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State of the Game

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[e][h]State of the Game
Show Information
Host(s):
Format:
Podcast & Livestream
Airs:
Thursdays
Location:
Original Release:
2010-04-01 - 2013-12-22
Links

State of the Game was a podcast hosted by JP "itmeJP" McDaniel. Many guests were invited onto the show, including top foreign players and notable members of the StarCraft community.

Format[edit]

With weekly podcasts over an hour in length, the topics of discussion usually began with talk of what the hosts and guests were spending time on recently, then transitioning into talk about recent competitive matches and leagues. They also spoke about the game in a more general sense, effects of patches, new meta game developments, etc. The show would close with questions from the audience section.

On May 31st 2011, Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson, left the show as a pillar, the show was on hiatus while JP found someone to replace Geoff. On July 4th 2011 the show returned with JP McDaniel, Sean "Day(9)" Plott, Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski as Pillars with Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski replacing Geoff as a new pillar.

On August 2nd, 2011, iNcontroL returned to the show permanently according to JP's post on the TeamLiquid forums. He also stated that guests would not appear unless one of the pillars was missing.

It was announced on January 12th 2012, that the show parted ways with MLG, thus becoming independent again.[1]

After the 72nd episode, itmeJP took a break from the show.[2] It returned on October 18th 2012, with itmeJP as the only remaining pillar.[3] As of Episode 100 on August 16th 2013, State of the Game was put on indefinite hiatus, [4] eventually coming to an informal end as of the final episode, a Christmas/year end review [5]

Departure from the scene and legacy[edit]

In 2013, JP began to step away from the StarCraft II community. JP has since established himself as a popular livestreamer on twitch.tv, with variety game play, his 'Roll Play' series, 'Dropped Frames', and more. To this day, whenever a new talkshow is created in the StarCraft II community, it is common for fans to compare it to 'State of the Game' in terms of quality and entertainment.

Pillars[edit]

ID Name Pillar Run
USAUnited States R itmeJP JP McDaniel 2010-04-01 – End
USAUnited States R Day[9] Sean Plott 2010-04-01 – 2012-03-14[6]
USAUnited States P NonY Tyler Wasieleski 2010-04-23 – 2012-06-28
USAUnited States P iNcontroL Geoff Robinson 2010-09-02 – 2011-05-31, 2011-08-03 – 2012-06-28
USAUnited States P Artosis Dan Stemkoski 2011-07-04 – 2012-06-19

Previous Guests[edit]

Episode List[edit]

2013[edit]

Date # Participants Links Length
2013-12-22 Holiday 2013 itmeJP, iNcontroL, NonY, Day9, DjWheat 1, 2 02:15:10
2013-08-13 100 itmeJP, iNcontroL, NonY, Day9 1, 2, 3 03:07:28
2013-06-20 99 itmeJP, iNcontroL, TotalBiscuit, MrBitter 1, 2, mp3 02:19:19
2013-06-13 98 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Khaldor, ToD 1, 2, mp3 02:00:51
2013-06-06 97 itmeJP, TotalBiscuit, mOOnGLaDe, MrBitter 1, 2, mp3 01:54:41
2013-05-30 96 itmeJP, Sundance DiGiovanni, ToD, Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner, Kaelaris 1, 2, mp3 01:45:31
2013-05-23 95 itmeJP, mOOnGLaDe, ToD, Grubby , mp3 01:50:52
2013-05-17 94 itmeJP, iNcontroL, NonY, David Kim , mp3 00:57:36
2013-05-09 93 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Slasher, Intricacy , mp3 01:52:21
2013-05-02 92 itmeJP, Kaelaris, qxc, ToD , mp3 01:37:25
2013-04-25 91 itmeJP, TotalBiscuit, djWHEAT, Kevin "Cloaken" Johnson , mp3 01:22:38
2013-04-18 90 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Theognis, mOOnGLaDe , mp3 01:27:52
2013-04-11 89 itmeJP, Artosis, CatZ, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 02:41:51
2013-04-05 88 itmeJP, Artosis, CatZ, mOOnGLaDe , mp3 01:39:04
2013-03-28 87 itmeJP, Artosis, Theognis, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 02:12:41
2013-03-21 86 itmeJP, Artosis, CatZ, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 01:27:53
2013-03-14 85 itmeJP, Artosis, Wolf, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 01:29:18
2013-03-12 WoL recap itmeJP, Artosis, Apollo, iNcontroL 01:02:38
2013-03-08 84 itmeJP, Artosis, CatZ, Theognis , mp3 01:38:07
2013-03-01 83 itmeJP, Artosis, DoA, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 02:03:11
2013-02-22 82 itmeJP, Artosis, qxc, CatZ 1, 2, 3, mp3 02:09:55
2013-02-13 81 itmeJP, Artosis, DoA, mOOnGLaDe 1, 2, mp3 02:00:09
2013-02-07 80 itmeJP, Artosis, qxc, mOOnGLaDe , mp3 01:46:10
2013-01-30 79 itmeJP, Artosis, DoA, mOOnGLaDe , mp3 01:10:27
2013-01-24 78 itmeJP, Artosis, qxc, DoA , mp3 01:38:17

2012[edit]

Date # Participants Links Length
2012-12-17 77 (Drunk #3) itmeJP, djWHEAT, NonY, iNcontrol, MrBitter, Sundance DiGiovanni, 2GD , mp3 04:12:19
2012-11-15 76 itmeJP, ToD, qxc, DarKFoRcE , mp3 02:10:25
2012-11-08 75 itmeJP, Wolf, ToD, qxc, MajOr, mOOnGLaDe , mp3 02:23:54
2012-10-25 74 itmeJP, Apollo, Wolf, qxc , mp3 01:58:14
2012-10-18 73 itmeJP, Apollo, ToD, qxc, Slasher, MajOr , mp3 02:47:55
2012-06-28 72 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, qxc, IdrA, avilo , mp3 01:50:44
2012-06-19 71 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Artosis, IdrA, Azael , mp3 02:45:51
2012-06-04 70 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Artosis, IdrA , mp3 02:20:41
2012-05-24 69 itmeJP, iNcontroL, DarKFoRcE, Socke, qxc , mp3 02:19:43
2012-05-03 MLG + KeSPA Special itmeJP, iNcontroL, Sundance DiGiovanni, Lee Chen , mp3 00:38:16
2012-05-03 68 itmeJP, Artosis, NonY, iNcontroL,Sheth, , mp3 01:59:46
2012-04-26 67 itmeJP, Artosis, IdrA, djWHEAT, iNcontroL, ThorZaIN , mp3 02:24:32
2012-04-17 66 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, TotalBiscuit, Sheth , mp3 02:24:07
2012-04-10 PAX East 12 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Artosis, DJ Wheat, Brad Shoemaker, Mark Julio, Kevin Lin , mp3 01:04:29
2012-03-14 65 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, qxc, orb, Stephano 1, 2, mp3 01:28:45
2012-03-04 64 itmeJP, iNcontrol, NonY, CatZ, Hwanni, NesTea , mp3 02:39:52
2012-02-21 63 itmeJP, Artosis, iNcontrol, NonY, MLGAdam , mp3 02:21:02
2012-02-12 62 itmeJP, iNcontrol, CatZ, qxc , mp3 01:48:36
2012-01-26 61 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, Day9 , mp3 02:00:55
2012-01-20 60.5 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontrol, Day9, Destiny , mp3 02:51:05

2011[edit]

Date # Participants Links Length
2011-12-13 60 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontrol, Day9, Destiny, Slasher, djWHEAT, Mia Rose , mp3 04:41:43
2011-12-06 59 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9 , mp3 02:40:50
2011-11-29 58 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Sheth, HuK , mp3 02:31:12
2011-11-22 57 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Kennigit , mp3 01:49:23
2011-11-11 56 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, IdrA, Husky , mp3 01:44:58
2011-11-01 55 iNcontroL, NonY, Day9, IdrA, Destiny , mp3 02:03:51
2011-10-26 54 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Destiny , mp3 02:56:20
2011-10-11 53 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, HuK , mp3 01:46:13
2011-10-05 52 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9, White-Ra , mp3 02:12:12
2011-09-27 51 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9, Justin Agnew , mp3 02:01:26
2011-09-20 50 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9 , mp3 02:06:58
2011-09-13 49 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9, Destiny , mp3 01:39:33
2011-09-06 48 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, DeMusliM , mp3 02:05:00
2011-08-30 47 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9 , mp3 02:21:34
2011-08-16 46 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, IdrA , mp3 02:28:42
2011-08-03 45 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, iNcontroL, Day9. , mp3 02:59:54
2011-07-20 44 itmeJP, NonY, Artosis, Leah Jackson, FXOBoSs , mp3 01:59:46
2011-07-13 43 itmeJP, NonY, Day9, Artosis, Leah Jackson, Sheth , mp3 01:43:53
2011-07-04 42 itmeJP, NonY, Day9, Artosis, NaNiwa 01:49:46
2011-05-31 41 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, Day9, G4Tv's Leah Jackson , mp3 02:00:04
2011-05-24 40 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, NaNiwa, HuK , mp3 01:48:19
2011-05-17 39 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Sheth, Hot_Bid , mp3 02:03:45
2011-05-13 38 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, Kennigit , mp3 01:47:36
2011-05-04 37 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, Machine, Tasteless , mp3 02:23:04
2011-04-26 36 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, Gretorp , mp3 02:42:59
2011-04-20 35 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, IdrA, Alex "SunDeviL" Conn , mp3 02:15:57
2011-04-13 34 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, IdrA, Angry Artosis 01:37:49
2011-04-05 33 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, IdrA 01:55:49
2011-03-29 32 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL 02:16:40
2011-03-22 31 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Socke, Kennigit 02:40:51
2011-03-14 PAX itmeJP, Day9, iNcontroL, djWHEAT, Husky mp3 01:18:25
2011-03-09 30 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA , mp3 01:37:49
2011-02-28 29 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, PainUser 02:04:41
2011-02-23 28 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, Russel from NASL mp3 03:00:43
2011-02-16 27 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, Sheth mp3 02:08:58
2011-02-08 26 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, MLG's Sundance DiGiovanni mp3 02:15:29
2011-02-03 25 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, Ret 01:55:00

2010[edit]

Date # Participants Links Length
2010-12-15 24 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, Kennigit 02:42:00
2010-12-05 23 itmeJP, Day9, iNcontroL, Artosis, IdrA 02:28:00
2010-11-30 22 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Kennigit, MLGLee 02:58:00
2010-11-23 21 itmeJP, iNcontroL, IdrA, PainUser 02:34:00
2010-11-16 20 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, PainUser 02:54:00
2010-11-09 19 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, Machine, IdrA 02:23:00
2010-11-02 18 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA 02:12:00
2010-10-26 17 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Kennigit 01:34:00
2010-10-19 16 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, Gretorp 01:32:00
2010-10-16 15.2 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, HuK, Zlasher 01:16:00
2010-10-14 15.1 itmeJP, iNcontroL, Zlasher, Machine, IdrA 00:24:00
2010-10-12 14 itmeJP, NonY, iNcontroL, HuK, Artosis 01:56:00
2010-10-05 13 itmeJP, Day9, iNcontroL, TLO 01:30:00
2010-09-28 12 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, IdrA, PsYStarcraft 01:57:00
2010-09-21 11 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL 01:47:00
2010-09-15 10 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL 01:29:00
2010-09-02 9 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, iNcontroL, CauthonLuck 01:42:00
2010-08-24 8 itmeJP, NonY, qxc, iNkA, Kennigit 02:17:00
2010-07-09 7 itmeJP, TLO, Jinro, Tasteless 01:52:00
2010-06-24 6 itmeJP, Day9, TLO, Artosis 01:34:00
2010-05-20 5 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, Artosis, CauthonLuck 01:20:00
2010-05-11 4 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, TLO mp3 01:40:13
2010-04-23 3 itmeJP, Day9, NonY, Jinro, TLO mp3 01:45:31
2010-04-09 2 itmeJP, Day9, Louder, LzGaMeR mp3 01:09:16
2010-04-01 1 itmeJP, Day9, Louder, Artosis mp3 01:24:54

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