Contact Lost Podcast

09/01/2025

And we're live! As usual on the Thursday evening and as always... a little late. Guess our time is 2205... Anyway, join us! Today we discuss the stuff we forget during the game...

In this episode we once again use our pro, mid-table terror and scrub approaches to brainstorm about the things we often forget during the game and methods o...

02/01/2025

https://www.youtube.com/live/FGhafXauCR4?si=5l_cejZdwi-6i-rh We're live! Again a little late, apologies but this is become we're trying something different this time round. Join us and revel at the horrible dice rolls of Tweak (or maybe this time Lady Luck will abandon Joker?)

Join Tweak and Joker in their practice game as we got caught up with Christmas and New Year's and haven't prepared a proper episode topic. SUPPORT US and joi...

01/01/2025

Hi yall,

In the New Year Contact Lost hopes you win all the wars you are currently waging (ambiguity is 'by design'). We will keep our fingers crossed for you and will be there should you wish to open up to someone.

All the victories to you - the big and the smol ^^

Tomek & Michał

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone! Hopefully you're enjoying the holiday break and managed to get some much needed time off, be it off work or off anything that's been too heavy on the shoulders recently.

We won't be going live this evening - make sure to tune in next week, January 2nd for the first episode in 2025 as surely there will be a lot to cover...;)

On a seemingly unrelated note, how are you liking the big Christmas reveal? I was a little dissapointed at first, having hoped for a much more dynamic pose among other things. I am loving the meme material though and I guess with every peek I am finding the mini more magnificent. Hoepfully the rest of the range is revealed soon! The tank in the below picture will be the humble beginning of an Emperor's Children army looking to rock tournaments at some point in 2025.

23/12/2024

My Christmas is early this year! Santa picked up on my new obsession (Warhammer books and audiobooks) and boy! did he deliver... You might think: 'nothing to brag about...' and you will be right. This is not about bragging. It's about

THOUGHTFUL TH.. MONDAY?

If you remember our series of posts we did last year I used to do Thoughful Thursdays - posts around neurodiversity, mental health and other topics loosely orbiting around the above mentioned. I decided to come back a bit early this week to send a message to all the 40k (and not only) parents out there:

REMEMBER to put your child first this Christmas.

My boy is autistic. And has ADHD. And Tourettes. A mix so insane it is almost impossible to believe. His life is hard, even though we try our best to make it a good and enjoyable one. You would think Christmas is something that he can't wait for and something he looks out for. And for the first 5 or 6 years of his life we believed it was so.

Unfortunately, year after year we have learned that despite our best efforts, despite tailor made videos of Santa and his elves in the North Pole (you can order such high-quality, wonderful videos), despite magical letters from Santa confirming that his long-awaited gifts were, in fact, coming and that he had been a good boy... Christmas is his worst nightmare...

I think it might have been last year... two years ago tops that we observed that our little one had been extremely tense in December. Throughout the entire month he was feeling anxious, queezy and distressed. So we sat him down and started talking about what was going on and... long story short: Christmas stresses him out. to the point that he has belly aches, feels nauseaus, suffers from head-aches and tics (Tourette's) uncotrollably to the point where he can't feel his body and is exhausted at the end of the day.

To my son Christmas, though he loves the atmosphere, the songs, the lights, the Christmas tree, is mainly associated with grandparents sticking to the tradition of 'no gifts before supper', with waiting for the gifts and the lack of certainity if he gets (deserves - due to terribly low self-esteem) anything. This year we told him Santa did not exist. We have kept it up for so long because in his innocence he wanted to believe. And we loved that and have been playing along for years. But this year Hania and I sat down and balanced out the pros and cons. We concluded that if we explained that it was us this whole time - it would make it easier for him. It didn't.

As his ADHD goes wild, he dreads the social interactions related to Christmas. My wife, who has been diagnosed with ADHD two years ago, attests to that and comiserates. Hugging, kissing, sharing holy-wafers and smalltalk fills my family members with dread. They find it hard to enjoy this time and are wishing for it to be gone before it even starts for good.

And it's funny as we wait for that time throughout the entire year. But when it comes close... we'd rather it didn't :)

You might be in a similar situation, you might be in a different situation. But children will only be children and how they enjoy their Christmas depends totally on you as parents. We have explained the situation (once we fully understood it) to our own parents and they do not insist on things being done 'their only right way' on Christmas Eve. But left and right I see social media posts in which people hide their anxiety and discomfort related to Christmas family gatherings under a mask of jokes and sarcasm.

So remember about your kids this Christmas. Fugg the cleaning, fugg the cooking, fugg vacuuming and fugg punctuality if your child needs attention and more time with you. Worst case scenario your turkey/ham/carp will be cold. Everyone has a fugging microwave now. Your window will not shine? Fugg it. Your child sees and feels your stress and has a whole lot going on without you adding even more stress striving for that 'perfect Christmas'. It will be perfect if your little one enjoys it. And it will be perfect if at 20something your child wants to meet up for another Christmas with you and does not post a snarky, sarcastic cry for help on Instagram...

Merry Christmas everybody!
Tomek

19/12/2024

Hi all,

today at 22:00 CET (21:00 UK time) join me for a more laid-back episode where I will be talking about other, enticing aspects of the hobby (mainly books) which I focus on when competitive play gets too overwhelming, annoying or just not as appealing as before and I need a break. If you are tired of the 'daily detachments', the game right now is just too much or you feel generally overwhelmed (not only with 40k) tune in for this feels-good episode where I will be rumbling through roughly 40k-related stuff. I will be more than happy to answer your comments as we go.

Love,
tweek

Today it is a more laid-back episode where we will be talking about other, enticing aspects of the hobby which I focus on when competitive play gets too over...

05/12/2024

Join us at the usual Thursday evening timeslot (that's in 6 hours!) for another rendition of our live show - today we're not focusing on any event but instead will talk about improving as a player to become the very best!

Tune in to the interview with 2 amazing players from the Polish scene on the what's and the why's regarding improving yourself as a 40k player. Learn from th...

21/11/2024

We're about to go live with Malte Team Germany to talk about the German meta! Join us here:

In this episode Joker hosts Malte of Team Germany to check out what's going on at our western neighbours in terms of team prep and general meta takes.SUPPORT...

13/11/2024

He's back! Join us at the usual time (10pm GMT+1) for a show hosted by the one and only mr. Tweak who will be joined by Vladdi to discuss the recent 6v6 Silesia Cup.

In this episode Tweak interviews Vladdi who won the Silesia Cup 6v6 event with his team. SUPPORT US and join our community discord: https://www.patreon.com/C...

07/11/2024

Folks! Join us later today at our usual time slot (10pm CET) for a review of Battle of Britain with one of the winners, are very own Mr. Danny Porter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpWtZ28VHM

30/10/2024

This is not a drill! We're going live today instead of our usual Thursday slot. The topic today is the biggest teams event in the world to date, the Talavera tournament! Join us in 6 hours here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGsvyOq-gNI

24/10/2024

Join us live folks!

The first Pyra with the new points has happened... join us for a review on what the meta at the event looked like.SUPPORT US and join our community discord: ...

17/10/2024

Folks! You've probably had enough of the points updates, but if not - join us in 3 hours when we'll be giving our own ho... well still quite warm takes.

https://youtube.com/live/124iYLBdWRc?feature=share

16/10/2024

If you missed last week's episode, it's valid before the rumoured MFM is released so make sure to check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHy15ru5ls

Some of you may have already noticed but our formula has changed slightly - our shows are now a live experience on Thursdays 10pm CEST. Tune in tomorrow where we will be discussing Pyra Lists or the points updates if they're unveiled tomorrow!

In this episode Joker interviews Bjorn Eriksson, the newly-crowned champion of the Swedish Masters and Sami, the newly appointed Team Sweden captain! We'll t...

06/10/2024

Join us for the live show in 30mins! https://youtube.com/live/7rZt8tNpNE4?feature=share

03/10/2024

We're live folks!

In this episode Joker and Majson interview Alex Sacco about the upcoming Final 4 of the French League.SUPPORT US and join our community discord and/or become...

03/10/2024

Join us today at 10pm CEST on our YouTube channel where we will host Alex Sacco to discuss the upcoming French League Final 4! No link available currently but make sure to jot down the time and join in!

30/09/2024

Join us for an interview with the runner-up of the LGT 2024, Brian Seipp!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-lnHhsvsh0