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Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Episode 70: The Jeffers controversy, MTB hits Zwift and art for Zwift's sake
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
The 2019/20 indoor seasons has started with a bang, or should that be a ban? The Zwift community has been convulsed by Jeffers-gate, the fining, banning and stripping of the first officially-sanctioned national e-championship from Zwifter Cameron Jeffers by British Cycling.
Jeffers’s account was shown to have gained a Tron bike with the use of an ANT+ emulator . . . .and the news of the ban has polarised opinion. As the dust settles on a huge row for Zwift and e-sports, a row which has garnered international attention, Simon, Shane and Nathan give their positions and debate what it means for regulation and enforcement in the new world of e-Sports on the platform.
Elsewhere, the arrival of Mountain Biking and steering on Zwift has seen a plethora of DIY hacks for smooth movement of the front wheel . . . . which has caught the Zwiftcasters’ eyes and what do they make of steering?
Plus a change to the code in the game has made the Jungle circuit heavier going . . . if we dare mention it, the choice of bike and wheels has become even more important.
And finally news of a very ambitious artistic project which captures the visual richness of Watopia in a whole new way.
We hope you enjoy listening.
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Also forcing people to ride a terrible bike in a video game because they havnt logged the hours is bullcrap. Agree with Nathan, they should be given a choice of bikes and select which one they think will be best for them.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
So using a ANT spoofer to test bikes and figure out what bike/wheel combo is fastest, to gain information you would not know by "cheating" and then share it and monetize it on youtube is ok. But a kid who grew up playing and finding cheats in video games uses a ANT spoofer to acquire a competitive bike in a video game gets handed fines and a ban is wrong. Got it. Makes sense...sarcasm
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
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