Rand joins the show to talk about the origin of TI Junkies, the importance of emojis, the joy of playing Nekro, and an idea for building up a TI Junkies-esque story for every async game! (warning: I think I actually got the volume louder finally!)
1:28 Why play async when you get to play TI synchronously so often?
4:07 Why async is better than IRL!
6:25 The origin of TI Junkies
9:45 Can we record micro-summaries from each player at the end of each round, and then reveal them at the end?
14:45 Rand's infinite money printing scheme
21:35 Do you derp more in async or in live games?
24:30 Shoutout to Zulu's tournament in Seattle
27:20 Tech of the week (Plasma Scoring)
31:04 Various updates TI Junkies YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TIJunkies
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