2021: A News Post Commentary

release date 15 January 2021

Hello everybody! It’s me, Chairman Meøw. As all of you TGOD members know, we're starting a new series called "News Posts Commentary”, and today is the first episode!

Alright everybody, we will first read this news post and then I will explain. I might put usual side notes and quote their statements some time, so without further ado, let’s read!

# 2021 - The Newest of Years

Hey racers, Corndog here, back with another long overdue news post. This one is gonna cover a lot of material, so buckle up. ( corndog already says that he is procrastinating and now he says that we're a bad typing game. now that is marketing)

### Season 31 - New Year, New Loot!

As you all know, we released Season 31 a couple of days back. This season ends February 21st (if we don't "accidentally" extend it) so hopefully when *❤️Valentine's Day❤️* rolls around, you're all sporting the romantic *Heartbreaker LV-2*, with matching title, "Cupid's Arrow"! There are 20 tiers this season, including lots of cash which you're going to want to hoard... more on that below. ( now over here he is like : we are gonna extend it and that's why i'm saying it, nice going mr.dogofcorn)

### Recent Updates

We've been busy with a handful of Quality of Life and bug fixes, so I'll just highlight some here: ( better fix his procrastinating before doing this)

* Racers who log in with Google, Facebook, or Clever can now change their Public Profile URL in My Settings. This can only be changed once, so make it count!
* Racers who log in with Google or Facebook (sorry Clever users) can also add a username and password to their Nitro Type account, and optionally log in that way.
* Everyone can now view and copy their Public Profile URL by going to My Settings. It's right there at the top!
* There's been a lot of work around security, from requiring stronger passwords to requiring anti-bot verification (CAPTCHA) after various sinister looking actions.

### The Leaderboards Are Gone!! ?

Yes, we said we would do it, and we did it... eventually. But instead of completely removing them, we replaced them with Top Teams in the last 7 days. Along with that, we brought back the daily rank-change arrows from many years back. This update was definitely well received, as team activity immediately shot up. ( indeed but you guys did it for days instead of seasons)

### What Happened To Nitro Math?!?

So... Nitro Math ran into two major snags. ( aha after eleven months they are mentioning this sinister topic)

1) COVID-19 basically put the brakes on *everything*. Like everyone, the lockdowns and schools shutdowns hit us hard. Real hard. Oof. Mega oof. ( oof because you guys are blaming everything on COVID-19 . that's what my middle school football team did when we lost the season after 3 seasons straight. they said COVID-19 cut our practice time. Really stupid excuse mr.dogofcorn)

2) We actually built a complete, playable Nitro Math, play tested it internally, and ultimately decided... this just *isn't fun enough*. ( now you're saying that you played it for yourself and had all the luxury and fun and now you cancel it like thwampus and oh so much nostalgia)

So we went back to the drawing board and are currently in active development but with a completely different gameplay system. So stay tuned. ( soon of course never gonna come)

### Upcoming Item Shop!

Some of you might have heard that we're releasing an Item Shop. Well, it's true. It's already completely built, sitting on a test server, just waiting to be released... So tempting... So tempting... So Soon™️... I'll tell you one thing - there's going to be a lot more epic loot to buy, so save those Nitro Bucks! ( i have 20 million now and it's not coming)

Regarding that - The Item Shop will replace The Dealership, so if you want to buy some dealership cars, you'd best do so ASAP. And a heads up - selling cars functionality will be removed. And all those cars you sold will instantly appear in your garage. Prepare thyself. ( 🎵 " so many things were removed like oh so much nostalgia i will faint just look over here"🎵)

Well, that about covers it for now. Happy Typing everyone, and here's to a NEW YEAR. Bye 2020!

## Verdict

That's the most procrastinated and foolish news posted in the history of news posted on social media or anywhere else be it in anywhere any place any time any thing. So this is just telling us how down Nitro Type has gone.

so that's it for today! Goodbye!

Chairman Meøw - sysop , administrator , and bureaucrat