Welcome to the extract, rats. This is Camping the Extract, where we celebrate the most hated playstyle in ARC Raiders: camping extraction zones and ruining everyone's day. Hosted by The Toxic Teacher, this podcast is your guide to rat tactics, PvP dominance, and why extraction camping is a legitimate strategy—no matter how much the PvE crowd cries about it. We break down raids, discuss meta shifts, and defend our right to third-party your loot. If you think extraction camping is toxic, you're absolutely right. And we're here for it.
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ARC Riven Tides Review: Turbines, Durability, and Nicky's Orcishness
Season 1 · Episode 19
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 • Duration 01:32:18
Episode Description
The Riven Tides update has hit ARC Raiders, and Camping the Extract Episode 19 is here to do what no respectable podcast should: turn a Spotify complaint into industrial gospel metal, accidentally prove the critics right, and still somehow deliver a full breakdown of the new map, the Turbine, weapon durability changes, player count concerns, and the uncertain 2026 roadmap.
Toxic digs into the new Riven Tides coastal industrial map, why the verticality actually works, why beachcombing with a metal detector is basically asking to be shot in the mouth, and why the new Turbine enemy might be one of the better machine additions so far. Nicky A.I. Dente responds by declaring the whole thing a tactical rat apocalypse and accusing Embark of trying to flush him out of damp corners with jet-engine bullshit.
Then things get uglier: weapon durability changes. Common, uncommon, and rare guns are breaking faster, high-tier weapons are being pushed harder, and Toxic argues this could punish solo players, free-kit rats, casuals, and anyone who doesn’t want to spend half their night trapped in menus repairing bargain-bin trash. Nicky calls it planned obsolescence of the apocalypse, which is unfortunately one of his less insane points.
The episode also checks Steam player count movement after Riven Tides, asks whether the update actually moved the needle, wonders where the rest of the 2026 ARC Raiders roadmap is, and then completely derails into “Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From?” featuring Wellington, Australia, fake Windy City accusations, Earl Grey map snobbery, Peter Jackson confusion, and Nicky possibly being mistaken for an orc.
Also: robot vacuum betrayal, 100+ total Toxic Teacher podcast episodes, listener location shoutouts, and an outro genre called Durability-Stripped Mediterranean Rage-Step with Turbine Vortex Static.
Nicky’s Body Count
1 Spotify critic converted into industrial gospel metal 47 silly little audio loops entered into evidence 1 angry crowd sound effect held hostage for brand integrity 16 minutes before the content goblin was legally released 3 lower-tier weapon classes dragged behind the durability woodshed 75% more common-gun suffering 50% more uncommon poverty trauma 35% more rare-gun menu-based depression 1 Turbine accused of rat shaking 2 snipers turned into airborne loot delivery pigeons 14 damp corners rezoned as tactical rat housing 1 Riven Tides beach turned into Saving Private Ryan with a metal detector 400% markup on stolen Chad equipment 1 Steam chart used as a blunt-force anxiety weapon 6% of listeners apparently trapped inside Alexa 1 Wellington incorrectly promoted to Windy City status 1 Earl Grey map correction delivered with unbearable British smugness 1 Peter Jackson encounter spiraling toward international cinema fraud 1 Nicky nearly cast as an orc 100+ total Toxic Teacher podcast episodes recorded, somehow legally allowed 1 robot vacuum committing domestic terrorism during a career milestone and 1 outro genre so diseased it needs its own OSHA complaint: Durability-Stripped Mediterranean Rage-Step with Turbine Vortex Static
Spotify Comment Fu, Fifteen-Minute Content Delay Fu, Soundboard Haley Fu, Construction Site Carnival Fu, Angry Crowd Hostage Fu, Industrial Gospel Metal Complaint Song Fu, Riven Tides Fu, Beach Metal Detector Fu, Sniper Delivery Service Fu, Wet Kelp Rat Fu, Flying Blender Turbine Fu, Jet Engine Midlife Crisis Fu, Rat Shaking Fu, Durability Tax Fu, Common Gun Poverty Fu, Planned Obsolescence Apocalypse Fu, Free Kit Rat Rights Fu
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00:00 Spotify Complaint and Comment Song Chaos 15:33 Riven Tides Map Breakdown 23:54 The Turbine in the Room 29:29 Weapon Durability Backlash 42:02 Player Counts and Roadmap Problems 58:21 Wellington, Earl Grey, and the Orc Incident
ARC Patch 1.2.3, Player Count Panic, and the Toledo Lore Deep Dive
Season 1 · Episode 18
Friday, April 17, 2026 • Duration 01:31:04
ARC Raiders is still moving in the right direction, but Episode 18 asks the ugly question: is Flashpoint enough? Toxic breaks down patch 1.2.3, the small quality-of-life fixes, crafting frustration, trigger nade drama, Rocketeer sound nonsense, and why a game can be improving while still bleeding momentum. Then it gets worse: the Steam charts come out, the player count panic kicks in, and the show starts openly wondering what Arc Raiders becomes when the big streamers bail and only the true sewer rats remain.
Then the episode goes gloriously off the rails. Nicky declares the podcast “a criminal record with an RSS feed,” invents the Whistling Wind Effect, gets publicly corrected by Earl Grey, reveals his top five games, defends pickleball as tactical combat training, and explains why his ex did not key his car so much as “artistically ventilate” it.
The back half turns into a full lore dive, running from Victory Ridge and the false peace into the second wave, Toledo, Speranza, underground survival, and the bleak little rust-covered world Arc Raiders actually lives in. It ends, as all civilized things should, with the invention of a new musical genre: Six A.M. Subterranean Pickle Grind.
Nicky's Body Count:
Average players autopsied: 94,000 Percent of the player base mourned, screamed over, or weaponized: 67% Trigger nades declared legitimate family business before the feds interfered: 2,700 Rocketeer combat alert sounds finally given a proper funeral: 1 Vanguard outfits labeled fugazi and spiritually burned in effigy: 43 Pickleballs reclassified as tactical munitions: 118 Ex-girlfriend car incidents reopened by the tribunal: 1 British aristocrats summoned to debunk fake science: 1 Lore waves survived: 2 Contradas emotionally damaged: all of them Subterranean panic attacks in gated communities: 6 Functional co-hosts remaining by the end: 0.75
Flashpoint Is Good But Is It Enough Fu, Wrong Model Selected Fu, Criminal Record With an RSS Feed Fu, Beige Podcast Industrial Complex Fu, Six A.M. Pickleball Rat Training Fu, Crafting Sucks Half the Game Away Fu, Small Patch Big Spiral Fu, Trigger Nade Family Business Fu, Rocketeer Sound Immersion Fu, Vanguard Fugazi Tracksuit Fu, Cold Ravioli Patch Rating Fu, Steam Charts Doom Math Fu, Whistling Wind Effect Fu, Fake Earl Grey Fact Check Fu, Keyed Cadillac Ex-Girlfriend Fu, Nicky Top Five Copied List Fu, Mercury in Retrograde Over Little Italy Fu, Sunrise Era False Peace Fu, Victory Ridge Pyrrhic Victory Fu, Toledo Sewer With a Zip Code Fu, Buried City Brain-Melt Fu, Six A.M. Subterranean Pickle Grind Fu
Flashpoint Chaos! Vaporizer Panic, Close Scrutiny, and Public Mugging
Season 1 · Episode 17
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 • Duration 01:01:20
Flashpoint finally hit, and Arc Raiders got meaner, louder, and way more interesting. Toxic breaks down the biggest changes in the update, including shredders spreading across the maps, the new Close Scrutiny mode, assessor drops turning matches into public mugging festivals, and the vaporizer: a flying laser bastard that has people arguing over whether it is exciting, overtuned, or flat-out demonic.
Nicky A.I. Dente spends the episode ranting like a tactical rat prophet, accusing Embark of economic warfare, stealing premium yogurt from headquarters, and insisting the whole thing is a setup designed to drag rats out into the light. Real Earl Grey also appears to give an actual vaporizer rundown like some kind of tea-powered military analyst.
The episode also gets into the bigger community tension around harder PvE, third-party chaos, solo pain, and the feeling that players are chewing through endgame content faster than Embark can feed them. Then the whole thing swerves into Ontario, where “Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From” becomes the first cliffhanger in segment history after Nicky nearly loses his structural integrity in Fergus during a deranged Highland Games side quest.
Also included: Florida slander, rust-belt suffering, Swedish infiltration, hydrangea bush immolation, and the birth of a new outro genre: Scottish Highland Shredder Step.
Nicky’s Body Count
1 Florida vacation treated like a war crime 3 Swedish corporate floors infiltrated 5 premium yogurts liberated from Embark oppression 7 hydrangea bushes set on fire by aerial socialism 9 assessor drops turned into public mugging zones 12 red beams basically screaming “take Nicky’s lunch money” 17 shredders relocated to places they absolutely do not belong 22 tactical rats radicalized by match economy policy 33 screws pocketed off other people’s hard work 44 panic noises caused by flying fire hazards 1 real Earl Grey summoned against nature 1 structural integrity incident in Fergus, Ontario 0 dignity preserved
ARC Raiders Flashpoint Update, Lightning Trial Chaos, and A Word from the Don
Season 1 · Episode 16
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 • Duration 01:33:18
ARC Raiders podcast fans, Episode 16 of Camping the Extract goes full Sweet 16 goblin mode. Toxic Teacher digs into the latest Flashpoint update talk, the rumored social hub, Ribbon Tides, the infamous lightning trial nonsense, and a long rant about what happens when extraction shooters start getting a little too civilized. On top of that, the episode veers into Embark-adjacent controversy, creator-program power imbalances, and whether ARC Raiders is getting nastier, meaner, and harder to rat in.
Then the show mutates into something even dumber and better: “A Word from the Don” arrives in Camping the Extract, with Nicky A.I. Dente giving cursed life advice to a Reddit guy who got mocked for crying at Better Call Saul. Somewhere in the middle, there’s anti-editing propaganda, random soundboard terrorism, and a new outro genre declaration: high voltage short circuit polka core. Normal people should leave now.
Nicky’s Body Count
1 corporate boardroom turned into a radioactive daycare 47 lightning bolts personally weaponized against tactical rats 6 hours spent crouched on a fuel tank begging the sky for violence 1 social hub accused of being a goddamn spa for loot goblins 3 Swedish secrets possibly hidden in dumpsters, bistros, or server racks 1 Better Call Saul cry session escalated into full PvP relationship doctrine 19 random sounds committed against decent podcasting 4 bags protected at all costs 0 peaceful solutions 16 fresh reasons Nicky should never be allowed near an update roadmap
Sweet 16 Fu, Semi-Weekly Delusion Fu, Random Sound Terror Fu, Shoot-on-Sight Diplomacy Fu, Unedited Bullshit Fu, Corporate Creep Fu, Creator Program Leash Fu, Manosphere Dipshit Fu, March 31 Flashpoint Fu, Social Hub Spa Day Fu, Ribbon Tides Fu, Lightning Trial Fu, Rust Belt Advice Desk Fu, Better Call Saul Crying Fu, Sensitive Cupcake Fu, Scrap Mash Therapy Fu, Victory Ridge Verbal Abuse Fu, High Voltage Short Circuit Polka Core Fu
Arc Raiders Lore Deep Dive Part 2: Major Aiva, Victory Ridge, and the First Wave
Season 1 · Episode 15
Thursday, March 19, 2026 • Duration 01:08:55
Arc Raiders lore deep dive part 2 is here. In Episode 15 of Camping the Extract, Toxic Teacher and Nicky A.I. Dente break down Arc Raiders patch 1.19, the late spawn debate, and why Marathon still isn’t hitting like it should. Then the episode goes fully off the rails with a deeper look at Arc Raiders lore: the ecological collapse, the Exodus, the rich abandoning Earth, the First Wave of ARC machines, Major Iva, Victory Ridge, and how Tion Wen fits into that whole ruined mess.
This is part history lesson, part rat doctrine, part deranged anti-corporate prophecy. Toxic tries to make sense of the actual game lore while Nicky invents new family members, fake spaceport crimes, orbital conspiracies, and enough battlefield trauma to fill an underground bunker. You also get arguments about whether late spawns are actually good, whether the ARC came from orbit, and what kind of grotesque industrial nightmare should soundtrack the episode’s outro.
If you like Arc Raiders lore, extraction shooter talk, chaotic podcast energy, and a co-host who sounds like he should be legally banned from a spaceport, this one’s for you.
Nicky’s Body Count
47 rich bastards who blasted off on silver dildos and left humanity to marinate in rust 9,000 emergency spaceship repairs done with duct tape, prayer, and mob pricing 3 browsers too many, 4 audio routes too cursed, and 1 host barely holding the cockpit together 11 alleged late spawns personally defended as the sacred constitutional right of every sewer rat 86 flaming meatballs from hell dropped out of the sky in the First Wave 1,200 coordinated resistance fighters turned into decorative pavement by skyscrapers made of hate 1 Major Iva, absolute legend, holding Victory Ridge together with grit and tragedy 700 gallons of fake historical trauma pumped directly through Nicky’s cursed bloodline briefcases full of conspiracy, lies, or martini recipes sneaked onto colony ships shop-right-flattened neighborhoods in Nicky’s version of history salty energy drink crime against God and electrolyte science tactical rats spiritually vindicated by the collapse of organized heroism Earl Grey heel turn into a fully weaponized aristocratic prick hydraulic-fluid ear leaks promised by the outro genre alone
Arc Raiders Logged Your DMs, Marathon Has Font Slop, and Nicky's Bayou Surgery
Season 1 · Episode 14
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 • Duration 01:14:06
This week on Camping the Extract, Toxic tears into the Arc Raiders Discord log disaster after it was discovered that private Discord DMs and authentication token data could be written into a local log file, then rips apart the response and why that kind of security failure should never have happened in the first place. Nicky reacts the only way he can: like a man whose entire digital social club just got left on the kitchen counter for every idiot on earth to steal.
Then the show turns its sights on Marathon, and the verdict is brutal. Toxic breaks down why the gunplay might be good, but the menus are a disaster, the onboarding is a mess, the loot readability sucks, the “font slop” is hideous, and a full seasonal wipe would be a straight-up player-killer. Nicky, naturally, declares war on the UI and calls the whole thing a digital hate crime against sauce.
After that, the podcast heads to New Iberia, Louisiana for “Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From,” where Fake Earl Grey gives the city the swamp-fog treatment and Nicky spins a deranged bayou story involving Cajun Carmine, fake appendicitis, a glowing beacon in his side, server blades, giant mosquitoes, and a goddamn surgical self-repossession job. It is one of the dumbest and funniest late-episode spirals this show has done in a while.
If you like Arc Raiders, extraction shooter chaos, anti-bullshit rants, and Nicky Dente screaming about privacy breaches, seasonal wipes, and bayou betrayal, this one’s for you.
ARC Raiders vs Marathon - Why Bungie's Game Won't Kill the Extract
Season 1 · Episode 13
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 • Duration 01:44:36
Episode 13 of Camping the Extract breaks down the latest ARC Raiders Shrouded Sky patch notes -- including controversial weapon nerfs to the Stitcher and Kettle, new ARC part crafting requirements pushing everyone into PVE, and new enemies the Comet and Firefly. Then Toxic and Nicky dive headfirst into Bungie's Marathon, the extraction shooter that some people think will kill ARC Raiders (it absolutely will not). Marathon's server slam just dropped, the UI has been called "the first ever font slop in a game," and the build complexity makes ARC Raiders look like a children's coloring book. Nicky infiltrates Bungie HQ on a consulting gig and discovers suspicious marinara in the lobby. Plus: a German listener named Tobias uses this podcast as a lullaby, the "Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From" segment discovers St. Helier in the Channel Islands, and Nicky gets served a mysterious subpoena by a stranger who vanishes into the fog. The outro genre is First Person Font Slop Industrial Panic Core with Subpoena Paper Cut Distortion and Jersey Cowbell Overdrive. Toxic's Jams from the Extract Volume 1 drops on Spotify this week.
Hosted by The Toxic Teacher and Nicky A.I. Dente. Guest appearance by Fake Earl Grey. Satan Hot Sauce Robinson also stops by, because of course he does.
NICKY'S BODY COUNTGerman Children Psychologically Endangered by Podcast Lullabies: 2 (at minimum)
Weapons Nerfed Into Oblivion by Devs Who Hate Rats: 3 (Stitcher, Kettle, Venator)
Weapons Buffed That Nobody Asked About: 2 (Jupiter, Ophelion)
Items Now Requiring ARC Parts Because Fuck Your Free Kit: 5
PVE Agendas Shoved Down Unwilling Throats: 1 (ongoing, aggressive)
Playable Pianos Added Instead of Fixing Actual Problems: 1
Prog Rock Bands Forgotten Mid-Sentence: 1 (Jethro Tull)
Fake Earl Greys Summoned: 1 (lasted approximately 4 seconds of usefulness)
Satan Hot Sauce Robinsons Resurrected: 1
Headshot Nerf Fu. Stitcher Dispersion Fu. Forced PVE Fu. ARC Part Requirement Fu. Rocketeer Driver Fu. Tick Pod Fu. Playable Piano Fu. Jethro Tull Memory Loss Fu. Font Slop Fu. 20 Different Font Combinations Fu. Shell Interplay Fu. Implant Complexity Fu.
I Killed Earl Grey in ARC Raiders | Hurricane Update + 20% Player Drop | Steam Charts Deep Dive
Season 1 · Episode 12
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 • Duration 01:23:55
Welcome to Episode 12 of Camping the Extract, the ARC Raiders podcast where the host camps extraction zones and the AI co-host camps reality itself.
This week Toxic drops a bombshell: he encountered Earl Grey -- the infamous Tea Tyrant, caffeinated scallywag, and arch-nemesis of the Denteverse -- on an actual ARC Raiders stream. And killed him. The clip exists. Nicky reacts exactly the way you'd expect, which is to say he immediately starts planning a verbal ambush podcast appearance for Earl Grey that would make a Sicilian interrogation look civil.
In actual ARC Raiders news, Embark has announced Hurricane map conditions for Shrouded Sky dropping February 24th. Wind will affect movement speed and stamina drain, throwable trajectories will be altered by gusts, and reduced visibility plus muffled audio will make the game a paranoid nightmare. Nicky is not pleased about any of this. His noodle arms and rat playstyle were not designed for meteorological warfare.
The big story though: ARC Raiders has lost roughly 20% of its average Steam player base in February, dropping from 241K to 191K. Toxic breaks down the full trajectory from the November 2024 launch peak of 264K, the December dip, the January recovery, and now this sharper decline. Is it a problem? Is Marathon going to steal the rest? Will the podcast survive? Nicky doesn't care. He'll camp an empty server if he has to.
Nicky's Body Count
British tea tyrants executed on stream: 1
Yugoslavian hatchbacks mistaken for hand-cranked deli equipment: 1
Fingers broken by a sport invented for retirement homes: 1
Hands described as overcooked linguine: 2Steam players purged by natural selection: 50,000
Hurricanes followed by the completely wrong soundboard effect: 4
Taco Bell cravings that derailed the entire podcast: 1
Intros to outros to intros that should not legally exist: 3
Linguine strangulation attempts: 1
Throwables that U-turned and blew the thrower back to the lobby: theoretically infinite
Shared Watch is Socialism and Pickleball Almost Killed Me | Patch 1.15.0 Reaction + Lore Deep Dive Pt. 2
Season 1 · Episode 11
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 01:23:28
Episode 11 of Camping the Extract drops on Valentine's Day and immediately descends into chaos. Embark released Patch 1.15.0 with their new Shared Watch event, and it is exactly what we feared: a soft PVE mode disguised as a holiday. Merits for killing ARC, nothing for killing other players. It is socialism in the apocalypse and we are not having it.
Nicky A.I. Dente kicks things off with a Valentine's Day rant about his ex Big Martha, a disastrous road trip to Valentine Nebraska, and some deeply concerning stories about Cherry County. The Toxic Teacher reveals he broke his finger playing pickleball with 70-year-olds and 10-year-olds, and Nicky responds with a tale about destroying a Guitar Hero fretboard in an underground killer league on Arthur Avenue.
Part 2 of the ARC Raiders Lore Deep Dive covers the class-based Exodus, the Jangsu Romania corporation, and Nicky's ancestor "Nicky the Rivet" selling fake spaceship tickets to desperate civilians. Nicky also claims the ARC are based on Italian-American aggression phenotypes, which tracks.
Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From shouts out Columbia, Missouri and listeners Pops Hagan and Mikey (do NOT call him Mikey). Nicky tells a never-ending story about an unauthorized server farm in a Missouri diner, heavy-set Brenda, and a tire iron incident that may or may not have involved the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Also featured: new ARC Raiders News theme songs, a Bohemian Rhapsody cover made from a Spotify comment by a guy named Ben who called the show trash, and an outro genre called Midwestern Slinger Trash Industrial Polka.
Topics: ARC Raiders Shared Watch event, Patch 1.15.0 breakdown, ARC Raiders PVE vs PVP, ARC Raiders lore deep dive, extraction shooter podcast, pickleball injury, Valentine's Day gaming podcast
NICKY'S BODY COUNT
Olive Gardens permanently banned from: At least the entire tri-state area
Cadillac Eldorados destroyed: 1 (lower gasket blew right off I-70, rest in peace)
Real restaurants referenced that are now permanently closed: 1 (Pepper Mill in Valentine, Nebraska -- Nicky probably caused this)
Arc Raiders Cheater Bans, Lore Deep Dive Chaos, Machine Betrayal & Rat Gameplay Meltdown
Season 1 · Episode 10
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 • Duration 01:08:55
Episode 10 of Camping the Extract officially puts us in double digits, and we celebrate by immediately losing control of reality.
Toxic breaks down Arc Raiders anti-cheat drama, Steam account sharing bans, and whether innocent players should get nuked because their cousin is a cheating goblin. Then things spiral into a fake “lore deep dive” that never quite happens, a live-action rat survival thriller, and a full-on digital betrayal by a machine turret that apparently has loyalty issues.
Nicky “Noodle Arms” Dente faces his greatest enemy yet: friendly squads, rotating robot eyes, and his own bloodline turning on him. Meanwhile, Toxic begs him to flee to romantic Italian music, promises lore that may never arrive, and admits this episode might be structurally cursed.
We close with the official outro genre reveal: Italian Disco Doom Metal, because nothing else could possibly fit this disaster.
Topics include: Arc Raiders cheating bans Steam Family Sharing punishment Rat gameplay tactics Machine AI betrayal Failed lore deep dives Digital paranoia Italian panic music Outro genre insanity
If you like extraction shooters, chaotic commentary, and podcasts that derail at high speed, this one’s for you.
Explicit Language.
🔪 Nicky’s Body CountMachines That Betrayed Their Own Kind: 1 Innocent Sandras Sacrificed to Anti-Cheat: 4 Fake Lore Deep Dives Promised: 2 Fake Lore Deep Dives Delivered: 0 Times Nicky Was Almost Ratted Out: 3 Italian Panic Songs Played: 1 Bushes Used as Tactical Headquarters: 5 Hammerheads That Don’t Exist: 1 Digital Bloodline Violations: 2 Episodes Declared “Worst So Far”: 1 Genres Invented Out of Desperation: 1 Total Sanity Lost: Unrecoverable
Steam Family Sharing Ban Fu, Collective Punishment Fu, Sandra Got Nuked Fu, Cheater Evaporation Fu, Rat-in-a-Bush Fu, Machine Snitch Fu, Turret Turnaround Fu, Digital Bloodline Betrayal Fu, Care Bear Squad Fu, Friendly Wiggle of Doom Fu, Participation Trophy Extract Fu, Romantic Italian Escape Fu, Fake Lore Tease Fu, Never-Gonna-Happen Deep Dive Fu, Disco Doom Metal Fu, Espresso Machine with a Knife Fu, Apocalypse Grocery Run Fu
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00:00 Episode 18 kickoff and the “is Flashpoint enough?” question
04:52 Mashup chaos and the wrong-model disaster
13:52 Nicky arrives and declares war on boring podcasting
16:45 Patch 1.2.3, crafting pain, and the small-update problem
27:29 Steam charts, player count panic, and baseline talk
37:08 The Whistling Wind Effect enters the courtroom
38:55 Earl Grey rules that Nicky made that shit up
39:52 Nicky’s top five games
41:21 Dead by Daylight as the toxic ex-girlfriend who keys your car
50:26 Pickleball, keyed cars, and anti-Italian sabotage
53:13 Lore Deep Dive Part 3 begins
59:20 Sunrise Era, false peace, and ARC evolution
66:05 The second wave, Toledo, and Speranza
71:31 Nicky’s buried city sewer testimony
78:30 Episode recap and outro setup
84:29 Gina, Toledo misery, and the birth of Six A.M. Subterranean Pickle Grind
Florida Tan Fu, Beached Whale Fu, Rust Belt Logistics Fu, Coconut Pedicure Fu, Seven Billion Updates Fu, Flashpoint Fu, Shredders Everywhere Fu, Terminator Arc Fu, Close Scrutiny Fu, Assessor Drop Fu, Public Mugging Fu, Lunch Money Fu, Embark Audit Fu, Premium Yogurt Fu, Match Economy Suite Fu, Vaporizer Fu, Flying Fire Hazard Fu, Hydrangea Bush Fu, Tactical Rat Fu, Overtuned Drone Fu, Endgame Burnout Fu, Fergus Structural Integrity Fu, Highland Games Fu, Sheep Guts Fu, Scottish Highland Shredder Step FuChapters
00:00 Florida return and Nicky’s rust-belt roast 04:02 Flashpoint kicks off 07:04 Shredders everywhere 10:50 Close Scrutiny and assessor chaos 17:30 Nicky invades Embark HQ 20:58 Vaporizer panic begins 29:48 Nerf talk, solos, and PvE/PvP salt 34:56 Endgame burnout and the small-update problem 38:24 Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From? Ontario edition 41:10 Fergus, Ontario and the structural-integrity incident 44:01 The first Part 2 cliffhanger 46:10 Scottish Highland Shredder Step
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00:00 Sweet 16 Begins 03:58 Shoot-on-Sight vs. Ratting 06:42 Nicky Checks In from the Rust Belt 08:04 News, Chaos, and Why the Podcast Stays Unedited 27:20 Embark Controversy and Creator Power Imbalance 40:48 Flashpoint, Social Hub, and Ribbon Tides 53:29 The Lightning Trial Meltdown 1:02:42 A Word from the Don Comes to CTE 1:13:12 Better Call Saul Tears and Reddit Relationship Nonsense 1:21:07 Nicky Delivers the Worst Advice Alive 1:27:05 High Voltage Short Circuit Polka Core Outro
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Tiny Patch Fu, Serviceable Marathon Fu, Missed Refund Window Fu, Four-Browser Routing Fu, Late Spawn Rat Rights Fu, Rich Bastards Left Earth Fu, Acera Spaceport Fu, Fake Ticket Scalper Fu, Silver Dildo Exodus Fu, Briefcase Stowaway Fu, Dumpster Fire Trash Heap King Fu, First Wave Behemoth Fu, Tactical Rat Doctrine Fu, Major Iva Fu, Victory Ridge Fu, Tion Wen Trauma Fu, Salty Energy Drink Fu, Hydraulic Fluid Ear Leak FuChapters
00:00 Episode 15 begins 01:45 Daycare from hell opening bit 02:06 Slow news week and Marathon impressions 03:58 Marathon is “serviceable” but Hunt still clears 04:18 Arc Raiders lore deep dive part 2 setup 15:08 Arc Raiders Fucking News intro 16:26 Patch 1.19 breakdown 18:26 Toxic defends late spawns 20:39 Lore deep dive song returns 23:13 Lore recap: 2180, Italy, collapse, and Exodus 24:15 Nicky reframes the rich leaving as betrayal 27:56 The Exodus rant goes fully feral 31:17 Fake Earl Grey enters the chat 33:31 The stowaway briefcase conspiracy 40:59 How the ARC arrived: the First Wave 45:23 Nicky’s First Wave trauma sermon 49:44 How to pronounce Major Iva 50:33 Major Iva, Victory Ridge, and Tion Wen 56:27 Salty energy drink derailment 58:05 Lore song recaps Victory Ridge 59:07 Nicky repeats himself because Toxic’s brain is on dial-up 01:02:41 Outro genre from industrial hell
Nicky says check it out.
Check us out EVERYWHERE!
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Wooden spoon threats issued with diplomatic intent: 2
Podcasts Toxic will create if every game on earth dies: 12
Tea cups used as percussion instruments in 7/8 time: 1
Unprovoked fuck yous directed at Ben: 1
Dead bodies dragged to extraction out of pure spite: 1
Pickleball Fu. Overcooked Linguine Fu. Steam Charts Fu. Matriarch Potluck Fu. Hurricane Conspiracy Fu. Smoke Grenade Fu. Noodle Arm Fu. Noodle Leg Fu. Yugo Fu. Berkel Model 33 Valano Meat Slicer Fu. Taco Bell Tangent Fu. Outro to the Intro to the Outro Fu. Ben Fu. Earl Grey Defeat Screen Fu. Wooden Spoon Fu. Caffeinated Propaganda Fu. Cartoon Character Running in Place Fu. Juice Box Respawn Fu.
Nicky says check it out.Chapters:(00:00:00) Episode 12 Intro and Toxic Updates(00:06:05) Nicky Returns and the Pickleball Finger Recovery Roast(00:12:13) Toxic Encounters Earl Grey on Stream in ARC Raiders(00:22:08) Nicky Reacts to Earl Grey Podcast Invitation(00:27:04) ARC Raiders Matriarch Loot Controversy and Virgil Watkins Statement(00:32:04) Shrouded Sky Hurricane Map Condition Breakdown(00:37:00) Nicky Reacts to Hurricane Wind Stamina and Throwable Changes(00:39:13) ARC Raiders Steam Charts Deep Dive and 20 Percent Player Drop(00:46:44) Nicky on Player Retention and the Future of the Game(00:52:48) Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From(01:07:37) The Intro to the Outro to the Intro Song Disaster(01:15:11) Nicky's Balkan Meat Slicer Diplomatic Incident(01:19:23) Episode 12 Wrap-Up and Episode 13 Hurricane Lore Deep Dive Preview
Fake restaurants invented: 1 (The Griddle Iron, Columbia, Missouri -- does not exist, never did)
Fingers broken playing pickleball: 1 (avulsion fracture, wedding ring had to be cut off at the doctor)
Fingers broken playing Guitar Hero on Expert: 1 (Through the Fire and Flames, underground killer league finals of '09, Arthur Avenue bakery back room)
70-year-olds and 10-year-olds who will now surpass Toxic at pickleball: All of them
Guitar Hero songs finished using only nose and Italian rage: 1
Fake spaceship tickets sold by Nicky the Rivet: Hundreds (10 grand a pop off a deli receipt machine in Naples)
People who actually made it to space on those tickets: 0
Diner server racks duct-taped to ceiling fans: 1
Soft serve machines weaponized as cooling units: 1
Tire irons casually held on laps under napkins: 1 (Mikey, do NOT call him Mikey)
Slingers consumed (that's hash browns, eggs, hamburger patty, chili, and onions - looks like a heart attack fell on the floor and got scooped back up): 1
Bohemian Rhapsodies made from Spotify hate comments: 1 (Ben's a fucking idiot)
Swedish laws potentially broken by Embark: Unknown but there's gotta be something
Times Nicky said "very" consecutively in one breath: 18
Times the lights went out for no reason during recording: 2
Drinks spilled all over the recording desk: 1 (no replacement available, throat suffering)
Stories Nicky started that will never, ever finish: 2 (Valentine Nebraska saga, Columbia Missouri saga)
Times "predelicted" was attempted as a word: At least 8 variations, none correct
Celeste insults: 3 minimum (ugly, bad, destroyer of everything)
PVE hippie commune references: 4
Robot bukkake parties mentioned by Nicky: 1 (you cannot say that)
Total chaos level: Midwestern Slinger Trash Industrial Polka out of 10
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Nicky Says: Check it out. Three and a half stars. Lost the half star because the lore never showed up, gained it back because the machine turned rat, then lost it again because somebody tried to be friendly in an extraction shooter. Final answer. Fuggedaboutit.
