New Meta: Dota 2 Podcast

The pod attempt to cover a difficult and nebulous topic in this week's episode, with a discussion on how to best play from a disadvantage. The crew start with some calibration and pro scene chat, before defining what it means to be 'behind' in a game of Dota. The remainder of the talk revolves around how to change the state of the game (through split-pushing, ganking, vision, items etc etc) to get your team a window of opportunity to come back into the match! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

The New Meta squad discuss their calibration woes and plans to avoid MMR disaster in the new season. Also discussed is the new matchmaking update, how to approach calibration, smurf threads, CVs etc. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

Episode 53 sees the trio discuss Adam's darling Venomancer that is creeping further into the meta as well as hero of TI9 Tiny that sits atop the Divine+ pick rates. Lanes, items, talents, counters etc etc we got it all covered. Also live testing whether you can toss a spell immune target (you can't). https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

New Meta Podcast is back for somewhat of a season two, after taking a couple weeks off after TI. Marco and Adam join Stan to discuss how their games have been going and how they are contending with the patch and matchmaking system. The discussion then turn towards two unlikely powerhouses of 7.22g: Night Stalker and Mirana, what makes these heroes strong and what are the best ways to play them? https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

TI9 is finished with OG taking home the aegis in dominating fashion over a Team Liquid team who battled their way through the entire lower bracket. Stan and Marco settle down for their tenth and final TI daily pod, sharing in the awe of this OG team, the first to win TI for a second time! Just like everyone in the Dota-verse we will be taking a little break after TI before resuming normal podcasts once again! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

Day 4 review from New Meta Podcast. Just Marco and Stan today!

TI9 day 4! Liquid in action twice beating RNG then EG. Marco lets some steam off after a painful final series of the day with his favourite EG falling 2-0 vs Team Liquid in disappointing fashion. Secret vs Infamous is the other series today, discussion of all the action! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

Day three of the main event, two huge upper bracket clashes with LGD vs Vici and OG vs EG. Team Secret, Hector god and Evil RTZ all in action in the lowers! New Meta are here with another day's analysis and coverage of the greatest event in esports! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

TI rolls into day 2 with some with the classic match-up of EG vs Secret, in which EG topple the best team of the DPC season in an epic 3 game series. Elsewhere OG crush Newbee in their upper bracket game, before RNG and TL overcome VP and TNC respectively. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

All hail the TI9 Main Stage! New Meta daily podcasts continue as TI9 shifts to the Mercedes Benz Arena. Day one saw 4 teams eliminated as well as 2 upper bracket face-offs. Plenty of dota and drama to sink our teeth into here! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

The third and final day of groups at TI9 saw the conclusion of what has been an epic group stage over in Shanghai. Adam and Stan are here to discuss the day's tense games and look forward to the main event. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

The wild games of TI9 continue on this third day of action. The conclusion of the final full day of groups does provide some answers on the placing of the teams headed into the main event. Secret, LGD and OG secure upper bracket births, Keen are bound for lower and Chaos are eliminated. We have all the analysis! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD    

The second daily TI pod from New Meta. Another long day of dotes at the group stages, we have all the analysis and overviews as the teams battle for upper bracket seeding on the main stage! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

New Meta Podcast's review of day 1 of the group stage of TI9! A wild first day of the action that saw a mega creep comeback in the very first game. Lots of wild games including EG's 82 minute slog vs a promising Navi team. Secret and Vici lived up to the hype as EG and Liquid floundered. Plenty to sink our teeth into! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

TI season has descended upon New Meta Podcast, starting with this big preview show. Stan, Marco and Adam consider each team in turn starting with 'the big 6', before moving to the remaining 6 DPC teams and finally the qualifying teams. Join us every day of TI9 for daily podcasts rounding up the action!  Join our discord channel for a supportive and fun community of Dota players, and a place to hang out and talk TI !  https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

3 blog posts from Valve in 3 days !?! The New Meta trio are pinching themselves too. In this ep we cover the fascinating changes to matchmaking and general quality of life improvements that the Summer Scrub updates have introduced. The crew then turn their attention to a hero that is long overdue a discussion on the pod: core Silencer (54:35). https://discord.gg/YazgfV8

In episode 39 the crew go over their prediction pages on the Battle-Pass compendium for TI9, hoping to scoop up some free points once the action is concluded over in Shanghai. Each prediction is covered in due course, with jokes and discussion along the way!  https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

Join podcasters Stan, Adam and Marco as  they cover the changes seen in patch 7.22f. They answer the most pressing questions such as whether Terrorblade Aghanim's will make a TI appearance (most likely not), or which heroes continue to stay flavoursome as the patches continue to roll out. https://discord.gg/zJWpX6t

In ep 37 the crew are in discussion about the emergence of Pudge as a position 1 carry hero. The first 15 minutes of the discussion are unfortunately too damaged to be used but the rest of the discussion is fruitful and interesting, covering the hero everybody loves and hates in equal measure, Pudge.  https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

Lots to talk about in episode 36! Marco wants to know the lore behind Invoker being a child (!?), Stan wants to know how many ways 36 can be divided and Adam wants to know why Grimstroke has a negative win rate. Initial topics include hero personas and arcanas before the main topic of why Windranger, Ember, Juggernaut, Grimstroke and Slark are so heavily picked at the moment. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD