WEBVTT 00:00:08.430 --> 00:00:11.470 Hello and welcome back to Illumination, the Disney 00:00:11.470 --> 00:00:14.490 Larkana podcast. My name is Max. I'm Sam. And 00:00:14.490 --> 00:00:18.109 we have a guest. Cliff. Cliff got back in. I 00:00:18.109 --> 00:00:21.309 did. He snuck back in. Back door. He was hanging 00:00:21.309 --> 00:00:24.449 out with us and he just stayed. I did. We didn't 00:00:24.449 --> 00:00:27.510 notice. But he is here and we are excited because 00:00:27.510 --> 00:00:30.109 there's a bunch of new information coming out. 00:00:30.379 --> 00:00:33.920 of the world's broadcast that just happened this 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.420 past weekend at time of recordings at the very 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:39.460 end of June here. And we are talking all about 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:41.939 it. First and foremost, thank you for listening. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.679 And a big congratulations to the first ever Lorkana 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:49.600 champion, DKP himself. The hardest working individual 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:53.399 in the Lorkana space. Just constantly grinding, 00:00:53.859 --> 00:00:56.780 grinding, grinding. You'll never see more grinding 00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:59.880 on a Maui half shark in your entire life. hot 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:03.679 it is this is a children's game this is a children's 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:05.840 game what did i say that wasn't child appropriate 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.920 sam grinding oh i see all right no more grinding 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:13.560 but dkp way to grind moving on from the world's 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.579 coverage we have news and that's what we're really 00:01:16.579 --> 00:01:18.719 excited about right we're news we're not world 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.819 champions we are not none of us are dkp correct 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:24.980 but we would like to be dkp in as much as we 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:28.239 want to win a championship correct So new information 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:31.959 was announced about all of the Disney Lurkana 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:34.659 challenges, with many of them including dates 00:01:34.659 --> 00:01:38.060 and specific locations, which is particularly 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:40.959 exciting. I'm going to run through a quick list. 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.799 Obviously, this information is available, which 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.700 in and of itself is good news. Yes. And we're 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:48.719 having three of these in North America, three 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.959 in the EU, two in Brazil, two in Japan, three 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.680 in China, one in Australia, along with a challenge 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.900 qualifier event. two, we believe, in Southeast 00:01:57.900 --> 00:02:01.680 Asia. Pretty exciting. That is a lot. 16 Disney 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.920 Larkana Challenge events across the world and 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:07.480 some places that have never had them before. 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:11.000 Yes. So more people getting more access to this 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.900 really, really fun game. So we're excited about 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:16.580 that. Some other changes that came up and feel 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:18.819 free to jump in because I only have a few listed 00:02:18.819 --> 00:02:21.740 here. One of the big ones is possibly one of 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:24.740 the most exciting is the format has changed for 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:26.680 all the Disney Larkana. challenges it is now 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:31.560 best of three matches thank god and the finals 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.819 i think is it from the 32 cut up or is it higher 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:38.319 than that where we go five just finals just finals 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.759 just the last two is best of five yeah And he 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.800 can appreciate that, I think, more than us since 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.180 he's had to experience it. Playing best of five 00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:46.800 for the finals, I think, is the best way because 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.060 then you don't lose because you had one bad draw. 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:52.039 Right. Luck becomes less of a factor. Correct. 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.379 Which is really awesome. And the fact that we 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:58.080 don't have to deal with the much maligned two 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:02.099 game format. Which was horrendous. It just created 00:03:02.099 --> 00:03:05.919 so much in my very, very little experience with 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.400 it. Left me with a feeling of emptiness. Like 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.219 I just. don't know. Like a lot of one ones where 00:03:12.219 --> 00:03:16.389 I just wasn't sure. It's not satisfying. There's 00:03:16.389 --> 00:03:18.490 no gratification of I won, and then there's no 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:20.590 really letdown that I lost. I know both of you 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:23.509 helped me test for Vegas doing the two games. 00:03:23.569 --> 00:03:25.750 It feels really bad that at the end of round 00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:27.909 two, you have two points and are effectively 00:03:27.909 --> 00:03:30.729 dead for the day. Yes. You didn't lose a round, 00:03:30.870 --> 00:03:33.550 but you're out. But yeah, you didn't do enough 00:03:33.550 --> 00:03:36.210 because that winning two with the extra points 00:03:36.210 --> 00:03:40.009 was so big in determining if you could proceed 00:03:40.009 --> 00:03:41.830 into the top cut. Three points for the 1 -1. 00:03:41.930 --> 00:03:46.240 Yeah, it's nuts. And seeing that change, knowing 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.860 that Ravensburger has been listening to the community 00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:52.719 is a heartening thing. So I'm really happy that 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:56.360 that change was made. Yes. We are now a two -day 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.759 format. So we are going to finish up our rounds, 00:03:59.860 --> 00:04:01.979 last four of the rounds, I believe. Eight rounds 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:04.879 day one, four rounds day two with a top 32 cut. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.139 Correct. After that. That's a lot of Lorkana. 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:09.599 Yes. So we're not missing out on any of the games 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:11.219 because they really want us to play the Lorkana 00:04:11.219 --> 00:04:12.919 games. Well, guess what? A lot of Lorkana. kind 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:14.800 of games we played yeah feasibly you'll have 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:20.639 to be 1002 yeah or 912 to like really be in like 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.139 better standing yeah that's fair you want to 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:25.139 win which hasn't changed right like that's still 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:28.959 top 32 we don't yet know the size cap for these 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.160 events at time of recording but obviously if 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:33.040 we're talking about like something like a 5k 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.040 and only 32 of those people can make it that's 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.300 a very small percentage right so you've got to 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:41.120 be playing your best there's just no doubt about 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:43.639 it and with it being 12 rounds before the top 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.800 cut we can assume more than a 2000 player cap 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.959 right we don't know that for fact no but Just 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.360 from a previous gaming experience, we can assume 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.639 that if you're playing 12 rounds, it's more than 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.500 2 ,000 players. Working on some calculations, 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.319 right? Grinding them numbers. We can kind of 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.759 figure out that this is approximately the world 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:04.019 we're living in, which is good. I mean, we've 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.740 seen that at the size they were during season 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:10.000 one, they were easy sellouts. Easy sellouts. 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:12.939 So I'm hoping personally for something like a 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:15.560 5K main event. That would be lovely. Now we're 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.370 questioning, can we sell that out? Sure. Less 00:05:18.370 --> 00:05:21.790 DLCs overall is kind of the downside to that, 00:05:21.889 --> 00:05:23.870 but it also means that there's a higher chance 00:05:23.870 --> 00:05:25.829 that these things will sell out at a much larger 00:05:25.829 --> 00:05:28.430 cap. Right. But we, on the bright side, we know 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:31.629 more than 40 days in advance. One of the biggest 00:05:31.629 --> 00:05:35.029 difficulties in terms of season one was short 00:05:35.029 --> 00:05:39.050 notice to make a lot of very important adult 00:05:39.050 --> 00:05:43.089 decisions on deciding travel, lodging. Being 00:05:43.089 --> 00:05:45.430 able to take the time off from work. Being able 00:05:45.430 --> 00:05:47.970 to take the time away from family. Transporting 00:05:47.970 --> 00:05:51.110 the entire family. Things that are very difficult, 00:05:51.269 --> 00:05:56.230 not easy to do on a 40 -ish day notice. Even 00:05:56.230 --> 00:05:58.850 saving up money for it. Right. Like just things 00:05:58.850 --> 00:06:00.589 that you can't do when you just have limited. 00:06:00.649 --> 00:06:02.689 A month and a half. Yeah. I mean, I talked about 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:04.829 it, I think, when we did my Vegas recap. I had 00:06:04.829 --> 00:06:06.930 everything booked for Vegas before I even knew 00:06:06.930 --> 00:06:10.730 I was in. Yes. Flight, hotel, everything. Sam 00:06:10.730 --> 00:06:12.209 and I did not get tickets, but we had a hotel. 00:06:12.269 --> 00:06:13.750 hotel before we found out we weren't getting 00:06:13.750 --> 00:06:16.050 tickets yeah like just because you wanted to 00:06:16.050 --> 00:06:18.310 be able to get things before theoretically they 00:06:18.310 --> 00:06:19.730 went up because of the extra couple thousand 00:06:19.730 --> 00:06:23.069 people buying in right and know that you're able 00:06:23.069 --> 00:06:27.029 to go i think we kept the hotel room for a month 00:06:27.029 --> 00:06:28.709 because you were on the waiting list yeah yes 00:06:28.709 --> 00:06:31.050 we were hopes that we would get there absolutely 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:33.779 for One of the events, I mean, I'm going to jump 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:35.360 a little out of order. I apologize. We know an 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.439 event in June of next year. You're on actually 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.639 in order that we have dates for many of these 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.920 events. EU, NA have event dates. Some of the 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.439 other places are still TBD, but they're getting 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:48.420 their first ever ones. And I'm hoping that they're 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:52.139 continue to give them as much notice as possible. 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.500 Right. Because we're going to have different 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.439 groups, right? Different companies handling a 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.180 lot of the tournament organization. And Ravensburger's 00:06:58.180 --> 00:07:00.879 never done that in those countries. So I'm not 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:02.959 trying to defend them. too, too much. Goodness 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:04.980 knows I give them guff from time to time when 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:06.939 they need it. But I think that the fact that 00:07:06.939 --> 00:07:08.459 they're talking about these, they're planning 00:07:08.459 --> 00:07:10.899 these, they've laid them all out. We know approximately 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:12.860 what the season's going to look like. Be a little 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:15.300 bit mushed this time because of how late things 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:18.259 got pushed from season one. We're working our 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:19.939 way through. It feels like season two very much 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:22.560 is a, if we can hold through this year, we're 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:24.860 going to see what in season three Ravensburger 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:27.899 really has planned for the scope and the breadth 00:07:27.899 --> 00:07:30.860 of their organized play. The real idea. Yep. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:32.899 We're going to see what the full beast is right 00:07:32.899 --> 00:07:35.420 now. It seems like we're getting pieces of it 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:37.120 and we're getting a lot of decisions that are 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.220 made because there's so much. pressure in terms 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:43.279 of time and lack of resources which is okay hey 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:44.920 we're getting something it's better than nothing 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.480 i'm hoping i can do one this season which is 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.420 more than we got to do last season because of 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:51.860 the weird lottery style admission so i'm just 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:53.800 hoping that even if i can't play in the main 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.800 event i'm still allowed to go connect with other 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.439 enjoyers of this game and experience a dlc for 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.199 the first time it does look like it'll be like 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:04.240 that just knowing how past times which is the 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.740 to for north america runs things they've already 00:08:06.740 --> 00:08:09.370 posted that badges will be coming on sale so 00:08:09.370 --> 00:08:11.790 it's not like a main event ticket right so there'll 00:08:11.790 --> 00:08:13.970 be different badges and in general like a badges 00:08:13.970 --> 00:08:16.269 system for magic it's like your baseline badge 00:08:16.269 --> 00:08:18.250 gets you into the main event and allows you to 00:08:18.250 --> 00:08:19.949 be in the venue generally different tiers to 00:08:19.949 --> 00:08:22.189 give you Maybe a couple extra prize wall tickets 00:08:22.189 --> 00:08:25.470 or access to some side events or like a special 00:08:25.470 --> 00:08:27.629 lanyard or like random. Playmat, water bottle. 00:08:27.750 --> 00:08:30.910 Yeah, some tchotchke of some sort to help justify 00:08:30.910 --> 00:08:34.450 the extra cost. Yes, I love when they offer the 00:08:34.450 --> 00:08:37.230 VIP room as one of my favorites. It's usually 00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:38.850 just a room with a couch in it. It's a couch 00:08:38.850 --> 00:08:41.289 room with water cooler in it so you can fill 00:08:41.289 --> 00:08:43.950 your tchotchke and that's it. And that's it. 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:47.529 Yeah. Love that. Yeah. I'm happy to see that 00:08:47.529 --> 00:08:49.850 Eventbrite is probably no longer in the picture. 00:08:49.870 --> 00:08:53.230 sure it does seem like that yes yeah yeah time 00:08:53.230 --> 00:08:55.669 of recording it seems like past times past times 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.519 like cliff said handles a lot of different card 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:00.360 games including match the gathering so they are 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.580 no stranger to events of this size and making 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:06.320 sure that and i'm sure ravensburg are still feeling 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.940 the sting from the community over how season 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:11.419 one went in terms of the amount of people that 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:14.399 wanted to go to a dlc versus the amount of people 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.840 who actually were able to attend a dlc and like 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.899 i know there's a lot of current fan outrage online 00:09:20.899 --> 00:09:24.220 like about where the locations of the dlcs and 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:27.519 the black of total amount of DLCs. But we have 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:29.700 to remember that Ravensburger just hired a whole 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:32.059 new team to help handle this stuff, what, two 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:34.559 months ago? Three -ish, like two to three months 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:36.820 ago. They haven't been in place that long. I'm 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:39.120 generally a very cynical person. Max can attest 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.620 to this, but I think in this case, we have to 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:43.639 give them a little bit of leeway just to see 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.320 how this plays out. They've been more transparent 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.559 than they ever were about anything. And we know 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:52.299 about an event a year away. It's not that bad 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:55.470 to plan for an event 300 and... 60 days away 00:09:55.470 --> 00:10:00.529 as opposed to 40 ish yes it's a big change and 00:10:00.529 --> 00:10:03.570 also just in terms of last in season one we had 00:10:03.570 --> 00:10:06.789 six in north america but the largest one was 00:10:06.789 --> 00:10:10.009 a little over 2 000 people where if these caps 00:10:10.009 --> 00:10:12.789 are much larger 5 000 people for just the main 00:10:12.789 --> 00:10:15.509 event you're just about as many people who are 00:10:15.509 --> 00:10:17.750 allowed to participate in a dlc obviously that 00:10:17.750 --> 00:10:20.629 strongly diminishes your chances of performing 00:10:20.629 --> 00:10:23.309 at a high level at a because luck's a huge factor 00:10:23.309 --> 00:10:24.889 you'd be the best player in the room but when 00:10:24.889 --> 00:10:26.289 there's that many players in the room you're 00:10:26.289 --> 00:10:28.370 going to draw bad every now and occasionally 00:10:28.370 --> 00:10:30.330 right you're going to make a suboptimal decision 00:10:30.330 --> 00:10:31.909 every now and again and it's going to get punished 00:10:31.909 --> 00:10:33.990 and that further punishes you when there's that 00:10:33.990 --> 00:10:36.409 many other illumineers in the room but at least 00:10:36.409 --> 00:10:39.289 everybody gets to register and play in a large 00:10:39.289 --> 00:10:42.230 volume which is exciting one of the other changes 00:10:42.230 --> 00:10:46.700 is how the prize cards are given out Yes. Per 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:49.320 win right now. Well, no, it's for participating. 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.120 You get the Pegasus. The Pegasus. Prior to you 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.039 had to wait until round three to get the Dragonfire. 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.259 Right. And then it was top 128 got the Let It 00:10:57.259 --> 00:11:01.940 Go. Top 64 got one. 32. Yep. Stout hearted Rapunzel. 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:04.559 Yeah. And the Playmat. And then. Yes. And then 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.480 the Mickey. Yeah. But now it's after playing 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.220 in round five, you get the Mulan. Yes. And then 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:14.190 if you make top 32, you get the Simba. Yes. A 00:11:14.190 --> 00:11:16.570 big deal, too. I think we're going to see the 00:11:16.570 --> 00:11:19.509 value of the Mulan be a lot less than the Letico 00:11:19.509 --> 00:11:21.809 was, but we're also going to see that Simba worth 00:11:21.809 --> 00:11:23.450 probably a little bit more than the Cinderella 00:11:23.450 --> 00:11:25.649 Stout -Hearted would have been, closer probably 00:11:25.649 --> 00:11:28.529 to something like a Rapunzel. And my other hope 00:11:28.529 --> 00:11:30.370 would be, since they're sticking with the prize 00:11:30.370 --> 00:11:33.200 wall, is... the amount of prize wall tickets 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.700 you can earn for the main event. Yes. It was 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:37.980 a little frustrating. If you had to get to 30 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:40.879 points in the tournament to get 20 prize wall 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.679 tickets, and that equated to just one of the 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.039 promos. Right. You spent effectively an entire 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.720 day to get less prizes than if you just ground 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.220 out side events. Exactly. Like Olivia and I played 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:54.840 in three side events, got first and second in 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.580 each one, and in less than two hours got 1751 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:01.419 prize wall tickets in two hours. Right. I played 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:03.480 an entire day for $20, and that was the most 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.940 tickets you could get. Right, exactly. Huge difference, 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.019 and obviously the price difference. And also, 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.580 that was at Vegas, when if you kind of roll back 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:12.759 time to Atlanta, it was even worse. Where the 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.059 really awesome Cinderella Stout -Hearted playmat 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:17.720 was just basically unachievable without some 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.879 shady dealings for other people's prize tickets. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.879 People going in together for it. Yeah, the thing 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:25.120 that they said not to do. For all of the shortcomings, 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:27.379 and a little bit of the ones we alluded to, I 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:30.720 will say that my hat is off to... Ravensburger 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.759 for addressing so many of the previous issues 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:38.240 already and we still have more information yet 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.759 to come about some of these events and we're 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:44.460 also in exciting news getting an infinity format 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:47.559 DLC as one of these usually it's going to be 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:51.100 the last one in the grouping if there's three 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:53.980 if there's three the third if you have one will 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:58.360 be an infinity format DLC which is really cool 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.049 to see they've all pull back the previous we're 00:13:01.049 --> 00:13:03.149 not sure but we think maybe we're gonna continue 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:05.799 the band list from Core constructed into Infinity. 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.860 We see that's kind of evaporated. Obviously, 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.940 Bucky is the unfortunate receiver of all of the 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.759 punishment, as that poor squirrel always will 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:17.059 be. R .I .P. And now we do see that Hiram, Flabbersome, 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:19.740 Toymaker, and Fortisphere are unbanned or will 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:22.960 not be put on a banned list for Infinity at the 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.000 start of the format. Obviously, data will change 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.059 things. From their conversation about it, it 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:31.539 feels like they do have their crosshairs pointed 00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:34.950 firmly at Hiram. Yes. I feel like Fortisphere 00:13:34.950 --> 00:13:39.070 just was an unfair bystander to be banning. That 00:13:39.070 --> 00:13:41.549 blue steel deck was just operating on such a 00:13:41.549 --> 00:13:43.350 different axis than anything could answer that 00:13:43.350 --> 00:13:45.490 it just was, yeah, it was collateral damage. 00:13:45.870 --> 00:13:48.009 But it's at least nice to know that they're going 00:13:48.009 --> 00:13:50.789 to have their own ban list. They've pointed out 00:13:50.789 --> 00:13:52.710 that they will remove things from a ban list 00:13:52.710 --> 00:13:54.830 because Hiram's not just starting on a ban list. 00:13:55.090 --> 00:13:57.309 Correct. Yeah, I think keeping your ban lists 00:13:57.309 --> 00:14:00.429 evergreen is a great thing to do because as games 00:14:00.429 --> 00:14:03.250 evolve, power level changes. So even though... 00:14:03.309 --> 00:14:05.830 Hiram is extremely powerful now. There might 00:14:05.830 --> 00:14:08.429 be a time far flung from now, a couple years 00:14:08.429 --> 00:14:10.009 from now, if they do end up adding him to the 00:14:10.009 --> 00:14:12.850 banlist for infinity. Maybe he's not that bad 00:14:12.850 --> 00:14:15.350 and maybe he just is too expensive and too clunky 00:14:15.350 --> 00:14:18.330 for the game anymore. So he's very safe to unban 00:14:18.330 --> 00:14:20.110 or at least test unban. Right. Yeah. You pull 00:14:20.110 --> 00:14:21.549 him off the ban list and you see, oh, literally 00:14:21.549 --> 00:14:24.549 people are trying and it's actively bad. Yes. 00:14:24.649 --> 00:14:27.509 He's 100 % A -OK. Yep. Totally safe to do. So 00:14:27.509 --> 00:14:28.889 yeah, that's exciting that they're supporting 00:14:28.889 --> 00:14:30.889 the Infinity format and not just saying, hey, 00:14:30.929 --> 00:14:32.950 there's this other thing that you can do. It's 00:14:32.950 --> 00:14:35.409 for side events. Yeah. Yeah. It's really nice 00:14:35.409 --> 00:14:37.169 that they're actually supporting it and you're 00:14:37.169 --> 00:14:40.269 seeing it in a large scale event and not just 00:14:40.269 --> 00:14:43.080 a side event. Yes. My fear was strongly because 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.620 of the way they're rolling out the whole new 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:46.539 world promos, the non -foils, that they were 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:48.440 like, oh, we encourage the stores to do an infinity 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:50.299 format, but we're not offering any additional 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:51.940 prizing for it. It's like, oh, okay, this is 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:53.600 just going to be hardcore swept under the rug. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.100 But again, this is people, I can't emphasize 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.659 this enough, one takeaway from this podcast episode, 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.399 be patient. Wait and see before you start making 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.529 leaps and assumptions and start. pouring out 00:15:04.529 --> 00:15:08.289 all of your strong guttural reactions on the 00:15:08.289 --> 00:15:10.990 internet for everybody else to see. Take a moment, 00:15:11.070 --> 00:15:13.830 compose yourself, think about what it is. Think 00:15:13.830 --> 00:15:16.129 about can this change over time or will this 00:15:16.129 --> 00:15:18.470 possibly change? And let me just take a breath, 00:15:18.690 --> 00:15:21.700 take a night, take a sleep and figure out. how 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:24.000 bad or good this is or what potential or maybe 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.879 why this decision was made or what potential 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.460 could come of it. We need to come together and 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:31.720 try to work together to enact change. And I think 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.580 we have done that effectively. And I think Ravensburger 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:35.740 has been insanely receptive to it. But I think 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:38.059 you need to conduct yourself in a manner that 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:40.320 is respectful of Ravensburger the way they've 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:43.580 respected our opinions. So just be patient. Let 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:46.659 them work. They have people now to help do these 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:49.399 things. We're getting very quick responses, even 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.149 if the response is we are working on. it we have 00:15:51.149 --> 00:15:54.750 no further news at this time you're being acknowledged 00:15:54.750 --> 00:15:57.629 it's a lot more than proof before right it's 00:15:57.629 --> 00:15:59.330 light years better than it has been which means 00:15:59.330 --> 00:16:01.090 that they've been trying and that's at the end 00:16:01.090 --> 00:16:03.750 of the day the best thing they can be doing for 00:16:03.750 --> 00:16:05.429 us in the health of the game right like i can 00:16:05.429 --> 00:16:07.389 like even say like after doing vegas they asked 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:09.470 everyone for like a recap or like thoughts and 00:16:09.470 --> 00:16:11.370 opinions on it like i got an email i filled out 00:16:11.370 --> 00:16:14.750 a very very long and detailed issues things i 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:16.789 was happy about and what does he change if when 00:16:16.789 --> 00:16:18.789 past times it announces milwaukee which is the 00:16:18.789 --> 00:16:31.250 first one as having a 5 000 player cap at a Right, 00:16:35.149 --> 00:16:37.590 exactly. We don't know how all of the tournament 00:16:37.590 --> 00:16:39.450 organizing went. We don't know how contracts 00:16:39.450 --> 00:16:41.570 were laid out. We don't know what obligations 00:16:41.570 --> 00:16:44.450 were made. We just don't know. So be thankful 00:16:44.450 --> 00:16:46.850 in a way that we have something at least to grab 00:16:46.850 --> 00:16:48.690 onto in season two. And I do think that we're 00:16:48.690 --> 00:16:52.000 going to see more of what the The entirety is 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.779 for their plan for organized play come the next 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:56.559 season. Because like a worse thing could have 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.700 been, hey, we're going to work on this, but season 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:01.580 two is not happening until next year. You're 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:04.619 going to have nine months of nothing continuing, 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:07.099 like another nine months, and then we'll roll 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:09.559 it out. We at least have like a stopgap kind 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:11.700 of feeling. And that's sort of what this feels 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:14.019 like. Absolutely. It's an attempt, right? And 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:16.079 there are other things we can see moving forward. 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:18.299 We've been talking a lot about this since the 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:21.119 announcement is the concept. of something like 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:24.740 an event that will feed into a DLC or a way to 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:28.700 gain points on your newly added Ravensburger 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:30.900 Playhub account so that it can help you with 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:33.779 things like maybe early round buys. Or we've 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:36.259 seen now that challenge related events that are 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:38.740 happening. Ravensburger supported events. Are 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.759 going to include, it seems like, compensation 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.980 for travel and lodging, which is amazing. What 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:46.920 is effectively an invite to the DLC. Yes. Travel 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.000 and lodging. Crazy, right? Right. Even if it 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.000 doesn't cover your whole flight and hotel, that's 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.819 a massive weight off of somebody's back. Yes. 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:56.599 That makes what was impossible likely to happen, 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:59.180 which is amazing. So seeing things like that 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:01.200 happen at certain point levels, even if they 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:03.420 don't want to buy into the system of buys, which 00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:05.700 I know the community is not always a fan of, 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.519 I think that comes with over time you learn why 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.259 buys are important and what buys can do. And 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:13.579 I think that there is a value that can be added 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:16.240 to events like locals or store champs that can 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.769 echo. and push people to try to make these attempts 00:18:19.769 --> 00:18:22.349 at a higher competitive level. And I think that 00:18:22.349 --> 00:18:24.309 any way you can encourage that amongst people 00:18:24.309 --> 00:18:26.630 who may be too nervous to want to do that otherwise 00:18:26.630 --> 00:18:29.170 is something to be encouraged. So I'd like to 00:18:29.170 --> 00:18:31.869 see what understructure can support this DLC 00:18:31.869 --> 00:18:33.910 moving forward. Are they just going to do more 00:18:33.910 --> 00:18:35.890 of them? Or are they going to keep it to a smaller 00:18:35.890 --> 00:18:37.869 number, maybe a quarterly number or something 00:18:37.869 --> 00:18:40.829 in every region, but also create somewhat smaller 00:18:40.829 --> 00:18:42.490 events, something along the lines of what we 00:18:42.490 --> 00:18:44.470 see at the store level, at Charlie's Collectibles, 00:18:44.529 --> 00:18:46.730 Southside, some of these great stores. supporting 00:18:46.730 --> 00:18:49.329 100 to 200 player large scale events exactly 00:18:49.329 --> 00:18:52.869 stores are fronting all the prizes yes it costs 00:18:52.869 --> 00:18:55.450 ravensburger next to nothing to be like hey you 00:18:55.450 --> 00:18:59.210 can add an invite to upcoming dlcx yep and the 00:18:59.210 --> 00:19:02.289 winner gets a ticket in exactly it's free almost 00:19:02.289 --> 00:19:04.730 ostensibly for them to do this right so i'm hoping 00:19:04.730 --> 00:19:06.890 they do something like that because why not use 00:19:06.890 --> 00:19:09.009 the community that's been supporting the game 00:19:09.009 --> 00:19:11.289 these i will say every single time they bring 00:19:11.289 --> 00:19:14.539 up the game they wholeheartedly thank these hobby 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:16.960 stores and game stores that are supporting and 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.900 keeping the game alive. They recognize that they 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:21.099 truly are the heartbeat of Lurkana and they absolutely 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:24.380 are. I want to believe that they will be supported 00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:26.240 in that way because it's such a small lift from 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:28.220 Ravensburger because these stores are already 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:30.259 doing a great job. World Class Cards, Charlie's 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.960 Collectibles, Southside, all these places are 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.500 just doing an insane job. Close to us, Safari 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:36.859 Zone definitely gets a shout out for this. Encounter 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:39.400 Games, all these places just do a killer job 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.400 already and being able to back them more and 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:44.529 say, hey, we appreciate what you're doing here's 00:19:44.529 --> 00:19:46.710 a way we hope we can get more people into your 00:19:46.710 --> 00:19:49.329 store buying more off your shelves as a thank 00:19:49.329 --> 00:19:51.230 you man that's killer and that's what it's all 00:19:51.230 --> 00:19:53.569 about truly right i think it it would be cool 00:19:53.569 --> 00:19:56.369 to have an event slightly more competitive too 00:19:56.369 --> 00:19:59.109 than a store champs yes but still not the like 00:19:59.109 --> 00:20:01.710 dlc level i feel like the store champs they rolled 00:20:01.710 --> 00:20:04.369 back the hyper competitiveness a little bit yes 00:20:04.369 --> 00:20:07.099 with the non -foil promos going to and that's 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:09.500 fine everyone gets a cool looking card yep awesome 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:12.660 like that is 100 needed so it's less feels bad 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:14.400 if you're not top aiding or feeling like you 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.940 have to top eight to get the thing you really 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:18.019 want but i think the community also really wants 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:20.259 a little bit more competitive because then maybe 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.779 you have less people traveling for the store 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:24.400 champs yes so your store champs can stay a little 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:26.420 more local And now you just have people more 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:28.259 like, now I'm only really interested in traveling 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:30.700 for these events that give me a invite to the 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:33.220 huge event. Absolutely. There's great conversations 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:35.859 to be had at the top tables at a store champs. 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:37.759 If there's a point system, right? Where it's 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.440 like, oh man, I need a few more points and I 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:42.400 can get my travel for the next DLC. The other 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.759 person goes, I have no intention of going to 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.779 DLC, but I need that play mat. So if you, I'll 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:47.680 take the mat if you take the points. Right. Awesome. 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:49.900 Yeah, let's do it. That's great. Everybody's 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:52.279 walking away happy. There's no further. It's 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.960 not like we're demanding more product. There's 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:56.740 less cutting. up of top play mats because everybody 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:59.039 truly is getting something they want. And that 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:00.920 just really helps. And I can't imagine the lift 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:03.539 is too big from a tech side for a card .io to 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:05.920 add a little section for points for us to track 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.900 for all these events that we're playing and add 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.819 something to locals. It just, it makes the people 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:12.920 who are grinding and want to get better, who 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.539 are investing time to do so, get something out 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:17.279 of it, which is huge. I think the other neat 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.700 thing that like the buys or as we would refer 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:23.019 to them, sleep in specials can get you is if 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:25.779 somebody pro where like you're excited to see 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:28.660 this person show up and start playing where like 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:30.819 you showed up you you don't have the sleep and 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:32.460 special but you three owed you're starting around 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.200 three and you get paired against this pro that 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:36.319 like you now you really want to see so it gives 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.839 you a better opportunity like they don't have 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.640 to worry so much about losing around one or two 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:42.099 because of bad draws or whatever so like it establishes 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:44.099 the pro is like somebody to look up to and to 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.920 chase yes as like a something that the game can 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:49.680 provide absolutely you can be the professional 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:53.319 right it helps so much in terms of making all 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:57.049 of your games matter. but it helps promote getting 00:21:57.049 --> 00:21:59.369 out and playing the game more. It gets more people 00:21:59.369 --> 00:22:01.569 into game stores. If you want the game stores 00:22:01.569 --> 00:22:03.569 to support your game, support the game stores. 00:22:03.609 --> 00:22:05.890 I think something like an understructure in a 00:22:05.890 --> 00:22:09.549 point system with a slightly larger style, regional, 00:22:09.650 --> 00:22:11.690 whatever you want to call it, that can help really 00:22:11.690 --> 00:22:14.750 feed into the DLCs, which feed into Nationals, 00:22:14.750 --> 00:22:17.109 which feed into Worlds, is such an elegant system. 00:22:17.190 --> 00:22:19.630 It's time -tested. We know other games have done 00:22:19.630 --> 00:22:22.210 this. It just works really well, and it does 00:22:22.210 --> 00:22:25.349 look to me like Lorkana is moving. in that direction 00:22:25.349 --> 00:22:27.410 they tried to do something very different initially 00:22:27.410 --> 00:22:29.829 realized that's like you know what probably is 00:22:29.829 --> 00:22:31.930 a time -honored tradition amongst many games 00:22:31.930 --> 00:22:35.410 for a reason let's try to take our cool ideas 00:22:35.410 --> 00:22:38.089 and innovations but also let's try to be a little 00:22:38.089 --> 00:22:40.710 bit more traditional at the same time Yeah. So 00:22:40.710 --> 00:22:43.150 I'm excited. I think this was insane news. I 00:22:43.150 --> 00:22:45.950 couldn't have come away more positive about it. 00:22:46.009 --> 00:22:48.390 Do I wish there were other things as well? Absolutely. 00:22:48.470 --> 00:22:50.869 Do I wish I had to look farther beyond the veil? 00:22:50.970 --> 00:22:53.569 Of course I do. Will I be patient and just continue 00:22:53.569 --> 00:22:56.150 to hope for the best and prepare for the worst? 00:22:56.269 --> 00:22:58.789 Yeah, I will. I'm no fool. It does feel like, 00:22:58.829 --> 00:23:00.289 and I think we talked about it a little bit yesterday, 00:23:00.609 --> 00:23:03.130 it feels like they're trying to move how the 00:23:03.130 --> 00:23:06.150 seasons line up. Yes. To where it feels like 00:23:06.150 --> 00:23:07.990 Worlds is going to end up ultimately being somewhere 00:23:07.990 --> 00:23:09.990 in November, December. Right. And then whatever 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:12.390 the next season is, we'll start in January. Like 00:23:12.390 --> 00:23:14.190 they want it to be just on the normal yearly 00:23:14.190 --> 00:23:16.769 calendar. Absolutely. Which makes sense. Yeah. 00:23:16.809 --> 00:23:18.450 And it's just easier for everyone. Right. You're 00:23:18.450 --> 00:23:19.789 home for the holidays. You're doing all that 00:23:19.789 --> 00:23:22.170 kind of stuff. So you get to just relax and watch 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:23.970 people play the game, which is really cool. You 00:23:23.970 --> 00:23:26.509 can assume season three will start January of 00:23:26.509 --> 00:23:28.650 27. Pretty exciting. Sam, what do you think as 00:23:28.650 --> 00:23:30.849 a newer player to all this? It's the Cliff and 00:23:30.849 --> 00:23:33.150 I understand all this stuff and we kind of see 00:23:33.150 --> 00:23:35.750 the picture forming. How does this make you feel 00:23:35.750 --> 00:23:37.490 looking at it from a new player perspective? 00:23:37.970 --> 00:23:40.200 I'm excited. I'm excited at the chance that it 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.720 seems like we'll actually be able to get into 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:45.160 one of these DLCs. At least that's, you know, 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:47.359 our hopes. So that's exciting. I wish there was 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:50.480 a couple more in the North America that we could 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:53.000 try to get to. But I'm happy with what we have. 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:55.039 And like you guys said, we'll wait and see and 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.579 be hopeful. And you have time. Oh, yeah, definitely. 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.640 It's nice. It's nice to be able to be like, oh, 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:01.740 well, we're going to just try to go to Richmond 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:04.779 in January. And we have six months to save up 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:07.779 and plan and put in our PTO. Yeah, like I don't 00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.980 have to. worry about it i can save up vacation 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:11.099 time like i know i really want to play in the 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:14.160 infinity one so i know i'm saving for indie really 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:16.819 deep look behind the illumination veil is as 00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:19.519 soon as the news was announced on sunday sunday 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.700 night all of us had our hotel booked right yeah 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:23.720 so we were already ready for richmond ahead of 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:26.079 that it's easy we paid a slight fee to be able 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.000 to refund the make it refundable yeah make the 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.019 hotel rooms refundable so it was a very small 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:33.680 cost if we don't end up being able to get tickets 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.740 once we get tickets our plan will be making sure 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:38.000 we affirm all our travel and put in our pto at 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.160 work plenty of time and even like the shorter 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.359 side like for myself i'm theoretically trying 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:45.079 to get to milwaukee by the end of world i had 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:47.940 flights a train from the airport to the place 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.880 and a hotel already sorted out and was telling 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.140 everyone how much it would cost to do what i 00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:55.910 was doing We're all really, really excited, which 00:24:55.910 --> 00:24:58.549 I think, if nothing else, is an indicator that 00:24:58.549 --> 00:25:00.369 at least what they're doing is working for some 00:25:00.369 --> 00:25:02.069 of the player base, right? We're some of it. 00:25:02.069 --> 00:25:04.210 A very, very small percentage, but we're some 00:25:04.210 --> 00:25:06.269 of it. So I think that they're making a lot of 00:25:06.269 --> 00:25:08.190 positive decisions. They're making mistakes, 00:25:08.410 --> 00:25:10.130 but they're willing to go, hey, we recognize 00:25:10.130 --> 00:25:12.410 this mistake, and we don't intend to repeat that 00:25:12.410 --> 00:25:14.430 mistake, which is the hallmark. And I know it's 00:25:14.430 --> 00:25:16.190 a little off topic, and I apologize for the moment 00:25:16.190 --> 00:25:18.029 on this, but they announced that they know they're 00:25:18.029 --> 00:25:19.930 going to be trying better for set champs cards. 00:25:20.210 --> 00:25:23.029 Yes. Making them ones that they assume the player. 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:25.279 base will want more absolutely not just random 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.920 card in set that's the first time i've heard 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:29.599 you excited to jam a set champs i'm so ready 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.839 for fabled yeah well yeah that maleficent matt 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:35.160 i don't even know what the this one is This is 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:38.099 Jafar. Yeah, it is. It's the Jafar, you know, 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:41.299 the High Lord of Lurkana. Sure, whatever. Is 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.180 it High Lord? Is it Grand Illusionist? I don't 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.720 know. Something like that. I don't know. I don't 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.059 know. Who cares? I'm sorry, I'm a bad Lurkana 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:48.579 player. I've literally, I don't even think, no, 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.039 I didn't have it in any limited pool, so I've 00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.380 never played that card. I don't even know what 00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:53.039 it is. It costs five and it's uninkable. And 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:55.900 a quest for three. High Sultan of Lurkana? High 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:57.819 Sultan of Lurkana. Okay. I'm the best of us. 00:25:57.819 --> 00:26:00.519 I just want Maleficent, the Grand Poobah of Lurkana. 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.480 So I can stack four of them up to establish dominance. 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.319 For myself, it's the first time I felt like happy 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.819 or optimistic about where the game's going. They've 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:11.160 had to take some steps back with things and it 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:14.619 felt terrible, but it feels like they're actually 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:16.200 trying to do the right thing by the player base. 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.859 We just have to see it through. Could not agree 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.900 more. Yep. So there's only one thing left to 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:23.440 do with all of these cards. We need to win a 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.220 lot of these big events. Not deck out. We need 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.960 to win a lot of these. Not deck out, but more 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.880 importantly, we need to... Keep questing.