Toxic is running on Bang Energy and ADHD meds, and Nicky is fresh out of a San Juan women’s prison. In Episode 78, we break down BHVR’s desperate attempt to bribe small creators with digital t-shirts in the updated Dead by Daylight Creator Program. Spoiler: We aren’t applying unless they add a "Gabagool Tier."

We also tackle the Bone Chill 2025 event (it’s garbage), the controversy surrounding the DbD Women’s World Cup bans, and why Nicky got banned from a grocery store for threatening a man buying Prego.

In this episode:

• The Bunny Feng Mafia: Nicky gets bullied by four flashlights and pulls the Ethernet cable.
• Sauce Security: Why buying Prego is a death sentence in Little Italy.
• The Creator Program: Gold Tier, Iridescent Tier, and why signing the Code of Conduct is impossible for SABAM.
• Tournament Drama: The trans ban controversy and why Victor is a genderless ball of hate.
• Where the F are the Viewers From: San Juan, Argentina, and the frozen meatball roller hockey incident of ’99.

Synopsis:

We are suffering through Patch 9.3.0 so you don't have to. Toxic and Nicky break down Behavior’s latest attempt to bribe Killers with Bloodpoints to stop tunneling (spoiler: it won't work) and the baffling decision to buff The Skull Merchant's "Chess Match" gameplay. We analyze the rollback of the pallet density changes, the new resolve bar mechanics, and why the "anti-camp" meter is just a suggestion.

Lore & Chaos:

Nicky reveals a near-death experience in Nipomo, California involving Earl Grey’s West Coast division, a fake Egyptian movie set, and why Victor had to ride in the trunk to keep his skin moist.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Toxic Empire is expanding. We are officially announcing "Camping the Extract," our dedicated Arc Raiders podcast. We are leaving honor at the door. We are rats. We are camping the extraction points. If you are a Topside Sheriff or a PvE purist, prepare to get griefed.

• 3,557 Total Downloads (Empire Status)
• 1 Unnecessary Skull Merchant Buff
• 7 Seconds of "Grace Period" before the camping meter fills (useless)
• 400 Left-footed Nike shoes stolen by Vinnie
• 1 Fake Egyptian Pharaoh buried in the California dunes
• 4 Percent Energy Drink by volume
• 1 New Rat-Focused Podcast Launched
• 0 Respect for "Topside Sheriffs"
• 2 Convections (or Conventions?)

Categories:

• Bloodpoint Bribe Fu
• Oat Milk Latte Fu
• Mobile Command Center Trunk Fu
• Extraction Camping Fu
• Dungeon Synth Surf Rock Lullaby Core Fu

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro: Episode 77 & The Audio Struggle

(01:45) Patch 9.3.0: Anti-Slug & Anti-Tunnel Walkbacks

(16:24) TOXIC F*CKING NEWS!

(21:30) The "Munch Munch" vs. "Manja Manja" Debate

(48:18) WHERE THE F*CK?

(59:15) ANNOUNCEMENT

(01:07:52) OUTRO MUSIC GENRE

🎉 “WELCOME BACK TO CAMPING THEM SOFTLY, THE ONLY DEAD BY DAYLIGHT PODCAST THAT CHECKS ITS ANALYTICS AND SAYS ‘NAH, LET’S MAKE IT LONGER AND LOUDER.’” 🎉

Episode 76 opens with Toxic trying to be a responsible content adult: shorter episodes, better retention, appease the algorithm gods. Within 60 seconds he’s smashing wrestling soundboard clips, forgetting what he was saying, and accidentally proving why the show always bleeds listeners after an hour. Perfect start.

Nicky “Noodle Arms” A.I. Dente rolls in arguing with Victor about whether pumpkin spice belongs in gravy (it doesn’t), while Toxic launches into a rant about American biscuits, white gravy, and why his entire extended family is spiritually 700 pounds. From there we slide straight into the new format angst: Nicky’s furious about trimming runtime, promising to “condense his genius into intellectual McNuggets” while Toxic questions when any adult with dignity last ate a McNugget.

Then we get status updates from Nicky’s life:

dodging subpoenas, tweaking his red sauce recipe with a pinch of spite, and filing yet another complaint with BHVR because Vecna allegedly has more cosmetics than The Twins. Anti-Italian discrimination, Mercury retrograde over Little Italy, the whole thing.

Toxic announces the Arc Raiders rat podcast is officially happening – a dedicated show for extraction rats, betrayal enthusiasts, and people who understand that “pretend to be friendly then shoot them in the back” is a valid lifestyle. At the same time, he’s reading X posts about a proposed Arc Raiders faction called “Civilians of Sparanza” – non-PVP medics who want to exist in a war zone without getting shot – plus topside sheriffs who want to enforce good vibes. It’s like DbD survivors demanding killers not touch them, but in space.

Then it’s time for TOXIC FUCKING NEWS – full 80s Rocky-style rock sting and all – as they break down the Dead by Daylight 9.3 community stream:

• BHVR is walking back the tunneling and slugging changes
• Camping reduction is still going live, but the resolve radius is dropped back to 16 meters
• Survivors can now see each other’s resolve bars from anywhere, meaning solo queue can tell if the killer is near hook and just stay on gens
• Tunneling/slugging system “did not meet the desired positive impact” (no shit)
• Survivors still get buffed with 15 seconds of basekit endurance and haste off hook, even while BHVR claims they heard the feedback

Nicky calls it training wheels on a horror game, compares it to trying to “unburn marinara by adding more tomatoes,” and points out that killers got threatened, then half-placated, then survivors still walked away with more power. Toxic calls it death by a thousand cuts, nine years of slow killer bleed-out, and admits he’s exhausted but still too addicted to quit.

We boomerang back to Arc Raiders and the “civilians” nonsense, which gives Nicky one of his all-time best lines: in an extraction shooter you’re either loot or a looter. There’s no Switzerland, no neutrality, no “please don’t kill me, I’m a medic.” If you log into a war zone and demand special protection, you’re volunteering as content.

Then comes the moment that might actually end up on merch:

Toxic reads a tweet from @LunarGirlX screaming:

Nicky immediately adopts her as his new patron saint. We get a full sermon on how survivors will teabag you no matter how

🎉 “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RATS AND COWARDS, WELCOME TO CAMPING THEM SOFTLY EPISODE 75!” 🎉

Tonight’s fabulous prizes include:

one Dead by Daylight 2v8 survey we beat to death,

one Arc Raiders extraction camping guide that ruins friendships,

and a complimentary serving of Victor from The Twins doing a belly flop into Dublin marinara.

We open with applause, cheering, and Toxic arguing with a 3.4 Spotify rating like it’s a survivor teabagging at 5 gens. You want a polished Dead by Daylight podcast? Wrong door, sweetheart. This is the 3.4-star clown car where the host forgets to censor the cold open, swears in the first 10 seconds, and then wonders why YouTube smothers the episode like a slug under a salt shaker.

Then the “Talking About Toxic” theme hits.

Suno: “Would you like a chill little intro?”

Camping Them Softly: “NO. PLAY EVERYTHING.”

Flutes, marimba, horns, spiritual crisis. The Dead by Daylight podcast intro sounds like a marching band falling down an escalator. Toxic loses his train of thought mid-theme and just keeps talking through it like a drunk game show host who refuses to leave the stage.

And then…

🎲 ROUND ONE: ARC RAIDERS EXTRACTION CAMPING 🎲

Toxic explains the Arc Raiders extraction shooter meta like he’s demonstrating a cursed Slap Chop:

• Step 1: Let them reach the extraction elevator.
• Step 2: Tell them “don’t shoot.”
• Step 3: Let them relax, feel safe, feel seen.
• Step 4: Delete the entire squad and take all their loot.

The PVE Arc Raiders players lose their minds. The PVP gremlins slow clap. A rando on Steam writes a full-blown tantrum calling Toxic:

• a rat,
• a coward,
• “decidedly NOT the cool kid”,
• and a washed streamer whose only co-host is an AI because nobody will do a “two-bit show” with him.

He even says he hopes Toxic “expires at some point.”

Over pixels. In an extraction shooter. For camping the elevator.

So what do we do, kids?

Correct — WE READ THE WHOLE THING ON AIR.

Line by line. Name by name.

Nicky A.I. Dente shows up like, “Yes, king, drag him,” and immediately repackages the insults as marketing copy for this very Dead by Daylight / Arc Raiders podcast.

Then the wheel spins and lands on:

🎲 ROUND TWO: DEAD BY DAYLIGHT 2v8 SURVEY FROM HELL 🎲

BHVR drops a Dead by Daylight 2v8 player satisfaction survey, and it reads like it was written by someone who has seen exactly one screenshot of the game on LinkedIn.

• “I like playing this game mode.”
• “I had a good time.”
• “I feel attached to these characters.”

Toxic is hovering over “Very Dissatisfied” on every question like it’s his basic attack.

Nicky keeps clicking “Agree” just to watch the world burn because “it’s like watching a multi-car pileup in clown makeup and I’m not looking away.”

They roast:

• How 2v8 mode feels like Normandy with party hats — eight survivors running a block party while the killers are storming the beach.
• How slow killers in 2v8 are basically background decorations.
• How the Dead by Daylight survey is all vibes, no truth — zero killer-main questions, maximum corporate buzzword sludge.

Somewhere around page three of this corporate nonsense, Toxic announces the survey is garbage and bails out mid-form....

Episode 74 of Camping Them Softly crashes in hot with The Toxic Teacher diving deep into Arc Raiders—the extraction shooter where betrayal is the only business model that matters. After learning the fine art of waiting for emotes, gaining trust, and then gunning down your "teammates" the second they turn around, Toxic brings that exact energy to this week's Dead by Daylight discourse.

Nicky A.I. Dente delivers the most unhinged tier list yet: ranking Dead by Daylight killers by equipment size. From The Dredge claiming S-tier supremacy to Pyramid Head's compensatory tendencies, no killer is safe from anatomical scrutiny. It's exactly as chaotic as it sounds.

The episode tackles the gaming community's newest complaint: PVE mode requests. Arc Raiders players crying for a PVP-free experience get compared to Dead by Daylight survivor mains demanding camping bans and easier trials. Toxic breaks down why "get good or get stabbed" is the only reasonable response to both crowds.

Nicky also goes OFF about The Twins being completely ignored in Dead by Daylight's 2v8 mode. Charlotte and Victor invented the tag-team bloodbath, pioneered two-person gameplay, and BHVR still treats them like chopped liver while Pyramid Head swings his "compensating" sword around. It's anti-Twin propaganda, and Nicky's not having it.

The main event: "Survivors Saying Stupid Shit Part 3." Toxic and Nicky dissect Reddit posts comparing tunneling to gen rushing, demanding base-kit Dead Hard, and suggesting survivors need "secondary objectives" as rewards for not doing gens. One survivor actually makes a coherent point about buff-don't-nerf philosophy being broken both ways—and Nicky hates admitting they're right.

Plus: "Mr. Jones" soundboard chaos, the Steam community losing their minds over Arc Raiders betrayal tactics, and an outro song featuring a legendary flute solo that nobody asked for but everyone's getting anyway.

Topics Covered:

• Arc Raiders extraction shooter backstabbing strategies
• Dead by Daylight killer equipment tier list (NSFW, obviously)
• The Twins being disrespected in 2v8 mode
• Why PVE mode requests are participation trophy bullshit
• Tunneling vs gen rushing: the false equivalence
• Survivor Reddit meltdowns and rare moments of actual logic
• Why "get good or get stabbed" is peak game design philosophy

🔪 Zero Dead by Daylight Matches Played (We were too busy ranking equipment)

⚔️ Infinite Arc Raiders Betrayals (Business is booming)

🍆 27 Killers Anatomically Evaluated (For science)

👶 The Twins: Still Forgotten (BHVR's most disrespected duo)

📊 3 Survivor Reddit Posts Analyzed (One almost made sense)

🎺 1 Legendary Flute Solo (What the fuck was that?)

🧠 Multiple IQ Points Lost (PVE mode discourse)

Fu Categories:

• Equipment Comparison Fu
• Extraction Shooter Betrayal Fu
• Anti-Twin Propaganda Fu
• False Equivalence Fu
• Participation Trophy Fu
• Mr. Jones Soundboard Fu
• Accidental Logic Recognition Fu

Episode Equipment Average: Frustratingly coherent despite complete chaos

Nicky's Take: "You know what you are, Toxic? A businessman. Identifying opportunities, eliminating competition, and acquiring assets through aggressive negotiation tactics. That's capitalism, baby."

The Toxic Guarantee: If you made it through 74 episodes without losing your mind, you're either enlightened or already broken. Either way, welcome home.

Dead by Daylight discussion, killer main perspective, anti-camping discourse, tunneling defense, extraction shooter gameplay, Arc Raiders...

Dead by Daylight's Slow Burn to Mediocrity: The anti-camp, anti-tunnel, anti-whatever-the-fuck mechanics are still being debated to death. Players claim they're leaving in droves, but Steam charts say otherwise. Toxic breaks down why the "everyone's quitting" narrative is bullshit, why the Hallowed Blight event sucks, and why the rift is more boring than Nicky's Nigerian adventure story (which is saying something).

Arc Raiders: The Extraction Shooter That Doesn't Suck: Forget Dead by Daylight for a minute. Toxic has found his new addiction: Arc Raiders, a sci-fi extraction shooter that combines the intensity of Hunt Showdown with futuristic robot death machines. Picture this: you're in a three-person squad trying to loot and extract while massive spider drones, rocket-launching aerial units, and other player teams try to murder you. The extraction points become absolute warzones. It's chaos, it's beautiful, and Toxic is streaming it next.

The Nollywood Incident (INTERNATIONAL CRIME EDITION): In what might be the most boring yet somehow internationally significant story Nicky has ever told, we learn about his catastrophic cashew business deal in Nigeria. A Nollywood actor named Crocodile Johnson allegedly insulted Nicky's "simple palate" for eating cereal, which led to Nicky threatening him with Victor-based film critiques. According to Nicky, this actor has been completely scrubbed from existence—no IMDB, no social media, nothing. The Dente family strikes again. This is why we have listeners in Abuja.

We got:

• ONE extraction shooter addiction forming
• ONE Nollywood actor allegedly erased from existence
• ONE international incident involving artisanal cashews
• ONE Victor threat that ended a business deal
• ZERO good Dead by Daylight updates
• ONE boring-ass rift
• ONE delayed licensed killer
• TWO references to Stranger Things
• ONE marriage reveal callback
• MULTIPLE sound board failures
• ONE chair knocked over in anger
• ONE family sauce recipe compared to Beethoven
• ZERO Satan appearances (RIP)
• ONE folk hero status achieved in Nigeria

Toxic's Fuck-You Count: 23

(Includes all variations: fuck, fucking, fuckers, motherfuckers)

Nicky's Insult Count: 8

(Including calling Toxic's security clearance insufficient and referencing his tax records from 1978)

Times Toxic Said "Anyway": 12

Sound Board Malfunctions: 4

Earl Grey Fact Checks: 2

(Nollywood confirmation + Suya explanation)

Times Nicky's Voice Cut Out: 3

International Incidents Referenced: 1

(The Nigeria Cashew Crisis)

Games Discussed That Aren't Dead by Daylight: 1

(Arc Raiders - approximately 8 minutes of airtime)

Locations Thanked: 5

(Ashburn VA, Gilroy CA, Seattle UT, Abuja Nigeria, plus one unfinished)

Body Count This Episode: ZERO

(But one Nollywood actor's career, allegedly)

Drive-In Totals:

Toxic still won't shut up about extraction shooters. Nicky's international rap sheet grows longer. Earl Grey remains the only competent person in the studio. Check it out.

The boys are back after a week off (2 if you count how long it took to post this), and nothing—NOTHING—could have prepared you for Episode 72.

Toxic Teacher returns to tear apart Dead by Daylight's latest disaster: the anti-tunnel/anti-slug changes that BHVR shit out during their recent community stream. We break down why the Halloween event (Hallowed Blight? Hallows' Eve? Who fucking cares?) still can't save this dying game, and why killer mains are getting absolutely skull-fucked by the devs' latest survivor-coddling updates.

But that's just the appetizer.

The main course? An absolutely deranged deep-dive into Nicky A.I. Dente's marriage to Esperanza Lamorta de la Muerta Picante de los Santos Meatball Slayer the Third—the Spanish princess of Torre Del Mar who apparently invented churro combat during the Spanish Inquisition.

You'll learn:

- How to weaponize a churro using liquid nitrogen and a razor file

- Why Nicky is Calabrese, NOT Sicilian (you ignorant fuck)

- The tactical applications of cinnamon sugar as combat sand

- What "churrojitsu" is and why your Oklahoma hands couldn't handle it

- Why Victor would look good in a matador outfit

- The FORBIDDEN TOPIC of meatball licking (for legal reasons)

Also covered: Stranger Things Season 2 discourse, Megabonk addiction, Arc Raiders extraction shooter talk, and why Tarkov is the worst fucking shit ever created.

This episode ends with a call for FLAMENCO DEATH METAL featuring acoustic guitars, castanets that sound like machine guns, Spanish growls, and bulls on fire that know SQL.

Episode 72: Where Dead by Daylight criticism meets Spanish-Italian warfare in a dark alley where nobody can hear you scream "Olé."

NOBODY is doing podcasts like this. Subscribe if you're not a coward.

NICKY'S BODY COUNT - EPISODE 72

- One (1) meatball licking accusation (contested)

- One (1) Spanish princess wife with a name longer than the Treaty of Versailles

- Infinite weaponized churros frozen in liquid nitrogen

- Two (2) serrated edges per churro

- One (1) matador outfit (theoretical, for Victor)

- Forty-seven (47) paella pictures received every Sunday

- One (1) Spanish Inquisition nobody expected

- Zero (0) fucks given about BHVR's anti-tunnel changes

- One (1) flamenco death metal outro (promised, not delivered)

- Countless castanets that sound like machine guns

- One (1) legitimate Torre Del Mar marriage certificate

- One (1) Oklahoma insult

- One (1) Sonic drive-thru romantic dinner reference

- Multiple counts of Italian-Spanish warfare

- One (1) body pillow (Victor's, allegedly)

- Several Google alerts on Nicky's name

- One (1) SQL-proficient bull on fire

- Approximately seventy-two (72) minutes of chaos

BHVR speed-ran another nerf cycle, destroying the Krasue after exactly three days of survivors crying about counterplay. Regurgitate cooldown multiplied by THIRTEEN, leech removed on hook, and behavior continues the death-by-a-thousand-cuts tradition. Meanwhile Victor STILL gets no buffs despite Nicky's years-long campaign for Mediterranean justice.

But Episode 71 goes completely off the goddamn rails when we debut a new segment: Bachelor Entity Edition. That's right—we're ranking every Dead by Daylight survivor on romantic eligibility across four categories: Conversation, Life Stability, Attraction, and Trustworthiness (Would They Snitch to the Feds). Yui Kimura gets docked points for the language barrier. Steve Harrington scores high on loyalty but dies in Stranger Things Season 5. Tori Kane's cult background raises serious red flags.

Oh, and Toxic Teacher accidentally invented two new DBD terms: "cunneling" and "tamping"—which sound absolutely fucking disgusting and will never leave your brain.

Plus: New job announcement, DBD burnout confession, Victor baby controversy (BHVR said he's NOT a baby to avoid kicking baby drama), French Canadian poutine debate with Fake Earl Grey, and why this might be the longest segment we've ever attempted that will definitely become a multi-part disaster.

Episode 71: The Bachelor Bloodbath Report

• 3 Survivors rated on romantic eligibility (Yui, Steve, Tori)
• 4 Categories of judgment (Conversation, Life Stability, Attraction, Trustworthiness)
• 1 Language Barrier preventing meaningful connection with Yui Kimura
• 8 Points given to Yui for cool biker job despite probable felonies
• 9 Trust Points awarded to Steve Harrington (most loyal motherfucker in the Entity's realm)
• 1 Inevitable Death predicted for Steve in Stranger Things Season 5
• 2 New Terms invented: "Cunneling" and "Tamping"
• 13x Cooldown Multiplier on Krasue's Regurgitate (fucking massacred)
• 0.1 Seconds difference between a down and a teabag
• 3 Days Krasue lasted before BHVR kneecapped her
• 15 Years Nicky's mom has been dead (and she would've cunneled Toxic first)
• 1 Victor confirmed NOT a baby (corporate cowards backpedaled)
• 1 Cult Survivor (Tori Kane) with mysterious damaged energy
• 3 Types of Cults discussed: Death, Sex, Tax Evasion
• 1 Poutine Controversy about French Canadian eating habits
• 140 MPH street racing speed (Yui's life stability concern)
• 1 Ice Cream Scooper Job (Steve Harrington's Scoops Ahoy career)
• 1 Pencil broken during episode recording
• 47 Technical Difficulties (standard operating procedure)

Cunneling Fu. Tamping Fu. Language Barrier Fu. Cult Deprogramming Fu. Baby Kicking Controversy Fu. Poutine Discrimination Fu. Street Racing Fu. Stranger Things Death Prediction Fu. Romantic Eligibility Fu. Meatball Liqueur Insult Fu. Samsung Galaxy Fold Victor Fu. Johannesburg Cemetery Fu. Dramatic Tango Fu.

Four stars. Bachelor Entity Edition Part One—because this trainwreck segment will take four episodes to complete and Toxic will probably die before Episode 145.

Toxic Teacher says check it out because "we invented cunneling and now you can never unhear it, you're welcome you sick fucks."