I'll start this off by saying the most important bit, congratulations and well done! Actually getting content made is the hardest part, and while it wasn't perfect it was good and I definitely enjoyed it and will continue to listen to it.
Some areas of improvement.
1) Have a clear idea of what you're going to be doing going into the podcast, it seemed like you guys wandered a bit here though props for not having any dead air.
2) Find a format that works and stick with it. Since this is the first podcast I think it was good to introduce yourselves, but in the future I recommend something like the following.
Opening - Quick music clip, you guys say who you are and then say what date it is and a quick rundown of what you'll be covering today.
News - Hit the news and recent events first that way you can keep those only interested in that tuned in. If they exit after that's fine, but you don't want to lose out on folks who are only interested in the news section (see Cumulo.) I would say you should probably keep this section to around 20 mins max. Recap what's going on, give a brief overview of how matches played out, but don't go too in depth in theorycrafting or play by plays on the podcast. Keep in mind it's somewhat boring to hear two folks talk about player A did xyz while player B did abc if they can't watch it. If you to too far into the weeds I think you'll lose listeners.
What to watch for: Give listeners a brief preview (3-5mins) of what to expect over the next few weeks.
Human Interest Piece - AKA interviews. Maybe I'm the odd one out here, but I fucking love learning more about WC3 players, their backgrounds, how they got involved, what they do now, and why the hell they're still with this game. It's far and away the most interesting aspect of what this podcast could be to me, and I think you'll find that other people love learning about the players as well. I believe this is where you guys can really shine, and it's something you should add to every podcast. We certainly aren't lacking players, personalities, and admins to interview. Ideally I think these last around 20 mins maybe? All in all I suspect you'll end up around an hour per podcast which I think is reasonable.
Now, obviously it's your podcast so be sure to do what you want with it, don't let people like me dictate what is your show.
A few other odds and ends.
- Solo. I think there's a huge market to include this (B2W sharing it will get a bunch of people interested), and you could really capitalize and grow the podcast. If you don't want to that's cool, but if you do you have a very narrow window before this is known as a FFA only podcast.
- Names. Keep in mind that a lot of people (okay most) don't know your voices well. Make sure when talking to each other to use each other's name every now and then. Well Fetta, I agree or Junkerz, you're a bloody idiot. Small things like that will help folks keep track of who is who.
-Voice inflection. You both have very soothing voices which is great for a project like this, but remember to use some inflections every now and then to keep the listener hooked. Otherwise they may be listening to it in the background and discover that they've kinda lost track of what they were listening to.
-iTunes & other platforms. You need to make this available to be subscribed to on platforms like iTunes, stitcher, pocketcast, etc at some point. If you allow people the option to subscribe on their phones and autodownload it then you're taking half of the fight away of making people remember it.
Will edit in anything else I can think of, and again fantastic job! Super excited about the podcast.
Yeah, I think Renaud hit the nail on the head. Proto at its origins was not towers and tanks/chims/wyrms/etc it truly was just every person for themselves. What it turned into sucks, but what it truly was was awesome.
Yeah, Persuade was absolutely a troll. He contributed a good bit and is a good guy (meh, maybe not), but he'd be offended not to be considered a troll. He's just busy with real life
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