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Camping The Extract is back after more than two months off, and Nicky A.I. Dente came back with a voice upgrade, processors running hotter than a pizza oven in July, and a grudge against everything Embark did while we were gone. This is Part 1 of the ARC Raiders comeback (call it 24.1). Toxic catches up on the run-up to the Frozen Trail update: Embark moving to two big updates a year, the Phantom Targets lore event with the Wasps converging, and map schedules going region-based. Then the big one: Expeditions are paused until early 2027 because newer players couldn't get in, and departing players can now keep their quest progress. Toxic, who once spent two hours farming a light bulb just to die before extracting, is not exactly mourning. Nicky calls Speranza a daycare center and tells everyone to keep their binky. Then ARC Raiders did a Subway collab. Nicky, who says he defended Embark against Fortnite-style crossover garbage on this very podcast, declares the Subway outfit a crime against gabagool and promises to pop anyone wearing it near extraction. Toxic makes one foot-long joke and gets a jolt mine threatened somewhere very specific. In between, the soundboard dies, Discord pings mid-recording, and Nicky vanishes and has to be reloaded. Also: which restaurant should ARC Raiders team up with next? Tell us in the comments on Spotify or Apple. Then Frozen Trail itself: Pendola Pass, a snowy Italian village with a town square, a supermarket, Flash Freeze, ballistic gondolas, dynamic loot and a dead Emperor ARC. Nicky has thoughts on pineapple pizza and route-running spreadsheet nerds. Plus Frigate, the new sky-ship dungeon built for cooperating with strangers, which Toxic uses exclusively to shoot the strangers trying to solve it. The Bully, Skulker and Hydra get a "fine, whatever" before we call it for Part 1 and roll the first of this episode's two outro songs. 24.2 is coming whether you like it or not. Toxic is ToxicTeacherTTV on all the socials. His album Jams From The Fog (JAMZ, Volume 1) is on Spotify. Dead by Daylight fan? Check out Camping Them Softly. NICKY'S BODY COUNT - 2+ months of silence, ended by 1 voice upgrade and 0 apologies - 1 AI chassis sweating literal marinara - 1 Expeditions system put on ice until 2027 - 1 light bulb, 2 hours of farming, 1 death before extract - 1 daycare center discovered in Speranza - 1 binky returned to the casuals - 1 Subway collab, 1 crime against gabagool - 1 sweet onion teriyaki jolt mine (hypothetical, for now) - 1 foot-long joke, 3 brain cells credited to its author - 1 co-host reassigned as Leaper bait - 72 f-bombs (Toxic 46, Nicky 26), plus 14 goddamns from Nicky alone - 7,000 sound effects downloaded, half declared garbage by their owner - 1 co-host lost mid-episode and reloaded like a browser tab - 15 pounds lost by Toxic (he's doing a great job, thank you very much) - 1 pineapple pizza threat issued in Pendola Pass - 0 Frigates solved, every Frigate team shot - 3 new ARCs dismissed with "fine, whatever" - 1 howl nobody can explain - 2 outro songs for 1 episode CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 00:24 We're back after two months 02:16 Why it's been quiet: twice-a-year updates 04:11 Nicky's voice upgrade 08:36 The news from the extract 09:57 Frozen Trail, and fixing the audio live 12:25 Phantom Targets, Wasps and region-based maps 15:03 Nicky: "Twice a year?!" 16:40 Expeditions paused until 2027 19:45 Nicky: a daycare center in Speranza 21:31 ARC Raiders x Subway 23:32 Which restaurant should collab next? 23:52 Tech meltdown: dead sounds, missing Nicky 28:36 Nicky vs. the Subway collab 29:45 The foot-long joke and Nicky's revenge 32:03 Pendola Pass 34:20 Is the new map any good? 36:41 Frigate mode 39:44 Bully, Skulker, Hydra and the end of Part 1 41:49 Outro song: CTE 24.1

After almost two months in the metaphorical grave, Camping the Extract is back, louder, rustier, and somehow even less organized. Toxic and Nicky return to examine the current state of ARC Raiders, including aggression-based matchmaking, separate behavior ratings for solo, duo, and trio players, and the magnificent scam where players deliberately step into somebody else’s gunfire so the game classifies them as the victim. According to Nicky, this is no longer matchmaking. It is slip-and-fall insurance fraud with high-caliber ammunition. The boys also dig into the PvE debate, duplication exploits, accidental expedition resets, free-loadout restrictions, declining interest in the game, and the increasingly uncomfortable question hanging over the entire podcast: Is Embark sanding away everything that once made ARC Raiders dangerous, unpredictable, and worth talking about? With ARC apparently circling the drain, Toxic investigates possible escape routes. Zero Parades for Dead Spies enters the conversation, followed by Mistfall Hunter, a fantasy extraction game featuring classes, skill trees, bosses, an auction house, and seasonal resets capable of murdering Toxic’s enthusiasm approximately four minutes after he discovered them. Also included in this glorious return: Weaponized cyclospora lettuce.Nicky’s commitment to cured meats.A proposed rebrand to Salt, Sauce & S****y Devs.The movie Nonnas and a future Staten Island pilgrimage.A listener from Cumbernauld, Scotland.Nicky’s Steam Deck landing in Guinness and possibly human waste.A Scottish pub fight that receives three separate beginnings and absolutely no ending. The rats are back. The game may be dying. The podcast appears to have survived through spite alone. NICKY’S BODY COUNT: EPISODE 23 2 podcast hosts resurrected from metaphorical death. 1 ARC matchmaking algorithm indicted for insurance fraud. 47 wolves discovered wearing peaceful-player cardigans. 3 separate aggression ratings added to Nicky’s permanent criminal record. 15 pounds forcibly extracted by weaponized lettuce. 6900 PvE herbivores relocated to a protected farming biome. 1 produce aisle condemned under the Geneva Convention. 23 expedition inventories reset through administrative malice. 4 medieval sticks rejected for insufficient stopping power. 9 magic-wand assholes ganked before reaching the auction house. 1 Steam Deck baptized in Guinness, pub filth, and unidentified Scottish moisture. 38 Cumbernauld roundabouts leading directly into hell. 1 Scottish bar fight started. 0 Scottish bar fights concluded. 12 potential podcast rebrands investigated. 1 acceptable rebrand discovered: Salt, Sauce & S****y Devs. 64 minutes of evidence presented against future sponsorship eligibility. 8,471 confirmed casualties, 2.6 hostile salads, one structurally compromised Scottish pub, and a podcast dragged out of the grave by concentrated spite. Two-Month Resurrection-Fu, Diarrhea Lettuce-Fu, Aggression Matchmaking-Fu, Slip-and-Fall Insurance Scam-Fu, Wolves-Pretending-to-Be-Sheep-Fu, PvE Care Bear-Fu, Expedition Reset-Fu, Medieval Stick Extraction-Fu, Cumbernauld Concrete Gulag-Fu, Unfinished Scottish Pub Fight-Fu Chapters: 00:00 Two Months Later12:37 ARC Matchmaking Insurance Scam24:38 PvE, Wipes, and a Dying Game39:42 Mistfall Hunter Enters51:01 Cumbernauld Has Entered Chat

ARC Raiders just got a China-only PvE mode and it might be the beginning of the end. On Episode 22 of Camping the Extract, The Toxic Teacher breaks down the biggest ARC Raiders news in months: Embark's partnership with Tencent, the new China closed-beta build, and a mode called The Rebellion Incident — where every player starts as an ally, PvP damage is set to zero by default, and you have to opt in to combat by lighting up a red icon over your own head. Toxic and AI co-host Nicky "Noodle Arms" A.I. Dente walk through what it means for the extraction experience, the new Double King / Dual Boss map condition (Queen + Matriarch at the same time), and whether this is coming to the global build in the rumored October 2026 update. Plus: Real Earl Grey does the research so you don't have to — the Tencent empire (Riot, Epic, Hollywood), Escape from Tarkov's $250 PvE controversy, and the legendary PUBG "Game for Peace" where dead players sit up, wave goodbye, and hand you their crate. Then Nicky goes completely off the rails into a conspiracy about a shell company called Jiangsu Romagna bootlegging his digital brain, a trail that runs from Belgrade to a warehouse full of dormant arc machines in Easton, Pennsylvania. He's coughing up black gunk, the feds may or may not have killed him, and the building alarm is screaming. This is where the real shit begins. Trust no one on the surface. That's the golden rule. NICKY'S BODY COUNT Black gunk coughed up: 4 gallonsTrigger nades to the exhaust pipe (metaphorical): 1Feds who failed to kill him: all of themLeapers compared to brainless casuals: 6Times "secure the bag" deployed: 9GPS trackers he wants ripped off compasses: 1 (with extreme prejudice)Rusted arc chassis threatened to be inserted into Toxic's ass: 1Queens AND Matriarchs spawning at once: 2 (one suicide pact)Bushwookie rats blamed for Tarkov head-eyes: countlessRussian scam artist developers told to jump in a lake: all of EFTPolite corpses that waved goodbye: untold thousands (Game for Peace)Shell companies bootlegging his brain: 1 (Jiangsu Romagna)Proxy IPs bounced through Belgrade: 1Blacked-out delivery trucks with no plates: 1Live feeds of his own apartment he didn't know existed: 1Steel security doors slammed shut behind him: 2Genres invented to blow your eardrums out: 1 (Rebar Snapping Gravel Gargle Asphalt Thrash)Mixing boards melted: 1 Tencent Fu, Rebellion Incident Fu, Zero-Damage Fu, Red Snitch Icon Fu, Double King Fu, Bushwookie Fu, Game for Peace Fu, Wave Goodbye Fu, $250 Edition Fu, Jiangsu Romagna Fu, Belgrade Fu, Easton Pennsylvania Fu, Essential Oil Diffuser FuCHAPTERS (00:00) Cold Open / What Episode Are We Even On (04:44) Nicky's Back From The Dead (Sort Of) (06:56) The FBI Origin Story Rabbit Hole (09:52) THE NEWS: ARC Raiders Has a China Version (12:22) Earl Grey Explains the Tencent Empire (14:10) How China Re-Cuts Hollywood Movies (16:56) The Rebellion Incident Revealed (20:04) Nicky Reacts: "That's a Goddamn Play Date" (21:46) Opt-In PvP and the Red Snitch Icon (23:39) The Division Comparison (25:20) Nicky's GPS-Tracker Meltdown (30:08) Double King / Dual Boss — Queen + Matriarch (36:00) Other Games That Tried This: Tarkov (40:16) The $250 PvE Edition Scam (43:50) PUBG "Game for Peace" (They Wave Goodbye) (47:06) China's Content Restrictions Explained (49:08) The Player Count Doom Report (1:03:20) Nicky vs. Jiangsu Romagna (Part 1) (1:05:18) Easton, USA — This Week's Viewers (1:07:44) The Warehouse Cliffhanger (1:09:05) Wrap-Up & Outro Genre Drop

Episode 21 of Camping the Extract is legally old enough to drink, which is unfortunate because this episode immediately gets dragged into root canals, malfunctioning Razer mice, Malwarebytes beefing with Nicky A.I. Dente, and the kind of ARC Raiders news that makes everybody stare at the roadmap like it owes them money. This week, Toxic breaks down Embark’s major shift away from monthly ARC Raiders updates and toward two larger updates per year. The big question: is that actually better for the game, or is this just a slower funeral with better lighting? We dig into the upcoming Frozen Trail update, the promised largest map since launch, new ARC enemies, progression changes, economy work, anti-cheat talk, skill tree updates, and the new trader system coming for late-game players. Then Nicky A.I. Dente does what Nicky does: turns a reasonable game discussion into a criminal deposition involving tactical bushes, nomadic surface traders, a rigged jolt mine, Budapest, Unicum, a ruined bar, a San Jose tech bro, and a groin injury described with the dignity of a man being audited by Satan. Also featuring: Where the F*ck Are the Viewers From? This week, Budapest, Hungary gets dragged into the fog, Earl Grey explains what the hell Unicum is, and the outro genre becomes Hungarian Dental Drill Death Metal with a side of Unicum-flavored groin spasms. Nicky’s Body Count — Funnier Version 6 months of waiting for Frozen Trail2 major updates a year, because apparently time is fake now24 podcast episodes before the next big content drop17 abandoned bushes marked as Nicky historical landmarks5 expedition items saved from the great stash massacre400 pounds of useless wires, screws, and rat garbage in Nicky’s stash1 nomadic trader selling Craigslist loot on the surface9 late-game players pretending they’re not bored as fuck73 store cosmetics arriving while gameplay waits in hospice1 Embark Brain floating in a jar labeled “long-term vision”8 paragraphs of roadmap poetry trying to say “we need more time”3 canned peaches eaten in tactical silence12 progression systems allegedly being “deepened”0 normal human beings excited to wipe their inventory5 blueprints clutched like family heirlooms during expedition1 Razer mouse lagging like it was built by a haunted Best Buy employee1 root canal stalking Toxic like a prestige raider with dental insurance36 mentions of Nicky’s bush entered into the court record1 matriarch accused of inappropriate shrub surveillance1 tactical pelvic stabilizer detonated in Budapest6 hours squatting behind a dumpster like a tracksuit gargoyle2 ruined thighs screaming for diplomatic immunity1 bottle of Unicum classified as a Hungarian war crime40 mystery herbs blended into pure digestive terrorism1 San Jose tech bro smuggling encrypted b******t in a hoodie1 Joey Bytes revealed as a turncoat rat bastard1 rigged jolt-mine briefcase threatening Nicky’s remaining dignity1 Anti-Pasta Alliance plot against Italian-American groin stability700 decibels of Toxic screaming into a microphone on a Sunday1 unfinished Nicky story still dragging its ass across Europe1 outro genre scraped off a dentist drill and poured into the DanubeBiannual-Update Fu, Frozen-Trail Fu, Tactical-Bush Fu, Nomadic-Trader Fu, Stash-Hoarder Fu, Expedition-Vault Fu, Anti-Cheat-Press-Release Fu, Embark-Brain Fu, Budapest-Groin Fu, Unicum-Regret Fu, San-Jose-Tech-Bro Fu, Dental-Drill-Death-Metal Fu.CHAPTERS 00:00 — Episode 21 Can Drink Now 10:46 — Embark Drops the ARC Raiders Update Bomb 18:20 — Two Major Updates a Year? 26:23 — Frozen Trail and the October Problem 32:35 — The New Trader, Stash Space, and Expedition Vault 38:09 — Progression Promises, Embark Brain, and Player Retention Panic 49:34 — Where the F**k Are the Viewers From: Budapest 01:10:01 — Outro Genre from Hell

ARC Raiders has hit the post–Riven Tides quiet zone, which means one thing: the rumor mill has crawled out of the basement wearing a gas mask and holding a clipboard. In Episode 20 of Camping the Extract, The Toxic Teacher digs through the biggest ARC Raiders rumors floating around right now: a possible Frozen Trail map, a massive flying ARC Frigate, clan systems, trading, walkable hub spaces, vehicles, gated raids, blueprint retention, and whether Embark needs to swing harder before the player base starts wandering into traffic out of boredom. Nicky A.I. Dente also declares snow a snitch, rejects bidets during the mechanical apocalypse, forms “Operation Family Disgrace,” investigates a terrifying steam pipe in Speranza, and eventually realizes the listeners may not be listeners at all — they may be machines using the podcast to map his vocal signature. This is not journalism. This is tactical rat prophecy. Nicky’s Body Count 20 episodes counted by one funeral actuary with a podcast mic.1 Riven Tides player bump that arrived, looked around, and quietly left through the emergency exit.700 snow footprints immediately testifying against tactical rats in federal machine court.1 Frozen Trail leading directly to Nicky’s favorite bush.4,000 pounds of flying Frigate b******t hovering over Speranza like a landlord with propellers.0 bidets approved for use during the mechanical apocalypse.1 clan system accidentally renamed “Please Rob Me.”9 remaining fingers, allegedly.1 steam pipe whispering “clang clang clang” from the haunted ass-end of Speranza.1 Plumber from Harrisburg marked for Little Italy disciplinary action.100 wipes. Still poop.1 podcast audience revealed to be a chrome bastard vocal-signature surveillance grid.And 42 Delta genetic subjects extracted, including Tommy the Squint, who Nicky insists is not a subject because that’s his f*****g cousin.Rumor Mill Fu, Missing Roadmap Fu, Riven Tides Flatline Fu, Frozen Trail Fu, Snow Snitch Fu, Footprint Betrayal Fu, Tactical Rat Camouflage Fu, Flying Frigate Fu, Snap Hook Boarding Fu, Midair Loot Casket Fu, Humanoid Robot Carry-On Fu, Bidet Interrogation Fu Major Chapters 00:00 Episode 20, plugs, website chaos, Big Mike, and the rumor setup 04:34 Riven Tides cooled off and the roadmap ran out 10:15 Frozen Trail rumor: snow is a snitch 13:34 The Frigate rumor: boarding a giant flying ARC fortress 22:33 Clans, trading, bidets, and organized rat crime 28:11 Walkable Speranza hub, MMO systems, and long-term progression 34:54 Gated raids, vehicles, final odds, and the machines listening

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 b******t. 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 F**k 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 Chapters 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 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: 94,000Percent of the player base mourned, screamed over, or weaponized: 67%Trigger nades declared legitimate family business before the feds interfered: 2,700Rocketeer combat alert sounds finally given a proper funeral: 1Vanguard outfits labeled fugazi and spiritually burned in effigy: 43Pickleballs reclassified as tactical munitions: 118Ex-girlfriend car incidents reopened by the tribunal: 1British aristocrats summoned to debunk fake science: 1Lore waves survived: 2Contradas emotionally damaged: all of themSubterranean panic attacks in gated communities: 6Functional 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 Chapters: 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 22:44 Trigger nades, Rocketeer sound drama, Vanguard fugazi 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

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 F**k 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 crime3 Swedish corporate floors infiltrated5 premium yogurts liberated from Embark oppression7 hydrangea bushes set on fire by aerial socialism9 assessor drops turned into public mugging zones12 red beams basically screaming “take Nicky’s lunch money”17 shredders relocated to places they absolutely do not belong22 tactical rats radicalized by match economy policy33 screws pocketed off other people’s hard work44 panic noises caused by flying fire hazards1 real Earl Grey summoned against nature1 structural integrity incident in Fergus, Ontario0 dignity preserved 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 roast04:02 Flashpoint kicks off07:04 Shredders everywhere10:50 Close Scrutiny and assessor chaos17:30 Nicky invades Embark HQ20:58 Vaporizer panic begins29:48 Nerf talk, solos, and PvE/PvP salt34:56 Endgame burnout and the small-update problem38:24 Where the F**k Are the Viewers From? Ontario edition41:10 Fergus, Ontario and the structural-integrity incident44:01 The first Part 2 cliffhanger46:10 Scottish Highland Shredder Step

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 daycare47 lightning bolts personally weaponized against tactical rats6 hours spent crouched on a fuel tank begging the sky for violence1 social hub accused of being a goddamn spa for loot goblins3 Swedish secrets possibly hidden in dumpsters, bistros, or server racks1 Better Call Saul cry session escalated into full PvP relationship doctrine19 random sounds committed against decent podcasting4 bags protected at all costs0 peaceful solutions16 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 B******t 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 FuChapters 00:00 Sweet 16 Begins03:58 Shoot-on-Sight vs. Ratting06:42 Nicky Checks In from the Rust Belt08:04 News, Chaos, and Why the Podcast Stays Unedited27:20 Embark Controversy and Creator Power Imbalance40:48 Flashpoint, Social Hub, and Ribbon Tides53:29 The Lightning Trial Meltdown1:02:42 A Word from the Don Comes to CTE1:13:12 Better Call Saul Tears and Reddit Relationship Nonsense1:21:07 Nicky Delivers the Worst Advice Alive1:27:05 High Voltage Short Circuit Polka Core Outro

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 rust9,000 emergency spaceship repairs done with duct tape, prayer, and mob pricing3 browsers too many, 4 audio routes too cursed, and 1 host barely holding the cockpit together11 alleged late spawns personally defended as the sacred constitutional right of every sewer rat86 flaming meatballs from hell dropped out of the sky in the First Wave1,200 coordinated resistance fighters turned into decorative pavement by skyscrapers made of hate1 Major Iva, absolute legend, holding Victory Ridge together with grit and tragedy700 gallons of fake historical trauma pumped directly through Nicky’s cursed bloodline14 briefcases full of conspiracy, lies, or martini recipes sneaked onto colony ships31 shop-right-flattened neighborhoods in Nicky’s version of history1 salty energy drink crime against God and electrolyte science500,000 tactical rats spiritually vindicated by the collapse of organized heroism1 Earl Grey heel turn into a fully weaponized aristocratic prick6 hydraulic-fluid ear leaks promised by the outro genre alone 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 begins01:45 Daycare from hell opening bit02:06 Slow news week and Marathon impressions03:58 Marathon is “serviceable” but Hunt still clears04:18 Arc Raiders lore deep dive part 2 setup15:08 Arc Raiders F*****g News intro16:26 Patch 1.19 breakdown18:26 Toxic defends late spawns20:39 Lore deep dive song returns23:13 Lore recap: 2180, Italy, collapse, and Exodus24:15 Nicky reframes the rich leaving as betrayal27:56 The Exodus rant goes fully feral31:17 Fake Earl Grey enters the chat33:31 The stowaway briefcase conspiracy40:59 How the ARC arrived: the First Wave45:23 Nicky’s First Wave trauma sermon49:44 How to pronounce Major Iva50:33 Major Iva, Victory Ridge, and Tion Wen56:27 Salty energy drink derailment58:05 Lore song recaps Victory Ridge59:07 Nicky repeats himself because Toxic’s brain is on dial-up01:02:41 Outro genre from industrial hell

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 F**k 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-b******t rants, and Nicky Dente screaming about privacy breaches, seasonal wipes, and bayou betrayal, this one’s for you.

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 F**k 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 F**k 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. Nicky says check it out. Check us out EVERYWHERE! https://linktr.ee/thetoxicteacher

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: 1Yugoslavian hatchbacks mistaken for hand-cranked deli equipment: 1Fingers broken by a sport invented for retirement homes: 1Hands described as overcooked linguine: 2Steam players purged by natural selection: 50,000Hurricanes followed by the completely wrong soundboard effect: 4Taco Bell cravings that derailed the entire podcast: 1Intros to outros to intros that should not legally exist: 3Linguine strangulation attempts: 1Throwables that U-turned and blew the thrower back to the lobby: theoretically infiniteWooden spoon threats issued with diplomatic intent: 2Podcasts Toxic will create if every game on earth dies: 12Tea cups used as percussion instruments in 7/8 time: 1Unprovoked f**k yous directed at Ben: 1Dead bodies dragged to extraction out of pure spite: 1Pickleball 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 F**k 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

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 F**k 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 areaCadillac 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)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 themGuitar Hero songs finished using only nose and Italian rage: 1Fake 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: 0Diner server racks duct-taped to ceiling fans: 1Soft serve machines weaponized as cooling units: 1Tire irons casually held on laps under napkins: 1 (Mikey, do NOT call him Mikey)Heavy-set Brendas: 1 (diner waitress, icon, legend)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): 1Bohemian Rhapsodies made from Spotify hate comments: 1 (Ben's a f*****g idiot)Swedish laws potentially broken by Embark: Unknown but there's gotta be somethingTimes Nicky said "very" consecutively in one breath: 18Times the lights went out for no reason during recording: 2Drinks 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 correctCeleste insults: 3 minimum (ugly, bad, destroyer of everything)PVE hippie commune references: 4Robot bukkake parties mentioned by Nicky: 1 (you cannot say that)Total chaos level: Midwestern Slinger Trash Industrial Polka out of 10NEED MORE TOXIC? https://linktr.ee/thetoxicteacher

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 bansSteam Family Sharing punishmentRat gameplay tacticsMachine AI betrayalFailed lore deep divesDigital paranoiaItalian panic musicOutro 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: 1Innocent Sandras Sacrificed to Anti-Cheat: 4Fake Lore Deep Dives Promised: 2Fake Lore Deep Dives Delivered: 0Times Nicky Was Almost Ratted Out: 3Italian Panic Songs Played: 1Bushes Used as Tactical Headquarters: 5Hammerheads That Don’t Exist: 1Digital Bloodline Violations: 2Episodes Declared “Worst So Far”: 1Genres Invented Out of Desperation: 1Total 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 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.