Diecast 359: Mailbagging is Considered Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Channel: Paul Spooner
Date: 2021-10-25

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Show Notes
00:00 Filament
15:29 Mailbag: New World Drama
20:21 New World Currency crisis
32:27 Mailbag: Tech Ahead of its Time
45:35 Mailbag: Evolving Tastes
47:48 Mailbag: Cosmetic Appeal
54:45 Wrapping Up
55:14 Outro Music

New World Drama
Dear Diecast,

So, the Syndicate faction (purple) on my New World server just had their first bit of major drama today—the guild leader of The Olympians, the guild that has held Everfall since the game started and thus was a very rich, popular guild, took THE ENTIRE guild treasury and switched factions with some of their guild officers, then immediately used that treasury to declare war on Everfall.

Faction chat is blowing up with the story, the guild—now led by someone who hasn’t been on in days, so there’s no one to pull the group together—is hemorrhaging members, and my guild may just wind up the new premiere area controlling guild as a result.

It’s an interesting server—there’s a major PVP Syndicate guild that doesn’t go after territories on their own.  What they do, is they hire themselves out to the guilds that DO have territories to fight in their wars.  From what I’ve seen, they haven’t lost one yet.  We actually just hired them to defend OUR territory, because we’re getting attacked by a major PVP guild and don’t have enough high-level players yet.

The drama kinda reminds me of what you were talking about with your Goldshire post, and makes me think New World is, indeed, going to be pretty successful.

Have you seen any drama on your server(s)?

I’m on Argadnel btw if you’d like to come join in the fun.

Jennifer Snow


Tech Ahead of its Time
Dear Diecast,

I hope you're doing well! Recently, I watched a video about Sir Clive Sinclair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJqOt2SOls) - a British inventor who made micro-computers and other electronics in the '70s and '80s. His company ultimately went under, because they made an electric scooter that was just too ahead of its time. This made me wonder - have there been any products - could be both hardware or software - that you think were too ahead of their time, and - had they been made a decade or two later would have killed it?

Keep Being Awesome,
Lino


Evolving Tastes
Dear Diecast,

I was wondering if any of you have already watched the currently
newest popular series, called 'Squid game'. It's the type of
realistic-ish sort of anti-utopia (dystopia?) Netflix seems so fond of
making. I'd love to read a series on its worldbuilding too *wink wink*

I was also wondering, since both of you have been gaming for a while now, if your tastes in what kind of games you like best have evolved over time?

Kind regards,
Galad_t


Cosmetic Appeal
Dear Diecast,

lately I have been distracted in my DS2 100% run by a dreadful enemy: Fashion Souls.

In short I have succumbed to the appeal of dressing up my character in a mix-and-match of the various pieces of armour and clothing the game offers. In Dragon's Dogma I also succumbed to Fashion Dogma, as it's called in that fandom.

Do you guys have games where playing dress-up with your character or customising your car/plane/submarine/... can become a time sink? I believe some people like Skyrim for that, but I'd be interested in hearing your opinions.

Vale,

-Tim

P.S. talking about visual appeal, here's a nice picture of Nilov Monastery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolobny_Island#/media/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-09-edit2.jpg