Zip file is in the WEATHERVANE AMA in the O/U Discord Afterparty fyi

Step 1. Get here early
Step 2. Accidentally get 50,000 unearned followers

Not currently but I can throw it up somewhere tomorrow probably

Thank you! One of my beliefs is that tools should be themed (+ have decent UX) if you want people to engage, a crunchy clacky interface is so much more engaging than a terminal or spreadsheet (no shame or shade 🙏)

We learned a few neat things: Block Security Ratings were absolutely busted. You could defend a 100 SR Block with a handful of squads to the point it was practically un-takeable. Single upgraded Tempest units were going 1v10+ in some cases. Default units hurt themselves more than they hurt enemies 💀

This makes so much sense

a friend of mine was on the multiplayer game bafta panel and had to chain smoke playing like 6 live service games

the comments on that were soooo funny. high ranked players were picking apart individual plays

I see you enjoyed my allegorical story about Venice. Would you like me to generate 54 more?

Its finding its groove but there are a few recent episodes that really hit upon the same vibe. Theres a 3 part episode about an illegal cat medication trafficking Facebook group in the US that felt like a lost Reply All ep, and one about AI generated songs that goes places

guy who was on his phone during the road safety lecture: "yeah they said if 'someone dear' runs in front of your car at night you should keep driving straight on full speed"

🥰🥰

#over/under is a currently-running 1400-player wargame played entirely on Discord

players are divided into factions with conflicting goals + themes. besides 'faction bosses', players' actions are limited to voting on stuff, earning money + doing text-based roleplay

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Have you played Skin Deep? It's not quite this but if you stay crawling in vents too long, you sneeze from the dust and give away your location (as well as two dozen other emergent things)

Congrats! 🎉

As a paying subscriber there's nothing I want less than one of you forcing yourselves to play 6 hours of [insert new AAA release here] that you have zero interest in, just to have a lukewarm podcast take

yeeaaah i think at a certain point you just have to accept if you didn't force yourself to acquire the taste at like 18-22 its not happening 😩