Ryan's voice over was the signature of this channel. I would love to still continue that format.

Your voice overs were the quality hallmark of the channel

Great to see you guys back! Definitely go back to narration, the mic quality varies too widely from second to second.

Yea, narration is the channel's strong suit. It's clean, informative, and gives a good sense of authority about what's going on and helps you follow the complexity.

Don’t hate listening to the players but I think that would be for a livestream. The narration really slims down the game and simplifies your understanding of what’s happening, I enjoy it a lot more personally

Chad paying for Remora with his Dryad Arbor while Linvala is out is a Chad move.

i think i like narration better, its more fast paced and i prefer the consistent audio quality

Really like the addition of the graphic on the creatures showing that they were buffed by an effect. I like the experimentation and the banter but maybe only make this like one in every 5 eps or so. The narration made this channel stand out like no other mtg channel

Glad to see you all back in action! I prefer the narration however.

Ryan's quicker narration style was gold. The different mic quality is fairly distracting

Glad to see you back, but i do like yhe narrative better

Narration please. The clarity and conciseness is a huge reason for my love of the channel.

A mix of narration and swapping to the players would be a great! I love seeing each person get to head their decks, but some parts are a little too confusing and could use narration to help clarify it up.

I really enjoy the narration style more. It's more concise and clear which means I can understand the plays and thoughts behind them better.

Didn't Ashani cast Veil of Summer? How can he counter his own Carpet of Flowers with An Offer You Can't Refuse when Veil reads "spells you control can't be countered this turn"?

Happy to see you guys back! Definitely the quick paced narration is what defined your channel. The individual voices definitely has potential, just need to equalize the volume for each participant. Would love to hear the laughs, blunders and politics.

I vastly prefer the voiceovers, because I tend to listen to your videos in the background as I do chores/work; the level of detail in narration helps me keep track of the gamestate without needing to visibly see the screen. Its a level of detail that no other channel does and if we lose that I would be sad.

So great that you guys are back! Hope everything is ok. Hearing this would not have narration, I was so ready to not like this episode. However I was pleasantly surprised. I still think I enjoy the narration more, as it really helps things to be concise, and give a really clear understanding of what’s happening. Especially when paired with the stack visualization. But I did enjoy the organic aspect. Looking forward to more!

I think the voice over is extremely professional and makes it super easy to follow along. I really enjoy it when I want something to pay attention to. I do think the voices during play are great for a very relaxed and listen to type of video. I enjoy it greatly but personally I prefer the narration. Nothing wrong with variety

17:13 that's an illegal target, since Ashani was under Veil of Summer that turn and technically a copied Chain of Vapor is a blue spell that Nick controls. it ultimately didn't matter since Ashani still won, but it's something to keep note of

My dudes voice reminds me of watching national geographic as a kid. Very solid game also. Nice to hear people talking over their own turns.

You have arguably the best narration in the game so that is my vote. Love all you do and just grateful to have you back though.

doesnt linvala turn off dryad arbors ability to tap for mana?

I enjoyed the in game talk. Would love for the team to be a bit more engaged in how they cast spells/ announce triggers etc.. moving forward if you are planning on using in-game chatter. Glad to see y’all back!

My favorite moments of the channel are when the stack gets wayyyyy out of hand and listen to Ryan suck it in and say it all in one breath lol. Love the content either way!

WE BACK BABY!!! GOD HOW IVE MISSED THIS CHANNEL SOOOOOO MUCH

I am torn about this, I love the table talk audio, but also miss Ryan’s voice over 🥲 Great game! Good to have you guys back!

The narration made the games easier to follow while driving

i like this style of it! i think of the two, narration is better, purely as i had to watch this in 1.25X speed (however that may be due to ADHD and not your guys’ actual pacing) still, love that you’re experimenting with things like this, always better to change things up a bit than just stay the same. much love

One of the things I've liked about watching the videos before were how concise and to the point they were with a single narrator. I can appreciate how the players are pertty tight with their dialogue, but I don't feel as into it as I was before. Having the single narrator go through the game actions gave the video a more professional quality to it, like a sports commentator talking about a game in progress. In that way, the single narrator made watching the game easier to track than this direction. The VO audio was better too than using the player mics for these game action explanations. The only reason I'd want to hear the players themselves is if I was interested in their show personalities. Which honestly I'm not and they don't have much opportunity do so anyway since they're keeping things fairly tight. This series stood out to me for it's brevity, comprehensiveness, and quality VO and this video feels like a step back in both of those areas.

I don't mind the lack of narration The only thing that I would want to point out is we should probably put some music or something behind the player's voices? It's very weirdly quiet

Ooo tough one, like many have already said, the narration is top tier and I've personally learned a lot about the game through watching those games, having said that it's great to see a game that's a little more personal, so I'm happy with a little of both, would love to see more of the high power edh games where we got to see faces and feel the vibes

I did like the change up this video, but I think I ordered the voiceovers. If possible, a 2nd video series being added to the channel featuring the voices of the players along with a webcam shot of their faces would be cool

I liked the real time chat. Y'all were great about announcing actions and triggers

Like many have said, the narration felt like the meat and potatoes of what made playing with power stick out amongst all the other channels. The consistent quality of the audio made listening easy and it raised the standard for how I looked at other channels. The mic. audio didn't work with the 1v1 videos and I think it hurts the commander videos in ways that will be hard to look past. Whether its ryan or alex or anyone, #bringbacknarration

Narration felt and sounded a lot better, in terms of pacing, overall audio clarity, and stack visualization. Narration also fit in really well with the BGM and that makes it hit different, in a really good way.

I LOVE the new animations on cards. As far as voiceovers go I'm all for a mix of narration and cutting to interesting/fun things the players say!

Love the voices. The narration was great, too. Either way, you're creating great stuff for us to enjoy. Do what you can most feasibly sustain, it's hard work creating these videos.

I infinitely prefer the narration style of your videos. I understand the downsides of the style, mostly taking extra editing time, and putting a large portion of post recoding work on one person, but I am more than willing to wait longer times between uploads for the experience. It is also something I just immediately associate with your channel, and helps distinguish it from other similar channels.

I agree with other commenters that the voiceover was iconic, but I think that getting short asides from players to work through their thought processes on different plays would be a great addition.

I feel that the narrated version of these videos are more well paced and keeps the video from feeling like it's dragging or lower energy feeling, I would vote for more narrated versions of gameplay,

The narration is the best part of the channel, I believe it should be kept

The voice over is clean and enjoyable, I enjoy this format but the lack of uniform mic quality is rough on the ears I'm glad y'all tried something different but I much prefer the old format of the videos

i can totally understand that doing the narration can be a lot of work ,and that doing the live game audio has its own entertainment. IMO the narration is better though. Glad to see you back so do as yall need! :]

I very much like the uncut gameplay but the voiceover quick games are a great format. No shots at the players, love and respect them a lot, but to have raw gameplay, some personality and character presence is important to provide some engagement. Gotta have some banter and jokes in there. It also takes up more time and makes it hard to fit multiple games into one video

This is enjoyable, I like it. You guys did a good job of communicating clearly. That said, the narration is iconic and I would certainly like to see them as a main feature. Perhaps this could be an occasional thing?

Would carpet get countered after veil?

Definitely go back to the narration, that's most of the reason I watch you guys, glad ya'll are back

Unless everybody got the same mics i think one guy narrating was good. I gotta say tho the editing on this one is awesome please keep up with how you guys show cards on screen and the active effects affecting the creatures

I guess i will be a devils advocate. This episode was fire. While the narration is awesome, the 4 people who played did great in announcing their plays. Fun game.

Glad y’all back. Do prefer the narration but this was ok too.

For eternal witness to make infinite mana with snap and gaea's cradle would you not need 5 other creatures besides eternal witness to make infinite mana?

Yeah, I definitely prefer the narrated games. The narration keeps the games at a fast and steady flow, while the different talking speeds and mic qualities really disrupt the flow for me. I think voice overs work best in offline games, where the players get together and their interactions are a lot more organic. This is why they work in channels such as The Command Zone and MtG the Stack.

This isny bad and still preferable to how some channels handle their gameplay, but i do prefer the old narration by a wide margin

I personally prefer the voice over, the differences in mic quality really irk me.

shouldn't kitten be under the "veil of summer" and have hexproof from a chain of vapor?

Most of Ashani's last turn was interacted by blue spells, which they had hexproof from Veil of Summer by the way. I know it didn't change anything because of Ashani's decisive victory but just wanted to make sure it was noted.

10:14 is dryad arbor able to tap for a mana to pay for the mystic remora with a linvala out? i thought it lost the ability to tap for mana.

Narration please!!!! Thanks for asking and and thanks to everyone in the episode for giving us another cEDH gameplay episode

I dont mind the game audio i think its great to lighten your work load just need to balance voice volumes a bit better Ashani could use a boost and every now and then the crew is a bit far from the mic. Also thought the cards being displayed are getting a bit busy although I do like the trigger effects like age counter and +1 etc. All and all glad to see you guys back!

So glad to have you all back!

Finalmente! Fico feliz que voltaram mesmo! Vídeos excelentes!

I love this channel no matter how it is narrated I will watch it. I personally enjoy both, the new graphics are great. I miss the show where everyone was playing and discussing the game. Maybe you could still do both time permitting and just label some as narrated and others as not.

It's nice seeing games again! ❤❤❤ And yes narration please.

Ryan’s voice over is my favorite and I would love for him to continue it as long as possible

It seems to be unanimous but i'll say that Ryan narrating (assuming he's still able to) is what makes this channel. Glad to see PWP back in action, but the narration is what makes it

Glad to see a new episode, been a while

Narration please. I like the clean mic and Ryans voice. Even Alex did well too with the narration. Idea: Maybe splice in some of the original audio when something funny is happening. Like someone "cursing the rng gods" or hearing the feedback from the table after a spicy play.

Voice over was always amazing even the deep breath moments.

The video quality has improved a ton!

if this was a live stream would be good to hear the players but if it is going to be edited anyway I would rather have the narration. It seemed like it was quicker and better audio quality also

so, yeah the gameplay was good. and great win Ashani. on the live commentray vs narration, im siding on narration. it just makes mic quality consisten, makes it easier to give a propper oversight of whats going on, and it also is one of the things that makes this channel stick out from the rest of the MTG Commander channels. though i do like the energy that live commentary brought into the video, and really likede Zebs energy. i think the live commentary can work, if being worked on, mostly mic quality, but on the other hand, the narration makes this channele stand out among the crowd.

basically the emblem for tamiyo is an enter the infinite stratagy once you get half of your library its hard to deal with... show and tell omniscience... cast everything and win. only dowbside is in its colors you cant play master the way to just won the game... but you could make infinite mana and make everyone deck out with a x spell

I prefer the voice over over the commentary but if you were to post more in-game commentary again, I would definitely try different background music as I feel like it's clashing with the four other voices that we're trying to listen to.

I'm glad to see the channel back. I prefer the narration.

I prefer the voice over as it was has defined the channel. Plus the drama in the retelling with massive stacks is so fun

Chad shouldnt be able to pay for fish with Dryad Arbor on their t6 because of Linvala. May have mattered because they used their other mana to cast spells in Ashanis end step.

Welcome back! Been waiting for you guys like for ages lol

I like to hear both the narration and the players. But really, I just love Playing with Power!

What version is The one Ring from Ashani?

The narration and quick pacing of Ryan's VO work was what makes me never miss a video. This was so slow and hard to listen to in comparison. Still grateful for the content though. Excellent game play as always!

there is def a world where all 4 players have great mics / narration practice where this works but woudl take time to build up. Atm i think we all perfer narration

Some interesting decks im seeing. I like seeing some deck change ups.

I think this is a neat idea if you're able to do this video idea once a month, followed up by a discussion video.

I love the usual narration. Makes the progress more efficient. IMO that's what make your channel different than other EDH channel

I much prefer hearing each player narrating their own turn. It’s much easier to pay attention to the change of turns imo

awesome! so glad to see you guys are back!

I'm so happy you guys are back!!! Although the narration is better in my opinion, because it helps tell what's going on. But nonetheless, I am happy to see you guys again!

Narration is definitely preferred!

Personally i like the voice over more but i understand thats a hell of a lot more work. It makes things very streamlined, and consistent with audio quality. But ill continue eatching your content either way!

Those new planeswalker flip cards look like a lot of fun. Such good value! I think the voice over format works better. But I did enjoy this video! It just felt a bit slower, and that's unexpected from this channel.

Welcome back I have been rewatching so much Wondering when you will be back

Players voices are fine but mic qualities should be the same as Ryan’s was prior

Missed you guys, but also missing ryans narration, hope he comes back when hes ready though no rush!

I think Displacer Kitten was the actual MVP. He got too much value out of it.

Dear friends. First I want to tell you that I am glad to hear from you again. Secondly I want to tell you that I like the narrated game, but if that exhausts you and it is better for you we will continue to see it the same way because we love you

The voice over is beter! 💪🏽

So, how does dockside do anything? There are no artifacts OR enchantments an Ashanis opponents sides

Id like a mix of both. I like the players talking through there turns but the narration is a lot more clean

We all like the narration better. So please don’t stop.