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AggroChat #412 – Being Sudoku Famous

November 13, 2022 by Belghast

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo

In this show, we start off as we have the last several weeks with a discussion about the Corporate Collapse Speedrun that is Muskrat and Twitter. We don’t want to talk about it… but each week brand new levels of stupid nonsense keep happening. Bel talks about his mission to document “camps” and gear drops in New World and how he is having to unlearn some of his “Roleplaying Server” biases. Tam talks a bit about Battletech, Mechwarrior, and the mods that are currently available for both. Kodra talks a bit about being “Sudoku Famous” and having a puzzle featured on Cracking the Cryptic. Ash talks about revisiting Tactics Ogre Reborn now that it is actually on a platform he currently can play on. Tam talks about the Star Citizen Intergalactic Aerospace Expo coming up this week and some of the progress made for open worlds and race tracks. Finally, Bel makes a plea that if you are not watching Andor… you should get on that because it might be the best Star Wars to date.

Topics Discussed

Corporate Collapse Speedrun Week 3
- Fun with Corporate Account Impersonation
- Real-World Stock Price Consequences
New World Loot Drop Camps
- Documenting Easy 590 Weapons
- Unlearning Roleplaying Server Bias
Battletech, Mechwarrior, and Mod Support
Sudoku with Bases
- Kodra was featured on Cracking the Cryptic
Tactics Ogre Reborn
Star Citizen: IAE
Watch Andor Please

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AggroChat #411 – Twitter Thanos Snap

November 6, 2022 by Belghast

This week was one of those shows when I was not entirely certain we had enough material. Yet in spite of that… we once again ran over our intended hour-long recording time. We start off the show with Ash engaging in some Bel-like mechanical nonsense and attempting to repurpose a dedicated dance pad into something more universal. From there we dive into some discussion about what is going on at Twitter this week and how it feels like somewhere between a guild falling apart and the closing of an MMORPG. Kodra talks about Overhaul… which is a roguelike Sudoku. He completely lost Bel when he got to the Sudoku part. From there we dive into a discussion about how weird and frustrating it can be to come back to a game after being gone for a very long time, and how none of them really do a great job of re-onboarding you.

Topics Discussed

Beethoven Virus
- Adapting a dedicated dance pad to general purposes
Twitter and the Thanos Snap
- Speedrunning the Death of a Company
- Feels like playing a dying MMORPG
- Mastodon doesn’t want to be the next Twitter
Overhaul
- The Roguelike Sudoku
Returning to Games
- Games Do a Bad Job of Re-Onboarding

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AggroChat #410 – Enter the Pitt

October 30, 2022 by Belghast

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Tonight we have a bit of a weird show, where we start off talking about the nonsense happening over on Twitter with the Muskrat purchase of the company going through. Bel talks a bit about social media alternatives and how the administrators on the Fediverse/Mastodon instances are straining a bit under the load. From there we talk a bit about the community being angry at Magic, and Bel’s adventures in buying the cheapest Wish dot com proxies he could find. We continue to talk about New World and how Themiscyra is now open for business again. There are a number of interesting changes on the PTR and we talk through those. Finally, we land on Fallout 76, the game the other half of the show has been enjoying. The crew playing makes their way into The Pitt expedition and talks a bit about that experience.

Topics Discussed

Twitter Nonsense
- Muskrat Buys Dumpster Fire
- Fediverse Admins are Tired
Magic Debacle Continued
- Bel’s Adventures in Cheap Proxies
- Secret Lair Frustrations
- Magic Vegas Frustrations
New World
- Themiscyra Open for Business
- Gathering still the best
- Weird level-band problems
- Upcoming changes
Fallout 76
- Entering The Pitt

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AggroChat #409 – Themiscyra Lockdown

October 23, 2022 by Belghast

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

This week we had a full house with everyone on the podcast. With the way, life has been lately this has been a rare treasure. We start off with some talk about Grace’s experiences in Torchlight Infinite and Kaichu. Ash talks a bit about Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom and how the entire Wonder Boy series is nonsense. Thalen shares his thoughts about the launch of Marvel Snap. Kodra talks a bit about Mario and Rabbids Spark of Hope and how wrong it is that the Rabbids can now talk. From there we dive into the New World Re-Roll and how in spite of our best intentions we still could not get everyone on the same damned server. Finally, we wrap up with a little talk about the not-MyLittlePony fighting game called Them’s Fightin Herds.