BATTLEBIT HAS NAILED IT! - WPE Podcast #07

[@drefk1973]

The intro. When you REFUSE to acknowledge that you're friends, that's when you know you're friends

[@Kerek-mg1zf]

The end credit with Alex in his tie got me dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@isabellagoldleaf1751]

For the dog portion this is what I’m thinking (before they took the quiz): Jake golden retriever (always happy, no thoughts, always making a mess but it’s expected and everyone still loves them for it) Ellis- boxer ( weird side eyeing everyone, looks aggressive but is calmer then you’d think and screams from time to time) Cath- pug (strange medical problems and barks when a different dog or person are trying to speak) Alex- greyhound ( strange, people don’t know how to approach them,no one know what their truly thinking) Gabby - American pit bull ( sounds intimidating, actually very loving, but get out of the way when they’re excited because the will bump into you at full speed) Nick - King Charles spaniel ( people person, gets a long with everyone, is really sweet, thinks they can be intimidating) This is in no way meant to be hurtful, this is more of a meme comment, and focusing on their strange quirks and vibes. Truly love all the hard work you guys do, you helped when I was recovering from a really tough surgery two years ago

[@Poopie_buttholelickeresquirejr]

Your 💯 right 😂 especially about nick lol

[@bat23yam]

for Ellis I was thinking he would be a German Shepherd

[@isabellagoldleaf1751]

@@bat23yam I’m not sure I can see it, what makes you think that?

[@exemplar7205]

"eat love and eat more" "that'd be yours" i see Ellis really wanted to sleep on the sofa that night lol

[@ghouldave862]

I didn't know i needed Skeletor Ellis til I watched this! 😂

[@Dr-Dumbass]

I was Wheezing along side Gabby at that impression. He REALLY does sound like him.

[@isaacmaynard9806]

Gabby talking about playing stardew during a depressive episode is describing my life at the moment.

[@NoRezos]

For me, stardew is my therapy session. Soothing, relaxing with the bgm. Pure fun

[@alexhigginbotham8635]

Every time I watch you guys I'm laughing and grinning like an idiot the whole time. Thank you for bringing some happiness into my life.

[@CarsonC2409]

I love how Alex looks like he’s dying the entire time they were talking about toilets and jonk messing stuff up

[@BaronDynamo1066]

44:17 Can’t wait to see Ellis’ reaction to GTA 6 costing $2 billion

[@PersistentDissenter]

Motivation is chemical. Some of us neurodivergent types struggle starting things we *enjoy* ! Sometimes I gotta headbutt through to the point of enjoying it again.

[@NM-wd7kx]

ADHD especially doesn't provide dopamine consistently

[@ianmillard1604]

Regarding the art discussion, there's so many famous artists that never got popular until they died and society said "ooh, that's nice". Don't wait until you're dead to have your best work, keep practicing while you're alive!

[@Menchichan]

This podcast has now become one of the highlights of my week! Just love it how you manage to mix in-depth conversations with funny and downright weird stuff. Kudos to you all and have a great rest of the summer!

[@exemplar7205]

i sent a skeletor meme in the memes thread in discord, feels very appropriate because of the impression in this (also it would be Alex humour as well lol)

[@petrichor2831]

I like to believe that in Alex's room, under the llama head, is just a honkin massive 'toy'

[@microwaveable_soups]

This is one of the greatest things ever created always makes my week and gives me a good laugh

[@WolfQueen64]

I can see cath as a corgi, plus she’s Welsh as well

[@YaBoiSaltine]

Listening to the toilet story while eating food is a fun time

[@SirIcyDragon]

would love to be a dick, but this is genuinely the highlight of my week, and one of very few podcasts that can keep my attention. Love it!

[@astronat4348]

dick as the adjective or dick as being a phallus shaped human

[@tntguardian6455]

I really shouldn't eat during one of these podcasts because the topic of toilets or something akin to that spoils my appetite 😂

[@jacobsteele9825]

I love the e-girl referee look that Cath has in this episode.

[@akantiia]

A Chihuahua cafe? What the actual fuck Lmfao, I'll be joining Ellis in "judging everyone from the corner" I appreciate the Hot Fuzz reference X'D

[@matthewmorris5256]

Each time I get up, get some breakfast and sit down to watch a podcast no matter who it is why must it always turn out to be a poo episode. PS cheers Ellis the toilet'o piss story was definitely something to eat to...

[@kyho0103]

Me and wife were selling our home a few years back, and one of the people looking at the house took a dump in our bathroom. And used all the top. 😂😂😂

[@TehWarbird]

Battlebit Remastered is just ArmA but more easier, accessible and less laggy. Milsim lovers like me love this game and its SOOOO good. My go to game most deffo. Edit: you guys should play Battlebit. Its worth the time.

[@tailmonkey]

Indie games are built with passion. AAA games are assembled in a committee.

[@Carnax6969]

I would like to add to the discussion about starting something at a later age. I've always wanted to do archery and it's only recently in the past two years that I finally looked at local archery clubs. I have a desire to get to a skill level where I can participate in high level competitions and perhaps the Olympics for the GB team. However, as I'm past thirty years old, I have a lot to catch up on compared to the younger athletes who have been practising archery since childhood, but I'm not going to let that stop me as I have my goals in my heart and I will do what I can to climb to that dream. There is a factor of realism that anyone has to consider when taking on a hobby that they want to do seriously, or something that is life changing for them. But the most important aspect is having the determination, desire, and drive to pursue it. Whether you fail or not, it's part of life but you don't want to look back and have regrets for something that never was.

[@moltenlavaguy9334]

FFS. I did the quiz and got Shiba Inu as well. To be fair, it does match quite well.

[@DrDino123]

That Skeletor impression was spot on LMAOOO

[@SwifteSquirrel]

The talk about the creative peaks that come after tragedy made me think. I've only heard a few COVID pandemic inspired songs thus far, but I think my favorite is Abigail Lapell's "All Dressed Up." It's simple and quirky, and beautifullly captures that lingering in-limbo feeling (also is just really fun to sing!)

[@Ironcan08]

Personally, best intro so far

[@serpent3477]

Jumping on from what Ellis said about the confirmation bias about the helmets. I think I'm correct in saying that there was also arguements in WW2 for putting more armour on planes, because they were returning from patrol with hulls riddled with bullets, not counting the fact, until someone poited it out, that these were the ones making it back to land. They might have argued as well that they should actually be putting more armour where there weren't bullet holes, since obviously the planes that were hit there weren't coming back. Survivorship bias I think is the term

[@exemplar7205]

The outro lol poor Alex showing up in his fine clothes, worst thing is, when u actually do the wine tasting he likely wont believe you now lol

[@MonkOfTheGunk]

I cannot stop thinking that the intro tune and visuals are like that of an early 2010s minecraft let’s play.

[@tobiaskeith-magee4061]

now we need all six of them on

[@hacksmith1373]

Are we gonna acknowledge the fact that Alex didn't say a single word for the entire toilet portion of the podcast?

[@Sitayoc]

Definitely my favorite opening.

[@davrowpot2]

That games trial and error thing and from of humble beginnings story also happened to Don't Starve. Indie game by Klei, small team, lots of heart and hard work. The game almost didn't made it back then, but almost 10 years and a lot of updates later, it's still a hit to a lot of player especially its second base game Together.

[@exemplar7205]

I love when everyone elses introduces and promotes the show it feels like a friendly suggestion to check it out, when Alex introduces it, it feels like a ransom otherwise he'll kill your family lol

[@lunadarkness4280]

The part about doing something that you feel you want to do but don’t actually do it hit me hard. I’ve not long just turned 21 and pretty much since I turned 18, I’ve been setting high expectations for myself, and I feel I should stop doing that. It’s exhausting, I’m always second guessing myself, like I want to have a job but in a way I think I’ve convinced myself to not apply for jobs coz I feel “mentally unfit”, I know the opportunity is there but I want to break my cycle of convincing myself “ I’ll never get a job because of my mental health state and the disabilities I have”, I’m feeling limited from what I’ve told myself

[@exemplar7205]

im glad its not just me that hates food being taken off my plate.

[@Locahaskatexu]

RE: the development of AAA games taking so much; as much as people piss and rag on Star Citizen and its development, it's a VERY good example of the sheer gargantuian effort that is needed to actually produce a game of that size and calibre, and it's also a very interesting showcase of the process as well. RE: The point about art; a result of modern society and economy being insanely consumer oriented is that a lot of people look at art not necessarily as something to enjoy or learn to be good at, but also as a mealticket, which brings with it a push to be good enough to make it a marketable skill as a source of income. To the extent that they lose sight of the effort it takes to "get good enough" in order to make it a marketable skill.

[@lordfordification]

I was hoping they would play the whole he man music video. "What's goin on?"

[@lanetorty7529]

Greatest fight of 2024, see the robot fight the dinosour!!

[@psychic7615]

Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games series.

[@callum105]

graveyard keeper is a good game, it's like a morbid version of stardew valley with a lot of dark comedy, no co op though which is a shame

[@rover_libra]

If you want an example of aggressive Vogueing, just look up Persona 3 Dancing Elizabeth. I assure you that none of you can dance like that.

[@lioncactus1906]

Note to self. Wait with eating breakfast till after the podcast.

[@KuraiKodoku16]

I got SO excited when Cath got Corgi as a result, I love corgi's me and my mother have 10 of them lil loaf bastards :D

[@LannyRoe]

My friends and I where walking down the hallway one time. There was a silence because no one knew what to say and then my friend says “imagine if while I was having sex I just started making Michael Jackson noises.” We all died of laughter while making Micheal Jackson noises for like 20 minutes after that. The jake skeleton sex reminded me of that.

[@scarlettSun117]

26:26 I don't use toilet paper after a wee. I'll just get straight to washing my private so I don't get an itch after that and to prevent from getting infections.

[@bluebirdlegend]

Ellis “I don’t know anyone who listens to our podcast” cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@SirPirckleton]

Hahahahaha, thanks Paul!

[@bluebirdlegend]

@@SirPirckleton really enjoying the pods

[@thatturtleguygamingandmore6505]

I honestly thought gabby was holding a twinkie for a bite but it was her microphone.

[@Sean_P._OBrien]

I missed Alex tbh and I wish gabby didn’t interrupt his flow. Was looking forward to him being the podcast host

[@Erkle64]

9 out of 10 people who eat bacon die? So bacon gives you a 10% chance of immortality? Count me in.

[@ninjaman0003]

i was really wanting to try and ask this question on a live stream but with the new time, i can't make it since it'd be the middle of the night. i know you guys offered some dating advice but i figure there'd be a good laugh trying to come up with an idea for me. i'm basically a full on mix of ellis, jake, and alex. i'm not as smart as ellis but i do like learning things just to learn them. i'm chaotic like jake in that i occasionally just do random things for the laughs. and i'm introverted and possibly somewhat creepy like alex. is there hope for me or has my alex third doomed me?

[@TheMasterwitcher]

Heathens don't know Sylvia Plath

[@biencarloreyes]

7:33 Gabby picks "Dat ass" because of all the shit related stories she tells

[@matthewdee6023]

So what Gabby is talking about around the 50 minute mark is standard "Corporate Development", and it sucks; ask me how I know. It still doesn't suck as much as working for EA though, from what I've heard.

[@landedmist76]

With the games talk, I honestly think there needs to be a game market crash same as the 80s as when it happened it was because The quality of the games just wasn't there it was shoveled out poorly made crap. when you look at the games that came out after they were of surprisingly good quality because they Learned you need to put out games strategically and of good quality but within recent years the gaming company's seem to have forgotten that lesson It's just shoveled out, poor quality and so many releases at once no one knows where to put there money. Plus, if a game market crash did happen, the people who would most likely save it would be in the indie devs as there (mostly) passion projects that are made for specific genres or game type And if it was to happen like this, big companies would have to stand back and look at these inde devs and think "what are they doing better then us, that makes then successful" at Which point they would understand Making a game with better game play is better than overwhelming graphics. At which point would probably get a couple of years while for extremely good games I don't know if anyone else agrees with me, but honestly, that's my opinion on the matter. If you don't agree, then by all means, have your opinion on it and I Encourage it

[@TehWarbird]

Even if it would happen, it will still come back the same. The problem is some companies are focused on how much money they bring into their product rather than focus on the quality. For us consumers, we don't really enjoy that kind of behaviour but for these companies, as long as the cash is rolling, they will always stick to their formula. And because of sponsorships and investors, they wouldn't run out of money to cause said "Game Crash" unless people stop playing it which won't happen.

[@thepopmanbrad]

so what ive learned from this podcast is if we see jake in a gym go up to him and slap aggressively between his thighs for a couple seconds and then leave (dont actually lol thats creepy)

[@thewingedserpent5823]

so, the thing Ellis was talking about with statistics isn't confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is when you have a preconceived idea and the you only look at evidence that supports that idea and disregard evidence that doesn't. What Ellis is talking about is actually called "survivorship bias".

[@rifffamily5591]

Ah survivor's bias

[@rifffamily5591]

Oxygen is slowly burning your insides

[@dropkick6435]

I feel bad for people who are stuck into a certain formula by higher ups or the money take from the game, as an overwatch player im losing all hope for games like it.

[@someoneyoumayknow772]

Missed opportunity to name the podcast "WorstPodcastEver"

[@carloscarvalho2561]

Stilt speaking of games, i really hate how RE4 and The Last of Us, games 10 yrs old, relaunched with absurd prices in my region, and they are THE SAME game but with some makeup, and the lauch with bugs gets absurd, the Cyberpunk case, i love the game, played 3 times already, but the launch Still os a stigma for It, years later everyone Still talks about the buggy launch, Sorry for my grammar, english is my first language (joking here Jake ;)

[@retro_black421]

What on Earth is going on behind Cath on that computer is that Nick I'm happy that whoever it is is using the dark theme on their Windows 11 installation and why do they keep on opening a notepad application and closing it and watching either KZbin, 1917 or Pirates Of The Caribbean or whatever it is which probably is also Pir4tED

[@WillMakesGames]

What the economic crisis means for games is hopefully another rise of the indies!

[@MrMatsudi]

Not saying anything for the passing their school one is fair enough, they could've been unable to come do so if it was on school time. But not saying anything when you're literally serving them a drink in a bar? Come on, that's pretty silly. xD

[@Georgeveen]

Would you guys play Baldur's Gate 3?

[@TM-wm7om]

Have you guys heard of Warframe?

[@crashatau]

17 mins of talking about crappers.... lol

[@Rulusto]

NYAAAAAAA!

[@TM-wm7om]

"Internet (I don' tread books)" Ever heard of e-books or fanfictions? Buzzfeed is dumb.

[@wkg-scorpio1788]

If I were to find Ellis in the wild I would ask him about metals

[@ritheallau7595]

Not enough Alex talking just more gabby.......

[@patoconejito2332]

WTF happened to cath and ellis? Did they join into a cult?

[@OtterMusician]

what

[@imel3ment4l10]

Care to elaborate as to why you ask such a bizarre question?