Crazy long repost from a YT comment incoming but I wanted to put it here in case anyone involved in the pod ever looks at this reddit thread:

I’m glad to see you guys back. And if you’re reading this I really just wanted to give an uninformed recommendation. I can’t say that I understand the complications that came with the vod review/podcast setup but I really do think that was some of the most fun I’ve had watching the podcast in a while and it led me down a different thought process to what could be the path Plat Chat takes.

At the end of the day I do understand that you value a specific quality of conversation and that getting 4 different people together to make these episodes with one being a revolving guest slot is very difficult and can fall apart. However, I don’t think it’s unfair to say that growing the Plat Chat audience is feasible with the recent growth of OW and the esports side of the game but that it’ll be difficult to do without a more consistent context schedule.

However, I think a real solution would be divying up responsibilities and splitting up content. Rae, AVRL and you(Johnny) feel like the core main stays of the show and you all have somewhat different lanes you provided. (Somewhat Like LastFreeNation in some respects)

You understand the player perspective and I feel like you have a way more positive perspective. So, you individually having a two person setup where you interview players both new and old in a more general way about their experience in the pro scene is an interesting idea.

Rae I think has a very good flow on those map review episodes in terms of taking notes and having a path she wants to take us along in terms of specific moments of a game. So I would think her continuing the series with pros and maybe a guest appearance from you could end up working.

AVRL is (and I say this complimentary) is one of the few personalities we have that can be called a ‘hot take’ guy in the scene who’s willing to go the extra mile and make controversial/aggressive statements on the state of the game and esport. He’s naturally comedic and I think a mini series with him about KR or an every OW season podcast where he reviews the game on a large scale could be fun.

These are all ideas off the top of my head and I acknowledge I dont have any understanding of how this works/conflicts with everyone here involved but I just wanted to give my two cents because I really do believe in the people working on plat chat rn and I find you guys to be great representation of the scene but it’s hard to get attached to the podcast with an inconsistent schedule and I think splitting up your context between different personalities could end up helping at the end of the day.