OpenRA

RAGL coverage had the channel in its iron vice for quite a few weeks, but with things starting to slow down just before the Finals, it is time to shine a spotlight of some underappreciated players.
In this week's matchup, we see Bug, whose short intermission in Masters division ended only because he threw in the towel, face off against the mighty Barf, who is on the resurgence after being dropped to Minions due to a period of inactivity...

Watch as events unfold:

Baptism by fire! In this match between Smitty and Fax, I'm finally able to properly showcase the new spectator interface as it is one of the first casts played on the latest release. Watch former head of balance Smitty step up to tackle Fax!

RAGL S8 Finals! For those who missed the livestream by JackoDerp et alia (you can find the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/518406127), here's the replay shoutcast:



Cheers!

As the old year is coming to a close, so is the previous release cycle!
To commemorate this special occasion, I decided to give it a farewell salute by casting the RAGL S8 Minions League finals between Blackened and Goat. What I expected to play out in quite a safe and standard way turned out to be an all-out clusterfuck... But take a look for yourselves:




Happy holidays and have a great year 2020!

A final salute and farewell to the old release! Come 2020, all shoutcasts will include the new spectator interface.
This is the last bit of backlog:



Watch as the Minions Finals Series unfolds...

Welcome to a new era!

It's about time to leave the March 2019 release in the past and move on to the November patch with the amazing observer interface.
In the true spirit of 2020, the year that brought us a #ww3 hashtag only five days in, here's a great teamgame with tons of great strategies and a healthy side of insanity!

WhoCares and Morkel versus Widow and DyingFetus:



Happy new year!

Time for another newcomer showcase!

The Academy has produced its fair share of promising new players.
These two palyers are no exception:
Morkel versus Sludge



Cheers!

The Romanov's Vengeance development team have kept on the down low for a while, but there's been a metric ton of progress happening behind the scenes!
Here's a progress update of sorts in the form of a fierce 1v1 match between ZxGanon and Kwendy:



Cheers!

OpenRA Revenant Happy is back in a brutal BO3 series versus Bain!
Watch two very evenly matched players go toe to toe across three different maps:



Cheers!

Part 2 is up right now, and what a wild ride this concluding match was! This will be an extra cast to offset the lack of stream highlights for the time being; I might try casting some different RTS from time to time in those extra videos, so let me know what you think about that idea!

The teamgame community have been productive in recent days; so productive in fact that I was sent three 2v2 replays, something unheard of until now! Let's celebrate this special occasion by diving into the rabbit hole that is the teamgame meta by showcasing a match between

Point One & Happy and Fris & Widow:



Cheers!

Back to retro future in this week's cast! With two of the top OpenRA players fighting over turf in the insane parallel universe that is Romanov's Vengeance, there's nothing more satisfying than grabbing a mug of hot ginger tea, sitting back and watching the madness unfold!

Entering: Punsho versus ZxGanon




Cheers!

The $165 SP Tourney Bronze Matches are going live right now! I could not catch them live on stream, so this is a replay cast of a more than worthy series between Upps and StolenTech:



Grab 'em while they're still hot!

...and here's part 2, just in time before the Finals go live!

And now for something completely different: Here's 45 minutes of nuke trucks! Enjoy!

Sarah Sicariah and Morkel versus Bain and Upps:



Cheers!