Now that I finished this I can leave my yelp review on this episode of Janky Podcast. I will be splitting it across multiple comments so that the each thread can focus on it's own theme. To start, I would like to comment on how the first 20 minutes or so are only about Steafen being a giga chad in regionals and I am all here for it. Believe in your potential, Steafen!
Regarding the "your deck is bad" topic, while I believe there's reason on what Steafen said, it is only a part of the topic. For one, while how you say is important, people also need to be open to feedback. It is all too common for someone to take anything you said about something they made (an art, an text, an deck) as a feedback to themselves as a person. Obviously, if you say their deck is bad, you mean just that, but they will most likely take it as "he said I am bad". And tbh there's not much you can do, you can try to be clearer on the feedback but it is up to them on how to receive it. Futhermore, to a minor degree, I believe there's also a feeling of "being denied". Most of cases, on the Domain Server at least, people will go "OH SO I CAN'T PLAY MY DECK???" Which is what you said about expectations, "you can, but you will lose." Yet, people want to play what they want and win, and again that is not your problem to deal with. You can give them feedback, help them refine their deck (because optmized decks and "low power decks" are two completely different things, and most cases the individual has both).
The replays in the background are nice but there are moments where I was more focused on the replay itself than the podcast. Is this an improvement in relation to the previous podcasts? It's up for the reader to decide.
I always come back cause I like you guys (havent started the video yet)
Now that I finished this I can leave my yelp review on this episode of Janky Podcast. I will be splitting it across multiple comments so that the each thread can focus on it's own theme.
To start, I would like to comment on how the first 20 minutes or so are only about Steafen being a giga chad in regionals and I am all here for it. Believe in your potential, Steafen!
Regarding the "your deck is bad" topic, while I believe there's reason on what Steafen said, it is only a part of the topic.
For one, while how you say is important, people also need to be open to feedback. It is all too common for someone to take anything you said about something they made (an art, an text, an deck) as a feedback to themselves as a person. Obviously, if you say their deck is bad, you mean just that, but they will most likely take it as "he said I am bad". And tbh there's not much you can do, you can try to be clearer on the feedback but it is up to them on how to receive it.
Futhermore, to a minor degree, I believe there's also a feeling of "being denied". Most of cases, on the Domain Server at least, people will go "OH SO I CAN'T PLAY MY DECK???" Which is what you said about expectations, "you can, but you will lose." Yet, people want to play what they want and win, and again that is not your problem to deal with. You can give them feedback, help them refine their deck (because optmized decks and "low power decks" are two completely different things, and most cases the individual has both).
The replays in the background are nice but there are moments where I was more focused on the replay itself than the podcast. Is this an improvement in relation to the previous podcasts? It's up for the reader to decide.
21:41 the fabled 5 trooper dup scoop
This replay is one of my favorites I am impressed he still has it saved.