{"podcast":{"title":"FUT Weekly Podcast","slug":"fut-weekly-podcast-522863","podcast_index_feed_id":522863,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/COMG3776771841","website_url":"https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/fut-weekly-podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9a32625e-e8e5-11ed-9b01-3f58e56b3c96/image/FUT_Weekly_Podcast_iTunes_Cover_2021.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"EA FC Ultimate Team Weekly","episode_count":395,"summary":"Game changing gameplay tips, insider insights, coin making strategies and SBC advice for EA Sports FC 25, directly into your podcast feed every week. FUT Weekly is the most popular, and longest running, FIFA and EA Sports FC podcast. Regulars include your host Ben, YouTube Legend AirJapes, content expert Josh, eWorld Cup Commentator Richard Buckley, The FUT Accountant. Past special guests include Nepenthez, Bateson87, ChuBoi, Zweback, and many more!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T18:19:18.843883+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fut-weekly-podcast-522863"},"episode":{"title":"Why Did EA Add The Token Reward System? w Game Designer #W39.2","slug":"why-did-ea-add-the-token-reward-system-w-game-designer-w39-2","published_at":"2026-06-20T16:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fut-weekly-podcast-522863/why-did-ea-add-the-token-reward-system-w-game-designer-w39-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fut-weekly-podcast-522863","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG7259866935.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG7259866935.mp3","summary":"Get double the episodes, and keep FUT Weekly going (for just £3 a month) by becoming a Patreon over at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/morepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. This includes an exclusive supporter podcast this week! Game Designer Seb is on his second podcast of the week! After 20 minutes of World Cup chat, he goes through why EA may have added the token system and what it could mean in the future. Chapters (please note, as Spotify inserts ads into run time, these timestamps will usually be behind when the topics starts): 00:00 Week 1 of the World Cup Reviewed 21:14 What does Tokens mean for Ultimate Team long term? 33:04 Is Ultimate Team just for rewards? 40:11 Randoms Reds vs Weekly Pick of 3 51:05 Why are EA scared of repeatable gameplay grinds? 54:29 Have EA got power curve rubber banding right? 1:00:18 The biggest problem with Tokens 1:03:11 How Star Performers work 1:07:11 The future of Playstyles Lab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Get double the episodes, and keep FUT Weekly going (for just £3 a month) by becoming a Patreon over at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/morepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. This…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5118,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fut-weekly-podcast-522863/episodes/why-did-ea-add-the-token-reward-system-w-game-designer-w39-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fut-weekly-podcast-522863/why-did-ea-add-the-token-reward-system-w-game-designer-w39-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}