron podcast is terrible, but no one mentions them by name.

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Honestly I'm just about down to only back to dials and Mynocks. It's like a weekly x-wing sit com. Plus mynocks have the best conversations with their guests. That's not true radio TCX is good 30 minutes straight x-wing content once a week.

another thing if you are going to hint at people leaving the game, or why you can't do something. Just give us the story or I'll assume you were in jail for not paying child support and that is why you could get to regionals/nationals whatever.

I assume Brad Miller is incarcerated in a Mexican Jail after a weekend in Tijuana and that is why he left the game.

the thing that switches me off a pod-cast the quickest is when it feels like a bunch of pals sitting around recording themselves talking pointless BS. I have enough friends I can do that with in real-time, don't need to give an hour or so to strangers to feed their egos.

Exactly this. I find some of these people who run pod casts think they are a special group or something. Not all, but there some XWing pod casts host I've heard and watched some of their streams in tournaments, and thought to myself these guys think their gods gift to XWing. Big egos I thought, and in the end i thought these guys sound like douchebag

The thing is, you won't please everybody and will never appeal to everybody because of peoples preferences. As we've seen some people don't like it when the hosts are drunk, some do. Some prefer that they completely stay on target and do not deviate in the slightest away from the conversation, while others don't mind anecdotes and prefer to see the personalities of the hosts shine through. Then there's people who want to be entertained vs. those that want to be purely informed.

I generally don't listen to the podcasts, although I really should, because of time and how I do have other podcasts that I prefer to listen to.

That being said you have me curious as to whether people think we who do the Athena Games streams are a bit egotistical.

I like this thread.

A general request: please take the time to put together timestamps - I dont always have a full hour / four hours so I appreciate being able to jump to the stuff that interests me

As far as what I look for in a podcast, I mostly listen for list inspiration: what's out there, what's performing well, what sort of fun / weird stuff are people coming up with, are there any general approaches to flying with / against these lists?

Really the most important thing is like listening to the podcasters. A lot of podcasts I have tried have people that come off like that no-it-all-jerk-nerd. Those are the podcasts I don't come back to. I know it is a subtle thing. But no matter how knowledgable you are about the game if you present yourself as off-puttingly-superior then you aren't fun to listen to.

The only X-wing Podcast I have been able to go back to is SaV. The people I really like listening to (Even though I don't like Armada as much) is Intensify Forward Firepower.

I like podcasts where the hosts have an obvious, friendly camaraderie that doesn't feel forced. Hosts that throw comments between each other, discuss and debate stuff. Kessel Run in particular is great at this, so is Mynock Squadron and Back To Dials . One of the reasons that I struggle with Nova Squadron Podcast (other than length of episodes) is the sheer number of hosts and how overly segmented it is. For example, Ed will introduce each person on that episode, ask them what they've been flying, and they will take in turns to talk uninterrupted for anywhere between 5 and 30 minutes. After that, nobody will react to it, and the show moves on to the next person. It feels a little forced. It feels like I'm listening to speakers at a conference rather than a group of friends discussing something interesting.

That said, it's hard to beat Nova Squadron and Scum & Villainy for sheer pedigree and knowledge about the game. Having people like Paul Heaver, Theorist, Kinetic Operator (etc etc) talk about their thoughts is incredibly interesting and valuable. I will always listen to both podcasts each episode, but they're not the first ones on my list in the morning.

1 Hour episodes are perfect for me, as my train commute to work is 1hr 10min. Bad audio quality is the main thing that makes listening a turn-off.