[2023] The state of the Brawl Community - Time to Explain (Feat. @RealLex ) | Brawl Stars Dev Tracker

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4s	hello everyone and it's time to explain
6s	and this episode is like more than
7s	special like everybody this special but
9s	this one is is the best because we have
12s	like Community Managers from the past
14s	from the present and but from the very
16s	past I guess
18s	ouch and also you have like Lex one of
21s	the most impactful content creators we
24s	have uh with us with us in the BR
27s	Community but let's go to the let let's
30s	go to the introductions Ryan can you
33s	explain to us uh who you are and what
36s	you do in supercell nowadays yes my name
39s	is Ryan I'm super happy to be here with
41s	this uh wonderful group I'm the
43s	community lead at supercell back in the
45s	old old days I was a community manager
48s	on brawl talk I hope some of you still
50s	remember me and they do they do good and
53s	uh dearly miss it and glad to be
55s	back and then we have Marcio that has
59s	just joined the team as well can you
61s	introduce yourself to the community of
63s	course of course um so yeah I'm Marcio
65s	some of you already know me I joined the
67s	braw team six months ago more or less
70s	and uh I'm Den his new partner partner
72s	on the apartment
75s	apartment on the community team and uh
78s	yeah like super glad to be here a little
80s	bit nervous but let's go let's do it and
83s	then we have Paula like maybe like now
87s	Paula has like this uh emotional charge
89s	with her because of the last episode
91s	right but uh I noticed you had to check
94s	your notes before introducing Paula it's
96s	been that long louder
98s	or he already forgot about me go ahead
102s	so yeah I'm paa um I'm the person who
106s	killed Ryan and replaced Ryan in bro and
110s	now I got killed by martio so this is
112s	how it works in bro uh but yeah I was in
115s	bro for for like more than two years
117s	almost three I guess and now I'm I'm in
120s	Squad Busters which is a new game uh
122s	that is not released yet but it will be
124s	at some point so yeah happy to be here
127s	and super exciting and missing the RO
129s	team and the players as well and last
133s	but not least uh I'll say it the most
137s	creative content creator we have is that
141s	accurate where are they I don't know are
144s	they no you're hyping me up way too much
147s	it's the other gu is your yeah yeah
150s	exactly um no my name is Lex I've been
153s	creating content on brawl star since day
155s	one of the beta uh back when Ryan was
158s	still being awesome I mean he's still
160s	being awesome but you know more awesome
162s	back then because we could see him all
163s	the time um also Ryan now that you have
166s	a different position in superale does
169s	that mean you're Danny's boss now yes
171s	yeah that's true not only Danny's boss
174s	but
175s	I boss boss everybody's boss you guys go
178s	there to watch your p's and q's here
180s	yeah I told them before this started if
181s	they did a bad job they're all fired but
184s	I can't fire you so you can do whatever
185s	you want hey I usually do
189s	anyway amazing so let's uh get started
192s	so for you that like well maybe I I also
195s	like like to hear your opinion and maybe
197s	your too as well x uh what do you like
199s	about the BR Community maybe we can
201s	start with you have something in mind
203s	yeah man the brawl Community is so
205s	amazing in so many ways I've been a
207s	gamer my whole life and I've honestly
209s	never seen a community that's so
211s	supportive so engaged so interested in
214s	the game and so also understanding of
217s	everything that the the dev team is
219s	doing um we've had tons of ups and downs
222s	good updates bad updates Lex remembers
225s	through the beta was a was a rough 18
227s	months but the community the whole time
229s	that I've seen has been really engaged
231s	really interested and also just
233s	understanding and supportive truly an
234s	amazing amazing
236s	Place how about you Paula I I don't know
240s	how can I go after
242s	that no but it's true it's really really
245s	amazing and you can you can easily like
248s	compare it to any other community out
250s	there and and they are so they are so
252s	kind they were so kind from the start
254s	like when I joined and I as as we said I
256s	replaced Ryan and it was a big shoes to
259s	to feel right and I and I had all this
261s	pressure that I put on myself but then
263s	like when I when I actually was there
266s	and I got introduced they were the
268s	kindest and like the most positive and
271s	like welcoming so it was it was really
273s	cool and I think we really really lucky
276s	yeah it was the the same thing for me
277s	like I was right before we were like
279s	posting the announcements I was like
281s	super nervous I I didn't know what to
283s	expect but then actually people were
285s	super welcoming and I was just like so
287s	glad and I already knew a bit how the
289s	community was and uh it was just like
292s	happiness happiness like seeing all the
294s	nice comments all the fan art as well
296s	like thank you for that as well and uh
298s	yeah just super surprised it was like a
300s	different world yeah how about you
303s	Alex I think that one of the things
305s	that's always striked me as crazy about
307s	or maybe not crazy but awesome about the
308s	community is that a they're extremely
311s	passionate sometimes for the good
313s	sometimes not for the good sometimes too
315s	they're they're always just like really
317s	passionate as as well as they're
319s	extremely knowledgeable about the game
321s	like I I'll see stuff on Reddit that I'm
323s	like I didn't even know I've been
325s	covering this game for almost six years
326s	and I'm like I didn't know I didn't know
328s	that it's like they they r Cyrus's brawl
331s	nerdiness which is pretty impressive so
334s	like their knowled and their passion is
336s	pretty pretty awesome yeah like
338s	following what you said about like uh
341s	that you you didn't know like how they
343s	would react to your introduction and I I
346s	I have the feeling that the community is
348s	like so positive on like when when we
350s	announce like a new person in the team
352s	that I wonder like if he can announce
354s	anything like because I I said like a
357s	yesterday I tweet that um
360s	you I think you ask a question like what
362s	is it like who is the best in BR talk
363s	and why is it me and then I said like ah
366s	we're replacing Ryan with an watermelon
369s	and then everybody was like hyping the
370s	watermelon like yeah watermelon the new
372s	community manager we should have brought
374s	it forgot about the watermelon it's okay
377s	do we haveon in the kitchen
379s	no it's okay the joke is long gone yeah
384s	but uh do you see like uh if the brow
387s	Community is like different from the
388s	other games of course like it's positive
390s	but there is something like specific
391s	that you guys have seen that is very
394s	unique to the BR Community well I think
396s	one of the things and it's also um a
399s	popular topic right now is the whole
401s	thing about the lore and how they care
403s	about the the characters backstory and
406s	like who they are and why they do what
409s	they do I think that's super cool
411s	because from the I I have the feeling
412s	from the from the braw um team and our
416s	work we didn't really we never really
418s	gave them that much but they created so
422s	many things with so little information
424s	so little like stuff that is is very
427s	impressive I've never seen that before
429s	yeah I keep thinking that maybe we
432s	educated them in a wrong way cuz like in
435s	the when we introduced the lore for the
437s	first time everything was like cryptic
439s	and mysterious right it's like now even
442s	if we post like an announce an noran
444s	announcement of whatever they're like
445s	there must be a secret in this image
448s	somehow so yeah maybe maybe we've but I
451s	I think it's good to have like this uh
453s	space that we when we are being cryptic
456s	and mysterious then we have the the room
459s	to to do it and I actually like um cuz
461s	the people who are doing the the law
463s	like our marketing team uh they were
465s	concerned like is this to Hidden or is
468s	this to mysterious and like on day one
470s	they like found everything and like they
473s	they they I think that was um what's
476s	what's the name of the player I think
477s	it's Ido or something he's running I
479s	script to find every single possibility
482s	of like Frosty Force bruting the what
485s	force what is BR brute no Bruce
489s	forting Bruce Bruce force is that a
491s	superhero yes for professionals we know
494s	what we're talking about yeah he's
495s	trying to find like every single
496s	possibility of codes uh out there and
499s	it's uh it's super impressive so
501s	basically like any challenge we can give
503s	to then they will solve I think it's
505s	really amazing too cuz in the beginning
506s	we didn't think too much about you know
509s	the depth of the characters backstories
511s	but then the players started coming up
514s	with backstories and deciding you know
516s	who Piper was in love with and all of
517s	these like intricate details about the
520s	character's motivations and who they
522s	loved and all these kinds of things and
524s	that inspired us to actually double down
526s	on the lore and figure it out so that we
528s	could give back and build on that yeah
530s	so yeah so that's true lot of the lot of
533s	the things you see in the lore is
535s	inspired all actually uh following what
538s	the community has been saying
540s	I don't know if like if we should like
541s	break already the
544s	positiveness cuz like we I ask like what
546s	do you like what what do you dislike
548s	about the Bro Community is there
550s	something that comes to your mind maybe
553s	someone has something to say oh man
555s	that's a
556s	tough I miss them too much come on
561s	come no that's true I really no but it's
565s	true that I really missed because now
566s	I've been like kind of like hidden for
568s	some time because I'm not I'm not out
571s	there because my work happens in the
573s	shadows at the moment and I really miss
575s	that like you know like being more
577s	exposed U but yeah I'm still thinking
579s	about something maybe that I don't like
581s	I yeah you can continue and I'll give do
584s	you have something
585s	like oh yeah y'all y'all be I I'll talk
588s	directly at them y'all be too toxic
590s	sometimes seriously like I know that it
593s	comes from a place of you're passionate
594s	for the game and you care but uh
598s	sometimes it comes across a little
601s	bad that's true that's true I guess like
604s	there's a good thing and a bad thing
605s	where the brawl Community isn't patient
608s	right and I so of course that can be
612s	difficult as a community manager but
613s	also that's a huge strength because it
615s	means that when we want things to go
617s	crazy and viral and explode they're
619s	there for it for sure yeah and I think
622s	uh yeah I think like maybe the the
625s	toxicity but like all also like we just
627s	had like the BR pass communication mhm
630s	and like if if they just had
633s	read the thing before commenting because
636s	they saw the headlines and of course
637s	like it's very natural like I think
640s	every uh I don't know piece of paper are
642s	actually going for the clickbaits and
644s	then for the crazy headlines because
646s	they want people to share those things
647s	without reading and I think that's like
649s	a cultural problem anyway but uh yeah
653s	like maybe be more informed because we
656s	are giving information right yeah it's
657s	like we we are open to give all the
660s	information they're asking us and then
661s	maybe before like I want to express my
665s	opinion on social media like before I
667s	maybe get informed AIT a little bit more
670s	CU I think it's actually better for the
671s	the person like uh because most of the
674s	comments I've seen uh of course like
677s	changing the pass from uh gem to IP is a
680s	Nerf for the players who used to buy the
682s	the BR pass but uh they are making these
686s	comments of like ah my progression is
687s	being Nerf or everything and then all
689s	the comments below it is like just read
691s	the things like you are making like a
692s	bit of a fool sometimes right so just be
695s	more informed I think that's a just read
697s	more very deep I I have found something
701s	that I don't like let's go let's go
702s	let's go it took me a while uh no but
705s	it's there is I I I never like this kind
708s	of like uh like almost like Black Market
711s	of accounts and like how like I know
713s	this is a huge topic but like uh the
716s	people like you know trying to sell
718s	accounts like pushing for trophies I
721s	feel like sometimes it seems that the
725s	more trophies you have the more popular
727s	you are in the community or something
729s	and then some people feel so pressured
731s	um on that that they are willing to pay
734s	someone to go into their accounts and
737s	for for them to you know to gain to get
739s	trophies fast and then it's like and and
741s	I never understood that concept is like
744s	if you really want to have more trophies
746s	you should play more the game and like
748s	and don't get in trouble because this
749s	because then you're like then both
751s	people are in trouble like the person
753s	who is pushing trophies and the person
755s	who who is um giving the account so it's
757s	like and then of course they want us to
759s	help them but it's like I really can't
761s	because this is what this this is
764s	something no one should do and it puts
766s	us in a very in a very difficult
768s	situation where like you really want to
770s	help but you you really can't because
772s	they did something that is not allowed
774s	yeah and this actually it's a very good
776s	point cuz sometimes happen that like
778s	because of course like mistakes can
780s	happen and someone can maybe be
781s	unfriendly banned right of course like
784s	it's a very minuscule percent but it can
787s	happen so like if someone tell us like
789s	can you check this account because it
790s	wasn't fair I don't know what happened
792s	then we go there and like we ask support
794s	to check it again and then like we start
796s	seeing like all the information from the
798s	account and then we ask for more
800s	information from the player and then
802s	they say like oh yeah I share my account
804s	with this person like why didn't you
806s	tell me this beforehand like it
810s	it's very it's very tricky it's really
812s	really tricky because we all of course
813s	we want to help but like sometimes we
815s	just can't and so yeah actually one of
819s	the questions like do you miss the
820s	community but you answer right do you
822s	want to explore more yeah yeah I I
824s	really I really miss it and and I'm sure
827s	we'll build something similar uh that is
830s	as good as in Brawl for Squad Busters
833s	but but now in no BR be
837s	better I'm going to say I'm not taking
840s	sides here okay I'm being very neutral
842s	so please respect that no but uh but
846s	yeah I I I really really miss that but I
849s	I'm so excited to like to do stuff for
852s	for the new game but of course never
854s	forgetting braw stars and I keep playing
856s	the game I keep streaming the game and I
858s	keep cosplaying characters braw star
861s	characters so it will always be my
862s	passion so so yeah it's it's always
865s	there some somehow how about for you
867s	Ryan it's like now only paperwork this
870s	boring bureaucracy paperwork meetings
873s	that's it I there I miss everything I
875s	miss so much I love being in Brawl talks
877s	I loved um okay I'm going to tell a
879s	little story here so everybody get oh
881s	nice so like when I like I said I gamed
884s	my whole life and one of my favorite
886s	times of the year was E3 which is if you
889s	don't know is used to be the place where
891s	all of the AAA gaming companies would
893s	announce their new games new updates all
896s	these things and I loved of course to
898s	hear the announcements but I was in a
900s	way very jealous of uh the people on
902s	stage who got to say it so I always
905s	watched this guy named Major Nelson who
907s	did this for Xbox and I looked up to him
909s	a lot because it's such a cool moment to
911s	be on stage in front of thousands of
913s	millions of people and you get to tell
915s	them the thing they all want to hear and
917s	everybody's happy everybody's psyched up
919s	and excited it's like it's the best
921s	feeling in the world or so I imagined at
923s	10 years old 13 years old and then of
925s	course getting to come to supercell and
928s	uh make that my career was incredible
931s	and that's what we got to do for years
933s	and years and there's just nothing
934s	better yeah unless you announce a bad
937s	update just don't do that or they
939s	getting
943s	killed but yeah I guess like you you
946s	were a Royale player before right Lex I
949s	was indeed yeah and then do you miss
952s	something about the were you involved in
953s	the community back then no dude like uh
957s	so I made probably a 100 videos on Clash
959s	Royale and nobody watched my videos back
961s	then because I had just started and
963s	there was a lot bigger creat I was it
964s	was going to take me a long time for me
966s	to get noticed so nobody I think my
969s	biggest video in Clash Royale was
970s	probably like 15,000 views or so which
972s	is still pretty impressive but it's not
974s	you know anything crazy um things didn't
977s	take off until Ryan invited me in to the
980s	Creator program over here with brawl um
982s	and that's what you know set things off
984s	for me so I don't really I don't miss
987s	too much about Clash Royale I actually
989s	still play it daily but uh I don't miss
991s	anything about it Yeahs better well let
993s	let us know if you ever move to another
995s	game let us know how you feel how this
998s	the other yeah but please don't
1001s	go and um I have a question for you all
1005s	maybe for you Lex as well uh uh what
1007s	who's your favorite content
1010s	creator
1011s	who hard question with a contentor
1014s	watching no pressure no pressure do you
1017s	have one Lex maybe it starts with you
1019s	uh well okay I actually don't I watch
1021s	very very little brawl stars on YouTube
1024s	mainly because a I don't want to get
1026s	influenced by anybody else on what kind
1028s	of video ideas that I have and B YouTube
1031s	keeps recommending me woodworking videos
1033s	so I just watch those uh so I actually
1036s	don't watch a bunch but I would say that
1037s	some of some of my favorites or some of
1039s	the tribe guys obviously like Wasim I
1041s	think is extremely creative Kos if I
1043s	want to you know know every statistic
1044s	Under the Sun uh Ray if I want just want
1047s	to chill B Ben if I want to do some
1048s	crazy things are OJ as well uh so
1050s	probably he's one of the tribe guys but
1052s	I don't watch a ton OFW Stars
1054s	YouTube how about you
1057s	Paula for me uh I don't think I could
1060s	name one person at all like because I I
1063s	just think about many sure you could no
1065s	I don't think so I I'm trying I I'm
1068s	trying uh but of course I have I think I
1072s	have a bigger like space in my heart for
1075s	the Spanish and Latin American Community
1078s	because because language does these
1080s	things right so uh we we just understand
1082s	each other better and it's just just
1084s	it's just easier and and yeah and always
1086s	that I go to YouTube or I go to Twitch
1089s	um I usually watch more Spanish speaking
1092s	uh content than than English so I feel
1096s	more like connected to to them uh but
1099s	but yeah I don't know I I don't have any
1102s	any any concrete names okay okay yeah I
1105s	would say the same like uh I'm trying to
1108s	to come up with a definite answer but I
1110s	don't know there's things that I like
1112s	about different creators like I like
1114s	Lex's humor a lot and uh I don't know I
1117s	like how Caris goes into details about
1119s	everything like it feels like a really
1122s	you know like almost seeing a review of
1123s	a game is like is videos for me are that
1125s	kind of thing and yeah I watch a lot of
1128s	Spanish ones as well because I used to
1130s	Spanish to to Spanish I used to work a
1133s	lot with the Spanish community and uh
1136s	yeah I got to know a lot of them as well
1138s	so lots of times it's my go-to as well
1140s	that is not English is the Spanish ones
1143s	sometimes to go a little bit crazy the
1144s	Brazilian ones as well but yeah yeah I
1147s	would say that uh it's really hard for
1149s	me to choose one do you still watch
1151s	brawl content yeah I mean so I I can't
1155s	pick one and that's too hard but like
1157s	the the YouTubers that hold a special
1159s	place in my heart are of course the ones
1160s	that were there in the early days in
1162s	beta you know Lex and cyos Corey Arc Ray
1165s	I think was there back in the day uh it
1168s	was such a special moment when the game
1170s	was in beta and I I know you guys were
1172s	struggling cuz it's very hard to get
1173s	views when a game is in beta so we were
1176s	all in the same boat where we were
1178s	betting everything that this game would
1179s	go Global these guys betting careers on
1182s	it and of course us on the team really
1184s	wanting with all of our hearts to make
1185s	it go so it was such a journey and and
1188s	uh yeah really good connections with all
1190s	those guys yeah and I like the the fact
1193s	like all your answers is like depends on
1195s	the topic or what you want to watch cuz
1197s	like yeah that there is like um this guy
1200s	from Brazil Lucas Clash on he like makes
1202s	those stories based on gameplay and like
1204s	he's super creative and like um when he
1208s	he was in the World Finals uh in Paris
1210s	last year and ah actually what a
1213s	coincidence I have here like some swag
1216s	of the World Finals what a coincidence
1219s	yes this episode is sponsored by brawl
1223s	Stars World Finals yeah you to read
1226s	because I don't know if it was like
1227s	Championship or something do I work are
1229s	you going to use it it's yours I wasn't
1232s	asking for it but thank
1235s	you but yeah so like this uh Creator he
1239s	just said like oh I'm going to make a
1241s	video about like my trip to the World
1243s	Finals and then can you just say one
1244s	line here and then I said like something
1246s	really poorly or whatever and then he
1248s	makes like this one second like the
1250s	biggest and the most incredible video
1252s	ever right so it's uh and then like I go
1254s	like for vho for the Brazilian uh news
1257s	and of course like kyos I really love
1259s	how he understands uh development of a
1261s	game development it's like um it's it's
1264s	actually like it it's good because he
1267s	always take both sides but uh the
1270s	general content creator like the player
1272s	they only see the player side right so I
1274s	think U kyos gets a lot of heat because
1276s	he see the both sides of the the things
1279s	but a lot of respect as well I think
1281s	yeah yeah for sure and of course like
1283s	Lex for the creativity I think he he's
1286s	like two time Broly winner he yeah I
1289s	have one twice now are you guys going to
1291s	be doing a third one this year no that's
1293s	a a question for that and I think uh
1295s	okay we'll get to that we'll get to that
1297s	and but yeah like Crimean he's like a
1299s	pro that's making like more educational
1302s	content so there's a lot of like uh
1305s	really good content for and I I really
1307s	like how they they kind of like I don't
1309s	know if like they are doing in um uh how
1312s	to say like organized way but they
1314s	structure themselves in nich right so
1317s	like you you go for like for like crazy
1319s	stuff for like more funny humor and then
1322s	uh you go to Wasing for like extremely
1324s	crazy videos or things like that so it's
1327s	really cool how they structure theel and
1329s	they find like how can I be different
1331s	from another person now you have like
1334s	the Michael who is going full in lore
1338s	and like uh his videos that he talks
1340s	about lore performs a lot better than
1342s	the his other videos like it's nice that
1344s	he found like a niche yeah so yeah
1347s	really cool really happy with the
1349s	community and your
1350s	work there was a question here
1354s	um like how how do you feel is working
1358s	in Brawl because like maybe like you you
1361s	you told your story like you saw like
1363s	the Xbox announcement everything and
1366s	then when you came to the came to
1369s	supercell how did it feel like did you
1371s	realize or did
1373s	you was your a dream come true moment or
1378s	did you see like oh maybe that's not was
1379s	was expecting or no yeah I mean it was
1382s	it was an interesting so I started on
1384s	Boom Beach actually way back in the day
1386s	um and that was of course my eyes are
1388s	full of stars being on a game that big
1390s	and I I really loved it and loved the
1391s	community there too and the lore of that
1394s	game was also really fun and fun to play
1396s	with as a community manager coming to
1398s	brawl was a really interesting road
1399s	because of course as I said went through
1401s	the beta and that was a the whole time
1404s	so we of course test our games
1406s	internally before we release them to the
1407s	public so we tested brawl at uh uh with
1411s	the company um maybe even a year before
1414s	it went to Beta And we did a little
1417s	tournament with inside the company to
1419s	you know just to try it out and see if
1421s	it was fun all that kind of stuff and
1422s	that was when I knew this game's got it
1425s	I could tell even then it was
1427s	rudimentary with broken characters and
1430s	no visuals and and just some mechanics
1432s	in it um Brock was a robot at that time
1435s	and uh but even then I knew the game had
1438s	it and so although there were lots of
1441s	ups and downs and worrying about would
1442s	this game Go Global would it get killed
1443s	what were we going to do I was still
1445s	confident the whole way through cuz at
1447s	the core of it and you know Lex you'll
1449s	remember we changed the meta how many
1451s	times like I don't know three four times
1454s	we went from vertical to land we did all
1456s	these things but still the core gameplay
1459s	remained pretty close throughout because
1462s	I think we knew that that had it in it
1465s	the whole way so we I had the confidence
1467s	in the game the whole time and it was
1469s	definitely a dream come true even from
1471s	the beginning when I joined when it was
1472s	a very early how is it for you Marcio
1475s	that you just join it w it was a dream
1479s	come true yeah like um it's an a very
1483s	emotional path because I've been playing
1484s	the game ever since it came out on beta
1487s	and uh like I was there when the there I
1490s	was seeing the announcement and I was
1491s	working for player support at the time
1493s	for clash Royale and Clash of Clans and
1495s	we kind of knew that there was something
1497s	happening that day so as soon as it got
1499s	announced and it went into the shops
1501s	like I was like part of that group of
1502s	going with the VPN like trying to find a
1504s	a dirty way to download the game and I
1507s	managed and uh do days at
1511s	home we're gonna have to ban you now
1514s	I'll cut this in uh in post
1516s	edit but uh but yeah like I fell in love
1519s	with the game like I was like playing
1521s	every day like to the point where I
1523s	actually hurt my finger from like doing
1526s	like this movement when it was like the
1527s	drag
1528s	the direct thing um and uh yeah I love
1532s	the game and after a bit I started
1534s	working in as a community manager for
1536s	clash Royale in a local uh like in a
1538s	local language for for Spanish and then
1541s	the the game got announced that it was
1543s	going to go live and I was like asking
1545s	my superiors can I please go to this
1547s	game this is like my favorite game and
1551s	at the time like the need was for clash
1552s	Royale so I had to stay but I still
1553s	managed to go to actually the release of
1555s	the game I was there like supporting
1557s	like the local language as well it's
1559s	like one of the moments that I'll
1560s	remember
1562s	forever and uh yeah at that time I would
1565s	never imagine that I would make it here
1568s	so it feels like you know like the movie
1569s	Creed or rocky or something like that
1571s	that I spent all these years preparing
1573s	myself for this moment yeah and uh when
1575s	earlier this year like I went through
1577s	the process and like there was the
1579s	option of like going to uh several games
1581s	I was like no what brawl braw is number
1585s	one or nothing okay get out
1590s	how about for you Paula uh yeah it was
1594s	for me it was it was incredible I cried
1596s	like the day they told me because cry in
1599s	the beginning cry at the end yeah okay I
1602s	cry a lot no I actually don't cry that
1604s	often but yeah I did so so yeah and
1606s	actually it's funny because um before
1609s	coming to super set I was already
1610s	streaming the game I was h u the
1613s	cosplaying the characters as I said
1615s	before and so for me this was like my
1618s	hobby it was my passion and then I had
1620s	my other job that I also liked and it
1621s	was also in the gaming industry in
1623s	mobile games uh but I was I was doing it
1626s	out of like you know just the passion of
1628s	I really like Clash Royale and and brawl
1630s	star but brawl star was like I was also
1633s	there from from the beginning and and it
1635s	was it was really cool and then when I H
1638s	initially I this is a long story but I
1639s	applied for clash Royale for a role for
1642s	for Community manager and then through
1644s	the process uh at some point they asked
1646s	me if I if if I if if I would mind if
1650s	from here I applied to braw Star instead
1653s	of clash Royale because well there was
1655s	another person Max actually who's who's
1657s	been there in Clash Royale and then they
1660s	yeah they they hired him for clash
1662s	Royale and then they suddenly I was
1664s	interviewing with Ryan and with Frank
1666s	and I was like God this is so cool like
1670s	hi so so yeah like that moment and and
1673s	when they told me that I got the job and
1676s	I was like this is crazy this is it's
1678s	really crazy because I I I felt so lucky
1680s	that that that well that you guys gave
1682s	me the opportunity because I I didn't
1684s	have experience as a community manager I
1686s	did similar things and and and you know
1688s	I was in the community in different ways
1690s	but like come on this is super sell this
1692s	is a big company it is my favorite game
1695s	so it was it was a lot it was it was
1697s	just a lot so I will never forget that
1699s	that feeling yeah and actually because
1701s	you were moving to a lead position then
1702s	I was being alone in Brawl and then like
1705s	oh we have like those two candidates
1706s	like what if Paula join
1708s	BR yeah y it was it was crazy how about
1711s	for your leg how do you feel working in
1712s	braw do you still have the fire in it oh
1715s	yeah absolutely but like it's it's been
1718s	a crazy Journey like for us from like me
1721s	and I remember Ryan like when we would
1723s	uh um sit up well for me it was in the
1726s	middle of the night like you remember
1727s	like the content creators sitting there
1729s	waiting for like an update to launch and
1731s	we would it' be like 3 4:00 in the
1733s	morning from me I'm like no I cannot go
1735s	to bed until this update launches and
1738s	now it's just like yeah I'll schedule
1739s	the video it's it's fine whatever
1742s	but uh no it's it was wild and
1746s	like I remember okay so I remember when
1749s	I was started covering brawl and I may
1754s	been planning it for a while and making
1756s	videos on it for a while and I remember
1758s	Ryan or I didn't know was Ryan well I
1760s	kind of knew it Ryan but brawl stars on
1763s	Twitter sent me a or they followed me
1766s	and I remember thinking okay this was
1768s	like going to be the thing that you know
1770s	was going to be they were going to
1771s	message me and I was going to be able to
1773s	become one of you know the official you
1774s	know supercell creators and I remember I
1776s	got that notification at like 2:30 in
1779s	the morning which is the start of you
1780s	guys's workday and I was so excited I
1783s	didn't even sleep that entire night dude
1785s	I was just like I was like okay you
1787s	followed me send me a message now I was
1789s	so excited but Ryan didn't do anything
1791s	for like a day or so he followed me just
1794s	and I was waiting and waiting but no it
1796s	it was it was good because um like that
1799s	moment and it it literally changed the
1802s	entire course of not only me but my
1804s	entire family's life uh and it Chang it
1806s	for the better indelibly and it's it was
1808s	it's pretty amazing that's really cool
1810s	to hear yeah actually I do that a lot of
1812s	like messaging someone and then I forget
1816s	and then like the person waits for a day
1819s	I think maybe I have done that with Lex
1820s	as well sorry it's not it's not it's
1823s	just why they have so much on our table
1825s	and then maybe have it's just you know
1827s	it's a power play had to leave Lex on
1828s	red yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah just left
1831s	me hanging yeah
1833s	yeah um have you have you ever been
1837s	recognized on the
1839s	streets I have you have some funny
1843s	stories have have you already Mario no
1846s	not I don't think so these things don't
1848s	happen in
1849s	Finland wait you yeah okay I I I said
1853s	nothing maybe you can start yeah now I
1855s	moved but like be because like the kids
1858s	in my building they they they recognize
1860s	me and I think through Tik Tok because
1863s	like he said like are you on Tik Tok or
1864s	something like I guess they saw from
1866s	there um but then uh like of course they
1871s	are kids and they they are finished kids
1873s	so they are shy and then every time like
1875s	I know I'll go out to get a pizza from
1878s	from that I order then they are like on
1880s	the hall and then they have like this
1882s	awkward moment they're like oh I'm like
1884s	on my pj so like dress like really
1886s	poorly and then they don't say anything
1888s	and then there's just this silence that
1890s	oh they know me and I know them and and
1893s	I say like hi and they don't respond
1894s	back and oh God and because of that you
1897s	moved yeah now I moved they don't know
1899s	where I leave but um but then uh there
1902s	are other cases that like friends of
1904s	those kids they starting start putting
1907s	like um notes on my door asking for gems
1910s	oh my God because the first one I
1912s	actually gave like ah it's a cute thing
1914s	that let's just give something but then
1916s	it ke keep happening like you're like
1918s	Santa Claus yeah not anymore because I
1920s	don't leave there but um but yeah
1923s	there's plenty of funny cases like do
1926s	you have any I I have two stories so the
1929s	the first time I got recognized was a
1931s	few years ago I was uh in London for
1934s	some kind of trip just in the back of a
1936s	cab with my partner and uh we were just
1939s	chatting in the back and the taxi driver
1941s	in the middle of the he was quiet the
1943s	whole ride but then in the middle of our
1944s	ride something like hey do I know you
1946s	from somewhere and I was like no doubt
1948s	it I don't live here I'm not from here
1950s	and he's like no I definitely know you
1952s	and then we just kept talking for a
1953s	while and he was like you were the
1955s	community manager for Boom Beach and I
1957s	was like yeah yes yeah that's correct uh
1962s	and then the second time uh which is
1964s	probably my favorite is actually when we
1966s	went to Gar in
1969s	2019 or so and uh we had a big brawl
1972s	Stars booth there it was really cool
1974s	tons of fans playing the game running
1976s	around taking pictures all these things
1978s	and I was standing next to Danny just
1979s	chatting about whatever we were chatting
1981s	about and a fan came up and was like
1984s	really shy and I think the culture there
1985s	is not to go up and ask people for
1987s	pictures and things but very nervous and
1989s	shy I was like can I can I take a
1991s	picture with you and I was like oh of
1994s	course and then uh he hands me the phone
1997s	to take a picture of him and
1999s	Danny he had no idea who I
2003s	was yeah like from Korea I also have
2006s	like something really embarrassing cuz
2009s	like uh because like I think the thing
2011s	is that I I I created like this Persona
2014s	intentionally in brw stars because like
2016s	I don't use a cap naturally like that's
2019s	the only difference oh my God this is
2021s	the Persona is it this but like the
2022s	character like he weird like the hair
2024s	and thing like something that CAU your
2026s	attention right so then like in Korea
2028s	where everybody's like different like we
2029s	are very different from then and then we
2032s	have like this weird guy walking around
2034s	so like it's very notable so I think
2036s	that was the thing that maybe like if if
2039s	they look at you for like one extra
2041s	second oh that's Ryan I appreciate you
2043s	trying to make me feel better but no I
2044s	don't think that's what happen but then
2046s	but then like so because I was like a
2048s	weird person in that event like a lot of
2051s	people are like uh asking for pictures
2053s	and autographs and everything and like
2055s	going like I I couldn't do any route
2058s	without like bumping someone to for that
2062s	and then I was like getting used to that
2063s	like so whatever they hand me I was like
2065s	writing and blah blah until one person
2068s	asks just for one
2069s	information so she was like where is
2072s	this in the map and then I just signed
2074s	her
2076s	map see the fame got to your head it got
2079s	to your head now like oh my God I just
2081s	want to die
2083s	here my favorite story you told me this
2086s	before and I I never
2088s	forgot how about you like how is it Fame
2091s	for you uh I mean hey I hardly never
2095s	leave this studio I go from home to
2097s	Studio but I have been recognized
2099s	obviously quite a few times some some
2101s	some of them are rather awkward like
2103s	standing at the urinal in the bathroom
2105s	and somebody's looking over at you they
2107s	like are you Lex I'm like bro can we can
2109s	we just wait till this is done and we
2111s	can have this conversation but the I
2114s	always remember the first time that I
2115s	got recognized because I went into a
2117s	coffee shop just to get some coffee and
2119s	there was a lady and she had her and her
2121s	kid with her the kid was probably 10 or
2123s	so it look like and he just kept you
2125s	know looking at me and like a ly staring
2128s	at me and and I I felt very awkward and
2131s	this is back when I had probably only
2133s	like 100,000 subscribers or so and
2136s	anyways and finally I was just like I
2137s	was like hey man how's it going he's
2139s	like are you Lex and and for like for a
2141s	moment there I was like oh oh it's
2144s	happening the dream's coming true and
2146s	I'm like yeah and he looks at me he said
2149s	you look older in person oh my
2153s	God and I'm like oh okay and then he's
2155s	like do you know chief
2157s	Pat like and I didn't at the time I
2160s	wasn't even try I'm like no man I don't
2162s	he's like okay oh no it's like so I was
2166s	very uninterested to him because I
2168s	Didn't Know Chief Pat and I looked older
2169s	in person turbo boosted your ego to the
2172s	Bottom of the Sea dude I I felt so good
2174s	for a moment it didn't last very long
2177s	how about you Paul do you have any good
2179s	stories uh I wish should be good but the
2181s	first time it was in Barcelona I was at
2185s	a bar bar waiting for my dad I was just
2187s	having breakfast there and suddenly so
2190s	there was another table like yeah pretty
2192s	close to to mine and and then I I see on
2196s	the you know the side of my my eyes I
2199s	see uh a kid uh with a phone like this
2204s	and showing to his dad something and
2207s	then looking at me like trying to be you
2209s	know the subtle but they they were not
2211s	SLE I could see I was like what's going
2214s	on there and so at some point they the
2217s	dad comes to my table with the phone in
2221s	his hands and he's like excuse me is
2224s	this you it was a picture of me it was a
2227s	terrible picture as well it was from it
2229s	was a screenshot from a video so my my
2231s	face was not great I was like yeah that
2233s	that's meet and then the kid came and
2235s	then they asked for a picture but it was
2237s	it was very very sweet and then I had
2240s	the same kind of same set up like
2242s	situation where someone coming with a
2244s	phone as well it was a parent with a kid
2247s	and this was in a communion so I was in
2249s	the communion with my with with my niece
2252s	and and yeah everyone was you know
2254s	looking at the other the thing happening
2256s	there and I was there at the back and
2257s	suddenly like I get like tapped on my
2259s	shoulder and the and then I see my face
2262s	you know is it you like yeah that's
2266s	that's been a picture so that's they
2268s	always I think they always try to verify
2271s	if if it's actually like me first like
2274s	let me see and then in another case they
2276s	were looking at my piercing like oh and
2278s	the mom came to me I was eating a burger
2281s	and they and she came she was like ah
2283s	because I couldn't see the piercing the
2285s	the picture so I wasn't sure if it was
2287s	you so so yeah and then other cases
2290s	where like the kids don't really don't
2292s	really want to bother you and then I get
2295s	messages on Instagram um that I randomly
2298s	see maybe that that day after and they
2301s	they they were like uh I think I saw you
2304s	on this place but I didn't want to you
2306s	know bother you and your family at that
2308s	at that moment so I didn't say anything
2310s	and this happened in a I was I was in
2313s	the middle of the mountains in in Spain
2316s	it was like a Yama Llama trip so I was I
2320s	was with some llamas you know in a farm
2322s	so it was a very like I don't know
2324s	specific yeah I but wouldn't expect to
2326s	find anyone there let me just get this
2328s	story straight you were in the mountains
2330s	with llamas yeah alone and someone and
2333s	then Al L recognized you right and
2335s	someone messaged you on Instagram like
2337s	like I see you yeah kind of okay that's
2340s	strange but they didn't say anything no
2342s	but I was with my family there and then
2344s	I got the message and and I remember
2346s	seeing the kid but like I I wouldn't
2348s	know they would recognize me so but how
2350s	often do you go hang out with llamas uh
2353s	you prefer not to answer okay cool co co
2355s	cool yeah but next I I I think like the
2358s	the the issue to me is that like we I
2360s	guess like we we are not used to fame
2363s	right because it's a new thing and is
2365s	something that we even didn't even ask
2366s	for because like we are I definitely for
2369s	I for
2370s	sure that was Ryan's dream he already
2373s	told that that's what I said from the
2374s	beginning he a contract yeah but then
2376s	like uh I feel like I need to give
2379s	something or like to tell something to
2381s	the person like instead of like just
2383s	replying hi or nice to meet you or
2385s	whatever so then like I end up in like
2387s	lots of uh weird cases or situation like
2390s	probably the person listening to this
2392s	story will remember but it's a it's a
2394s	nice thing like don't don't worry like I
2396s	don't think it's a weird or anything but
2398s	like um there was one kid that like he
2399s	saw me walking on the street and then we
2403s	talked um and then he he went away like
2407s	I think I um I think like he I he just
2411s	asked if I I was Danny then I said yeah
2413s	I am and then he say hi take took a
2414s	picture then he left and then like five
2416s	minutes after he came back with his
2419s	brother and a bike and then he asked Can
2422s	I visit the office it was here in
2424s	Finland and then instead of like saying
2427s	no like a normal human being because
2429s	like no it's like an office like it's
2431s	it's not like for visit or like like not
2433s	a uh it's not open for for visitors
2435s	basically I said
2438s	yes and then like then we made an
2441s	appointment like uh I got his emailed
2444s	and then we um he came to the office
2447s	like I uh I was like a bit busy on that
2449s	day so like I did a speedrun with him
2452s	and I felt like oh I didn't even like
2453s	let him talk about anything like I just
2456s	like this is blah blah blah this is blah
2457s	and then just running rushing to the
2459s	office and then then after like 30
2462s	minutes the whole office was like Ted
2465s	then I said goodbye and then he sent me
2468s	an email afterwards like ah thank you so
2470s	much for that like we I gave like some
2472s	uh uh gifts and everything thank you so
2475s	much for that uh we didn't even had the
2477s	time to thank you so we would like you
2479s	to invite you for lunch a yeah and I
2482s	think that's super sweet but it's also a
2484s	bit weird right uh uh lunch or dinner
2486s	there and then I sent uh I was talking
2490s	like uh to my friends like should I
2493s	accept cuz like what if they want my
2496s	kidy or something you know yeah they
2498s	might but then then they say like yeah
2501s	what the hell like ju just go and then I
2504s	accepted but then like oh I I hate
2506s	myself so much for that cuz we booked a
2509s	lunch and then uh I forgot about it oh
2514s	no and then after I had lunch like 1
2517s	hour after I like oh no I forgot about
2520s	that now they're definitely going to
2521s	want your
2522s	kidneys no but then you reschedule then
2524s	they have a proper lunch and then yeah
2526s	they were super sweet like one of them
2528s	uh wants to be a works with games the
2530s	other is younger so he's still in school
2533s	so it was nice but it is like a bit
2535s	awkward to have like lunch with
2537s	strangers that like cuz for them maybe
2540s	like they have a connection with you but
2541s	I don't have a connection with them
2543s	right because I don't I feel a little
2545s	bad because like when we're doing stuff
2547s	like this or brawl talks or whatever
2549s	that's the coolest we're going to ever
2551s	be but when we're just like walking home
2553s	from the grocery store with bananas and
2555s	milk it's
2557s	like there's nothing yeah I always say
2560s	please not now like when I when I don't
2562s	feel you know like myself or like I'm
2565s	just normal or like I haven't done my
2567s	hair I don't know stuff like I I
2570s	sometimes I think please not now like I
2572s	don't mind but I just feel bad that I
2574s	don't have like you know cool
2578s	now hey do you want to hear about the
2579s	new brother
2581s	yeah and yeah how about uh how is it in
2584s	the World Finals like the a lot of
2586s	people stops to talk to you and you have
2589s	like some funny or cool inter yeah the
2591s	the World Finals was fun um it was it's
2595s	such a big event like when you're
2596s	watching it like from home but when
2598s	you're there it's obviously a much
2599s	different experience but it's there's
2601s	not like an insane amount of people
2604s	there uh so I definitely saw a lot of
2606s	people that I knew of or they knew me
2608s	but I had never actually met them and I
2610s	think that was my favorite part is just
2611s	actually getting to put a face to the
2613s	name of some of these people that I had
2615s	spoken with but never actually met but
2617s	the World Finals is pretty awesome
2619s	looking forward to this year too that's
2620s	going to be a blast yeah except it's
2622s	probably going to be very cold yeah lots
2624s	of
2627s	ice but yeah I guess like those were the
2630s	topics I had we can go through the
2633s	questions that the community has asked
2635s	us and I think Lex has some spicy on oh
2637s	I've got some questions for you but
2639s	before that before that let's go through
2642s	the sneak peek and oh s time yeah oh
2648s	okay yeah so do you have anything like
2650s	if you have anything any Snak peek no
2653s	just asking like if any Squad Squad uh
2656s	hot sneak PS then it would be nice to
2657s	have but we still
2660s	alive that's good that's the
2662s	status good to know so I will tell Lex
2667s	like three three things and then of
2670s	course we'll mute myself for the viewers
2672s	but then Lex will pick one for us to go
2676s	deeper okay so we have uh press on me
2680s	yeah we have
2683s	uh we
2687s	have
2689s	and what we have in the next
2691s	update oh my God maybe maybe two items
2696s	Maybe
2697s	you CU it was the brwl pass yeah yeah
2699s	yeah yeah yeah true then it's two
2703s	item so you tease me with three but I
2706s	only get to actually pick from two yes
2708s	I'm sorry we make up that's okay yeah
2711s	that's that's a tough one are we still
2714s	muted right now yeah it to being PST so
2717s	yeah we can't mute as much okay all
2719s	right I mean because I I want to uh I
2723s	want to hear about
2725s	this
2728s	at the same time oh my God you still
2729s	remember yeah wow yeah of course it and
2733s	like people been wanting forever as well
2735s	um oh all right all
2742s	right all right uh tell me about the uh
2745s	the 5v5 mode all right let's good it uh
2749s	so in the next update we'll have a 5v5
2752s	game mode and woo yeah
2756s	Y and then you're still experimenting on
2759s	yeah on how we want it to play uh like
2763s	we're trying different modes like try
2764s	and J grab braw ball uh wipe out how
2767s	they play out and then maybe like the
2770s	best one will actually uh be ready to
2772s	the community but we also like we don't
2775s	want to just like okay so it's a gen
2777s	grab but now it's five players or 10 in
2780s	this case we want also to have like some
2782s	twist in each game mode like that will
2784s	make sense to make it a 55
2787s	so yeah and then it to be like it will
2789s	be more like an eventful thing so it
2790s	won't be like in
2791s	rotation but that's it 55 is finally
2794s	coming to the game woo that's crazy
2797s	that's that's exciting I want I have so
2800s	many questions but I guess we'll just
2801s	have to wait yeah yeah I'm
2804s	sorry do the hit the thing again I like
2809s	that love that so much can you do that
2811s	after I finish all my sentences yeah no
2813s	I can use this one that's right oh love
2821s	it Ryan how do you feel about having the
2823s	catchphrase oh my God I I actually love
2826s	it I thought when people started make
2828s	well first of all Danny was one of the
2829s	first ones to make fun of me uh really
2831s	yeah and This Crew everyone in this room
2834s	was the first ones to make fun of me uh
2837s	cuz I cuz I had a partner then and I
2840s	after every time you finished a sentence
2842s	I felt like I needed to affirm it
2845s	somehow and that my thing and then of
2847s	course everyone on social media picked
2849s	it up after I did it 8,000 times in a
2850s	row I I thought at first I was like I
2854s	was very embarrassed and I I I like like
2858s	oh crap I'm a terrible uh Community
2860s	manager and and and brawl talker and all
2863s	this kind of stuff but then now I love
2866s	it now I think it's great I wish I had a
2868s	catchphrase like I'm trying for
2870s	years well so that's that there you
2873s	go just got to happen naturally yeah
2876s	yeah no but that's right it's beautiful
2879s	and I think like the thing how it
2880s	happened is because now I script BR talk
2883s	but Ryan like since he's um uh what it
2886s	fluent not fluent but what is the great
2889s	fluent he's great no but there is like
2892s	when you are born in the country that
2894s	speaks that native and thought he was
2896s	trying to compliment you like because
2898s	he's so great on camera trying to have
2901s	like his I would prefer that say more
2903s	nice thing yeah but like for a non
2905s	native it is a bit hard to be on the
2906s	flight to have like a clean sentence
2908s	right that you like can express
2910s	something very one liner that explains
2913s	everything for me like as I'm explaining
2915s	now for this one little information I'm
2918s	using lots of words it's like uh I
2920s	script and then that's why we are fluent
2922s	in bro talk but like for natives it's
2925s	easier so like naturally when I finish a
2928s	sentence they like that's right because
2929s	like you're are linking the things right
2931s	so that's was but you're freestyle in
2933s	this whole podcast yeah but it's like
2936s	imagine like a br talk that I oh so
2938s	there is his brawler and he like
2941s	I and I think that's actually how it
2943s	happened because there was some point in
2945s	between where you had notes of what you
2947s	wanted to say but I was freestyling and
2950s	then when we connected them together I
2951s	kept saying that's right after
2954s	this but yeah it's amazing so like
2956s	should we start with the how many
2958s	questions do you have
2959s	Lex 71 uh you know I've got I've got
2963s	I've got a I've got a full page in half
2966s	of questions here so I mean have all
2969s	mine you only have nine questions no
2971s	Nine Pages that's easy oh nine pages of
2975s	questions worry we're going be here all
2976s	night I can't wait oh good so when we
2979s	start with yours
2980s	Lex
2982s	okay are you sure you want to do this
2984s	Danny are you sure maybe we
2988s	cans and Alternate hey no worries Ryan
2992s	for these you know you're off the hot
2994s	seat you and Paul are freeing clear
2996s	Mario and oh my God yeah let's do it
2999s	well it's it's not live anyway so we
3002s	always have to post no you're just going
3003s	to cut it out okay I get you I see how
3005s	the censorship is working here Danny
3007s	we're goingon to cut you
3009s	out you've never been
3013s	here uh so I've got a bunch of like
3016s	tough questions but I've also got some
3017s	fun ones so I'm gonna mix them up here
3019s	that's co uh this one's from martio
3020s	actually martio now that you're working
3023s	with the brawl team uh give us something
3025s	about Danny that people don't know the
3027s	more more embarrassing the
3029s	better I got you have total freedom to
3031s	do whatever
3034s	yeah I don't know top of my head I'm not
3037s	exactly sure but yeah I guess like
3040s	people get really confused why we don't
3041s	for example speak Portuguese to each
3043s	other because we we are both Portuguese
3045s	native Portuguese speakers but we can
3047s	only communicate in English for some
3049s	reason yeah that's not like specifically
3051s	from Danny also because I think like
3054s	whenever there's something like
3055s	embarrassing your the first one to tell
3057s	it yeah but yeah okay I have something
3064s	um you thank you Paul you're saving the
3068s	day um he has a good and a bad side oh
3071s	and actually you guys can only see my
3073s	sign ever you need you need that you
3075s	mean like physically or em it's not that
3079s	I it's not that I think he has a bad and
3082s	a good one but he keeps saying it when
3084s	these cameras go off Danny is the
3086s	meanest
3088s	person like me c the bruises wait which
3091s	side which side is good side which side
3094s	obviously it's his left side he thinks
3095s	it's his good side right no you have you
3097s	guys have to can you he's the only one
3101s	saying it that's the
3105s	thing uhhuh and
3108s	then yeah I'm not I'm not seeing it I
3111s	think it's emotional it's around your
3113s	side of the face like it's a effect that
3116s	people's faces are not symmetric right
3118s	they are four that must be a good and
3121s	better and a worst side but then uh even
3123s	like the crew here they know that and
3126s	like I always talk to the director like
3128s	can you place me on my good side and
3130s	then he tries to do his best so how
3133s	actually the boxing scene we changed the
3136s	the environment we had to change the
3138s	whole stage they put them on the other
3140s	side it's like no you can't look at them
3142s	from that side you're like Harvey Dent
3143s	from Batman basically yeah yeah face but
3146s	let me explain like uh I have a
3149s	justification cuz like my face will be
3152s	seen by millions of people right so I'm
3154s	not happy with that I think I have bit
3157s	of say I understand that but I I I'm
3159s	bringing it up because I I honestly
3162s	think that is that is not um like people
3166s	wouldn't no this yeah oh no that the
3168s	whole Community will try like no after
3170s	this we're going straight on Twitter and
3172s	we're going to do a vote from your left
3173s	side and right side my wor
3177s	night and maybe you get used to it just
3180s	like Ryan got used to it that's right so
3182s	he hated it at the beginning but I don't
3184s	want that to be my
3188s	catchphrase I'm sorry my left side's my
3190s	good side yeah so your do you have one
3194s	good side Le no both sides are my good
3197s	side you do look very S symmetrics no
3200s	I'm I'm not I'm disfigured dude I'm like
3202s	I'm like a gremlin over here but it
3204s	doesn't matter it doesn't everybody's
3206s	got their own weird stuff don't worry
3208s	about it Dan you look beautiful on both
3209s	sides yeah my embarrassing thing is that
3211s	uh all of you viewers out there would be
3213s	very surprised to know how many times
3215s	behind the desk I'm standing on a box
3217s	because Danny is like a full foot taller
3220s	than me and I'm
3221s	small for the
3225s	record how about you um I know you are
3230s	you are making the questions not
3231s	anything embarrassing things for you
3233s	yeah no I don't really have any Danny's
3236s	a pretty cool guy hon thank you thank
3238s	you um okay so here's one okay so I know
3242s	that we're not like diving deep into the
3244s	upcoming changes with the brawl pass
3246s	which is smart because we haven't tried
3247s	it yet let's give it a shot see how it
3248s	goes but this topic does kind of Broach
3251s	it
3252s	indirectly so I know that there's a lot
3254s	of players who feel like brawl stars is
3256s	becoming increasingly more pay to win
3259s	and while of course you know people who
3261s	pay to buy stuff in game should be
3263s	rewarded for those things at the same
3265s	time uh there's many including myself
3267s	who don't like the ever increasing power
3269s	disparity between pay to win and free to
3272s	or free to play and pay players is there
3276s	you know what are your thoughts on this
3277s	topic and you know moving forward how
3279s	far down to this rabbit hole do we go
3280s	yeah yeah I think it's a good topic to
3282s	talk about I think the thing we can't
3285s	like be tied to or like we shouldn't
3287s	prevent ourselves to do is to give more
3289s	to people who are actually willing to
3291s	support the game right like why is it
3294s	bad that like if if you are like willing
3296s	to spend your money on a game to support
3298s	it why shouldn't we give you more like
3301s	uh it's something that so that means
3304s	that the only way for a player to
3306s	actually have like this difference
3308s	between like a free-to-play account and
3309s	a uh to get more power it's like to
3312s	spend a lot like that that is even more
3315s	predatory right it's like if we because
3318s	like it's already a reality like if you
3320s	want to max out your account on day one
3322s	you can spend a lot of I don't recommend
3324s	that to anyone by the way
3326s	uh buy the PES is the best offer we have
3328s	um but yeah I think it is like um I
3332s	don't know what is that Meme like it's a
3334s	honest work right we are giving more if
3337s	you are willing to to support the game
3339s	and if we don't have people support in
3341s	the game then it's bad for everyone so I
3344s	guess uh we are not like so worried
3348s	about that because it's already a
3349s	reality that like but we're giving more
3352s	to people who willing to uh to like go a
3356s	bit beyond than just playing the game so
3358s	I think uh we we see like of course like
3361s	we don't want to have like more players
3364s	being stronger than the the freeto play
3366s	players but also like with the new uh P
3370s	this is also not a reality because you
3372s	only use certain number of Bowlers to
3374s	play right like it's not like if you are
3376s	compare maxed accounts then yes then
3378s	like people Max the account faster but
3382s	like who who does that yeah the average
3385s	player when we are when you are playing
3387s	a game you play like your 15 Brawlers
3389s	and we are already giving more resources
3390s	to the free to play players so like
3393s	competitive uh we are going to be
3395s	actually in a better scenario than we
3397s	were before so yeah I wouldn't be too
3400s	worried about I told I totally get it
3402s	from that perspective that obviously
3404s	people who who are you know shelling out
3406s	their money to help support the game
3408s	obviously they should be rewarded for
3409s	doing so no no objection there um I do
3413s	and I think that for most people people
3415s	that they didn't you know they missed
3417s	that they they just read the headlines
3418s	they missed out on the details of the
3420s	past that it is actually better for the
3423s	vast majority of people the changes that
3424s	the brawl pass is going to be bringing
3427s	um now like and I I do have a very
3429s	Fringe case of course when on my freetop
3431s	playay account where I'm pushing all of
3433s	my Brawlers up high I see I see it's
3435s	definitely not as good for me there
3437s	because the you know the disparity
3439s	between my account and a maxed out
3441s	account is going to continue to grow
3442s	which I find a little bit frustrating
3445s	although will say you guys uh your your
3447s	power level scaling on each level you
3449s	made me upgrade some Brawlers grudging
3452s	me
3453s	so like playing level nine Brawlers up
3456s	around 700 trophies is is it gets pretty
3458s	rough so I I did have to upgrade some
3460s	Brawlers which I'm not happy about but
3462s	yeah uh I I don't know I just think that
3464s	this topic is it's always a little bit
3465s	touchy I guess when you bring in uh
3467s	money and uh and I think that we also
3473s	might have been spoiled a bit maybe you
3475s	can confirm this that like for the past
3478s	many years braw has been an extremely
3481s	free-to-play friendly game and maybe too
3486s	much so or it so that it now it seems
3489s	like any changes seems so drastic to the
3492s	free-to-play player base I don't know
3495s	yeah I just don't want to see you know
3497s	too much
3500s	monetization yeah at the end of the I'm
3502s	I'm all for monetization yeah well now
3506s	people can use code Lex in the pass
3508s	because it's IP right but of course like
3511s	absolutely yeah I think uh it is a a
3514s	thing that uh like it's a kind of a
3517s	taboo that like people are not very open
3519s	about it but like if we monetize the
3521s	game well we can actually grow the game
3524s	in our source like we can increase the
3526s	size of our team like we can uh show the
3529s	company that the game is worth in
3531s	investing on or in uh or we we can like
3535s	make uh make more ads yeah more lore
3539s	like people of the law right we can
3541s	create like lots of those animations
3542s	that people like to see it's like um if
3546s	we monetize well and it's not a in a
3548s	predatory way we are like asking too
3550s	much for a very few people like we are
3552s	asking little a bit of money for a lot
3555s	of people and and then uh if we monetize
3559s	well it it is better for everyone
3561s	because the P gives you more value so it
3564s	means like in the
3566s	and in the long run you are spending
3569s	less because you're getting more for
3570s	your
3571s	investment uh which makes the game uh
3576s	which makes the game continue to exist
3579s	for the freet to- playay players so I
3581s	think it is a bit uh we uh tricky to
3585s	talk about those things because I see
3587s	like yeah if you talk about money then
3589s	like it becomes like the top headline
3591s	like you are a greedy uh person and
3594s	everything but I don't know like it it's
3596s	a business right and you need we need to
3598s	exist like if you like the game yeah you
3600s	should be happy that someone else is
3602s	actually supporting it sure and I and I
3606s	said that in in my videos that you know
3607s	if every single player who played brawl
3609s	Stars never spent any money there would
3611s	be no brawl Stars it would cease to
3612s	exist yeah so I mean somebody's got to
3614s	be paying for all the development and
3617s	you know luckily there's a lot of
3618s	players out who love the game and are
3620s	willing to spend some money on the game
3621s	and that's not a bad thing that's a good
3623s	thing it not only makes the game exists
3625s	but it also provides jobs for everybody
3627s	that are working on the team and it's
3628s	it's a good thing um and I think that
3631s	overall that braw stars has been
3633s	extremely generous uh in most things in
3637s	come when it comes to monetization uh I
3640s	will say that on the free pass and we'll
3642s	see more uh when it actually comes out
3644s	the only thing I one of the thing one of
3646s	the two things that I didn't like about
3647s	it from what I read willing to wait and
3649s	see but the feeling that it gives
3651s	somebody when they buy the past it's
3652s	like it's a special moment like oh this
3654s	time I get a by the pass even so now
3656s	even if a free to-play player isn't
3658s	getting it and they're still getting
3659s	more rewards which they will be that
3661s	that feeling's kind of gone a little bit
3663s	but still in the end it's going to be
3665s	better for the vast majority of people
3667s	which is a great thing yeah but that
3669s	that's that I guess there's no other way
3671s	around it we just think it when we we
3673s	are very uh honest about it like that's
3675s	that's the nerve right sure yeah yeah so
3677s	yeah and
3679s	actually uh if you monetize well it
3681s	allow things like Squad Busters
3685s	to actually be made so like it's not
3687s	only but it's the company and allow like
3689s	more uh new games to be
3692s	released you guys have been pumping out
3694s	a lot of games in the beta here lately
3696s	yeah yeah and and actually it gives the
3699s	freedom for like if uh I don't want to
3703s	that this scenario happens but if Squad
3705s	Buster doesn't uh work out we have the
3708s	freedom to say like let's not release
3710s	this game because it's not worth it like
3711s	we don't we don't have the pressure to
3713s	release a game because like we can still
3715s	support ourselves with the live games we
3717s	have right so we hope it doesn't happen
3720s	but um it's it's good to be in the
3722s	situation which like most of the
3723s	companies are not most of the companies
3725s	are like there's a publish behind it and
3727s	like ship this game on that date and
3729s	then they have to ship something that
3730s	they don't
3733s	believe all right so here's a question I
3735s	guess for all of you what do you guys
3736s	feel like is the biggest mistake that
3739s	brawl star has ever made whoa going to
3743s	landscape what
3745s	hey hey I love I love portrait braw I'm
3748s	with you at the time I was in that brawl
3751s	talk with Ryan when when I when I O them
3753s	but uh the like the community hated it
3757s	it ended up being the right thing
3758s	obviously but uh like it was very hated
3760s	in the time yeah I just love I mean as I
3764s	said it and I I don't really mean it
3766s	because I love the game as it is right
3768s	now so I just got used to it but like I
3771s	I just miss portray games like I I like
3774s	play one hand while I'm doing something
3777s	else and all the games that I I love the
3780s	most are all all of on mobile they are
3783s	Port H landscape so I'm always like
3785s	forced to stop doing whatever I'm doing
3788s	to play a match and I I I would just
3791s	love to have this kind of game where I
3793s	can just you know like do like this you
3795s	know like Clash mini or but yeah so I I
3799s	I would have loved to see the game um so
3803s	I'm curious to know like in the in the
3806s	case where like brawl stars um survived
3810s	as a port trade game like how how would
3813s	it be like I would I would love to know
3815s	that uh but yeah yeah that was that was
3818s	the exact original theory was that it's
3820s	easier to play with one hand that's why
3823s	it was developed initially that way that
3824s	was the whole premise but yeah then of
3827s	course many of the things that we see
3829s	today in BR wouldn't make sense on a
3833s	portrait and I think for the game and
3836s	and also it we would be much more
3838s	limited on the things we can do so of
3841s	course it was the right decision but
3842s	like still like damn it only because we
3845s	saw it once like this thought will never
3847s	like go completely away people always
3850s	want what they can't
3852s	have how about for you
3856s	Ryan worst mistake ever man that's a
3859s	really hard one I mean I it's hard
3862s	because um when I'm thinking about all
3865s	the things not all the things some of
3867s	the things that we did that I maybe
3868s	disagreed with the reasoning was there
3871s	yeah as to why we did it wrong so I it's
3873s	hard for me to to think about the result
3876s	without the path there um I'd say
3879s	probably uh the worst mistakes were
3882s	during beta when we remade the meta so
3885s	many times we made metas that just did
3889s	not work that were way off and then we
3891s	scrapped the whole thing and made a left
3892s	turn and we we reinvented the game many
3895s	many many times in a row but again it
3898s	was part of the path to get to the thing
3900s	that worked but yeah we it took us a
3902s	long time to get
3904s	right do you have something in this
3906s	month or maybe it could be some from
3908s	where yeah something uh I guess more um
3910s	related to the work that we do that is
3913s	uh actually related to the Skins
3915s	whenever when we made the question to
3917s	the community about the Skins we about
3921s	bringing back exclusive skins or with
3923s	some color change ches or some kind of
3925s	detail changes or something I feel that
3928s	it was such an important thing and we
3931s	wanted to to really get the the
3933s	community viewpoint but we could have
3935s	waited maybe a little bit more and get
3938s	like the message a bit refined or
3939s	something and we ended up doing like
3942s	this whole text that was like really
3944s	nice structured like we gave like a lot
3946s	of cool details like we said like what
3949s	we would like to do what would be some
3951s	of the things and we even like told so
3954s	many times that we were taking into
3956s	account people's feedback but then for
3958s	some reason we put this poll yeah in the
3961s	game and like people kind of freaked out
3963s	a little bit especially when they
3964s	started seeing that uh bringing back
3967s	option was uh was winning by far yeah
3970s	and even though we were like just
3973s	keeping on saying that uh like we we are
3975s	not only taking this into account we're
3977s	also taking into account the comments
3978s	like it felt like a a mistake from from
3982s	our side of of things let's say
3985s	yeah yeah because like from from my side
3987s	I think many times I've uh reacted too
3991s	fast on community uh questions or
3995s	something like if someone because like
3997s	of course the community is very uh
3999s	emotional as well but we shouldn't react
4001s	on the same uh uh emotion like we should
4003s	be the ones that tone it down and then
4005s	answer in a normal way but sometimes it
4007s	happens that someone is ACC accusing you
4011s	of something then you get like triggered
4012s	and then you answer immediately like ah
4014s	man I shouldn't have done that and now
4017s	like I'm I'm more control like you can
4018s	see that I'm not Super Active on Twitter
4020s	for example it's just because like yeah
4022s	if there's a question that's really
4024s	relevant then I answer in the next day
4027s	or if this question will be answered by
4029s	like a game update or whatever then I I
4031s	don't answer because like what is the
4032s	point right I can give you like one day
4034s	before like knowledge but then the game
4037s	will answer so like I feel like the more
4041s	I'm in this role the less I feel like
4043s	the individual ual Danny matters is more
4046s	like the the broadcasting this
4048s	information right so like how can I
4050s	inform more people about this specific
4052s	thing rather than answering this one
4053s	player so like it kind of sacrifices the
4056s	um proximity or like the closeness that
4059s	we have we have to the players but at
4061s	the end of the day I believe that at
4062s	least more people are being formed but
4065s	uh yeah that was like my mistakes but I
4067s	guess like if you looking for the broing
4070s	then I think undoubtedly for me in my
4072s	period was the gears I think
4076s	and then actually uh cuz like Ryan was
4079s	still in the team and I remember I was
4081s	talking to Ryan and I feel like Ryan I
4083s	don't think this is going to go well and
4085s	then I was like uh should I tell the
4086s	team and anything and then Ryan said
4089s	like yeah please um it's better like if
4090s	you speak out rather than you keep to
4092s	yourself and then I made like a long
4094s	text of like why I don't think this is
4096s	good um like why we are not reaching our
4099s	goals and of course like we discussed
4100s	with the team and then we ended up um
4103s	going with it because at the end of the
4105s	day we also like uh we have to be humble
4107s	to like that we don't know what will be
4109s	the outcome of the things right we have
4111s	to put it out there to see how it goes
4113s	but well like a self tap on my shoulder
4118s	everything that I point out started
4120s	happening as like almost like a prophecy
4122s	and then I felt I actually I know what
4123s	I'm talking about so like I felt like
4125s	proud of myself but um and then H
4129s	another thing is that when we had this
4131s	update we were filming the brow
4135s	and then I was filming a message to the
4136s	community on the same day they were
4138s	hating me so much and then it's like
4142s	yeah but then like you guys are great
4145s	but not those 10,000 messages I just got
4148s	but I think it's nice that you you have
4150s	to think of like okay it's on long term
4152s	this will like be a problem that you go
4154s	away or like we will solve somehow and
4156s	then let's do the next thing right
4158s	because of course like the bres will be
4160s	like I don't know uh three weeks later
4163s	yeah but but um yeah it was tough but I
4166s	Think It's Tricky with stuff like gears
4168s	for example because um sometimes you
4171s	think about the features from your well
4174s	most of the time from your own own
4175s	experience and your own way of playing
4178s	the game and of course we are not game
4180s	designers we we're just players and
4182s	Community managers so we we kind of know
4184s	the know the players we we know the
4186s	games we like how we like things and for
4189s	me gears it was something that I I
4191s	wasn't interested in because because I I
4194s	play bro in a very casual way and I I am
4196s	more into cosmetics and stuff than
4198s	progression itself so for me it was like
4201s	yeah sure I will buy some I would just
4203s	watch K kao's videos about like which
4207s	one is better for each character and
4209s	that's it but I wasn't excited about it
4210s	but then uh some of the people who are
4212s	more on the like competitive um side or
4216s	like they they are more like more
4218s	hardcore players they were like really
4220s	into this concept and I was like oh okay
4222s	so if we if we manage to have people as
4225s	like these people are right now then
4227s	this is a great feature and I won't care
4229s	about it but like apparent I Pro maybe
4232s	many people will care about it so so
4234s	it's like super tricky to flag these
4236s	things because you never know if it's
4238s	just based on your experience if this
4240s	applies also to other people or like
4243s	yeah so it gets really really
4245s	complicated I think that's so important
4246s	to point out that we try our best to
4248s	have a six sense to know how the
4251s	community will react if they'll love a
4252s	feature or hate a feature but still
4254s	we're doing our best guess and we don't
4256s	know until it's in the players hands and
4258s	I think you guys Lex when you get the
4260s	Early Access you've loved some things
4262s	that we've put out and then we've all
4263s	been stunned if the community didn't
4265s	like
4266s	it right no I think that it's one of
4269s	those things where even even if you
4271s	think that the community is going to not
4274s	initially take well to it if you still
4276s	think that it's in the best interest for
4277s	the game long term you're still going to
4279s	ship it because you think that they're
4281s	not going to like it they're going to
4282s	get used to it and in the end it'll be
4284s	better thing for the the game right yeah
4287s	the thing that the gears weren't so
4289s	that's why we reworked eventually yeah I
4292s	think that on the gears update it wasn't
4293s	so the gears were definitely boring to
4295s	me they still are a little bit but uh it
4298s	was more like adding two levels at the
4300s	same time it just felt like such an
4302s	insurmountable thing like I spent $5,000
4305s	in one video and I still didn't even
4308s	fully max out I really regret that video
4310s	by the
4311s	way yeah um yeah yeah but yeah but we
4316s	learn go ahead what we learned from that
4319s	and then if we could go back we would
4321s	probably of course like have the gears
4323s	in a reor design but I was like
4325s	releasing only one power level instead
4327s	of two uh yeah
4329s	yeah well speaking of gears and the
4332s	boing so it's kind of centered around
4334s	that uh because I was actually talking
4336s	to Kyros yesterday and we were both
4339s	talking about how a we still feel like
4342s	hypercharge is too expensive but because
4346s	like whenever you're leveling up like
4348s	when you get your Gadget at level seven
4350s	it feels so worth that extra thousand
4352s	coins it's like oh this is a really
4353s	impactful thing and then the gears are
4356s	just like H it's whatever star Powers
4359s	which cost twice as much of a gear don't
4361s	usually feel as impactful as a gadget
4364s	sorry misspoke so star Powers feel less
4367s	impactful than a gadget do depends on
4369s	the star power but for the most part and
4370s	then hyperchargers while are very cool
4373s	for five times the cost they don't feel
4375s	like they give you five times the fun
4377s	it's almost like the awesome factor is
4380s	almost inverted a little bit yeah
4382s	between gadgets and
4383s	hyperchargers do you still feel that
4385s	hyperchargers are Priced Right could we
4387s	possibly see a reduction in cost or I
4391s	think is that just it I would say like
4392s	uh like I don't know what the team feels
4394s	about it so like I speaking for myself
4396s	but I think the the thing approach would
4398s	be to actually make the hypercharge to F
4401s	the thing that you were missing instead
4403s	of like decreasing price because I think
4404s	like economy-wise I think we are in a
4406s	good place right now and it allows us to
4408s	buff uh progression which means that
4411s	most of the play the player base will
4413s	benefit from that because most of the
4415s	players don't even reach power 11 anyway
4417s	right so like uh like they reach with
4419s	some Brawlers like if we give room to
4422s	ourselves to buff progression in a
4424s	general way because hyperchargers cost
4426s	this price it's actually beneficial for
4428s	the whole Community actually even if
4430s	some has to pay the price of the Char
4433s	but yeah I think it's it's better like
4434s	if you fix the design rather than the
4436s	price cuz at least we are in a good
4437s	place economically okay yeah that's
4441s	that's fair enough yeah why you talking
4443s	about Buffs when are we going to get a
4444s	buff to coins Danny like every time I go
4447s	to upgrade a brawler no I want more we
4450s	want more because we always want more
4453s	Danny like whenever I go go to upgrade a
4456s	brawler I don't even look at my power
4457s	points like I know I have enough of
4458s	those it's it's pure the bottleneck is
4460s	pure coins give us more coins for the
4463s	love of God and everything is Holy give
4464s	us more coins I think the issue is that
4467s	coins are very how to say like when
4469s	people ask for a buff they want to see
4471s	like a clear buff in BR pass which is
4472s	like a recurrent uh thing that you can
4475s	always see how in the long term is
4477s	getting buffed right but today we just
4479s	announced that the mega Pig event will
4482s	be run for four weekends in a row weeks
4484s	yeah so that's already a buff right and
4487s	then as we communicated in the uh in the
4490s	Broast communication we want to run more
4493s	crazy events like the shooting star
4495s	drops or things like that like we want
4497s	to have like this uh what say budget of
4500s	resources that we can include in those
4502s	events to make those events uh better
4505s	it's like uh I don't think okay so like
4506s	you're just saying that basically like
4508s	instead of like a static you know
4510s	non-stop buff you know you're having
4512s	bigger special events and that would be
4513s	the buff to those things that's cool and
4515s	that's good for you know like me and
4517s	players to look at it in that respect
4520s	that's cool yeah but I guess the the the
4522s	bad thing of that is that play don't
4524s	perceive yeah as a buff because they see
4526s	this as a bonus right so I guess but
4528s	right it is that is exactly the way I've
4530s	always looked at it as well so yeah all
4533s	right here's a here's this is more of a
4537s	topic suggestion slash maybe but and
4541s	it's not a new one but you know star
4543s	drops which I think star drops are
4545s	pretty great if you ask over on Reddit
4547s	they probably would disagree with me but
4549s	I think that they're fine with the
4551s	exception of the cosmetics in there M
4554s	because while it's always cool to get a
4556s	cosmetic and you know it's you know
4558s	worth something it always feels like I'm
4560s	going to get that one cosmetic that I
4562s	don't even it's like oh cool I got this
4565s	profile icon that I will never use or
4568s	hey I just got a Mythic star drop and I
4569s	got Constructor Jackie
4572s	yay um that actually happened to me the
4574s	other day it was kind of disappointing
4576s	instead of like giving somebody a
4577s	standard drop why couldn't you make like
4579s	a rarity token like you get a epic skin
4582s	token in this where you can go over
4583s	catalog and pick out whatever skin you
4585s	actually want so that that reward
4587s	actually feels like a reward and not a
4588s	disappointment yeah I guess like there
4591s	there of course maybe could have a being
4592s	could have uh we could have a better
4595s	balance but the thing is that random
4597s	ability allows us to give more so like
4601s	uh if we if you can't pick what you want
4604s	then it means that we can give you we
4606s	can give you more bling value because
4609s	like if you give like exactly what you
4610s	want you pick like ah I want this ping
4612s	and this and then you never buy again so
4614s	like the the thing is that we can we are
4616s	allowed to give more okay resources
4619s	because of the randomness because like
4623s	what we see is that people buy their the
4624s	skin they want and they are cool like
4628s	but hey we we have like so many SKS like
4630s	can you buy other ones as well it's like
4632s	uh yeah I guess I didn't look at it from
4634s	that perspective of like you got
4637s	something for you know out of a start
4640s	drop that would might have effect on
4644s	your purchasing decisions in the game I
4646s	I've never really looked at never never
4648s	connected those two dots um I still I
4652s	still wish that I could choose yeah
4655s	something on there and some say like I
4657s	guess our game designer keeps saying
4659s	like bad bad results are actually they
4662s	make the good results
4666s	better okay that's going to be not
4669s	getting slapped not getting slapped in
4671s	the or getting slapped in the face makes
4672s	it feels great when you don't
4674s	exactly but it's funny because um this
4677s	is kind of related but uh for St drops
4680s	because you mentioned that when you get
4682s	Cosmetics especially if you don't like
4684s	those Cosmetics that you get kind of
4685s	like like feeling and it's funny because
4688s	every time I open a start drop I'm like
4690s	Jessie pin please please please Jessie
4693s	pin and I never and I always get like
4696s	credits coins that
4699s	I like for me it's like the opposite so
4702s	but uh actually what I been and then
4704s	I've been thinking like why do do I not
4707s	like really enjoy stardrops that much I
4710s	think for me it's something similar but
4711s	like I wouldn't like to choose the
4713s	rewards because that's a lot of like
4716s	decision making I need to do and I don't
4718s	like that so I preer that you give me
4720s	something but it's true that what I
4721s	don't like about stardrop is that the
4723s	the pool of rewards is so big and it's
4727s	it's so like you you don't know what to
4729s	expect so okay you you get the Rarity
4731s	and it's like oh it's going to be Mythic
4732s	but with
4734s	Mythic you got you got so many different
4736s	things possibilities that it's like I'm
4739s	I'm not sure if I'm excited because if I
4742s	I can get so many things that like and
4745s	then I never get what I want because I I
4747s	want you know I want a skin and I never
4749s	I never get a skin or I I want to yeah a
4753s	pin or an emote and I never get that so
4755s	for me I think the the my biggest
4757s	problem with stardrop is that they are
4758s	not really like grouped into like
4760s	different rewards so like uh for me the
4762s	idea like a perfect scenario would be
4765s	where like the start DRS would have
4767s	different like so okay this is a startup
4769s	for resources
4770s	like and this is the start for resour
4774s	yeah Cosmetics so at least you know like
4777s	your expectations are already like you
4780s	know set at least on that group of
4782s	things you can get so that's I think
4784s	that's my my um my biggest thing with
4787s	start I think like a Improvement to
4789s	start drops is it is in the road map
4791s	somewhere but it's not like I think it's
4793s	not in the next update or anything but
4795s	yeah it is something that we want to
4796s	improve to have the more good results
4800s	than uh upsetting ones but wouldn't be
4803s	great if you can play an event called
4805s	Mega Pig and get up to 20 star drops in
4808s	one event this episode sponsored
4812s	by say today's video is sponsored by
4814s	Mega
4816s	Pig Yeah but I was really happy when the
4819s	when they when when you introduced stard
4821s	drops uh as a like replacement kind of
4824s	for the boxes I think it brought a lot
4826s	of the excitement that maybe the
4828s	community lost a bit with the with the
4830s	boxes being gone so it's it's really
4833s	cool
4834s	still all right I got a question for
4837s	specifically for Ryan because I know
4839s	that it was I I know that no it's a good
4842s	question it's it's a it's a fun question
4843s	um how close was brawl stars to actually
4847s	being
4848s	killed extremely close like during
4852s	during those 18 months we as a
4855s	team probably talked once a week about
4858s	whether we should kill brawl star like
4860s	it was a very common discussion and and
4863s	just to give a little context I think
4864s	many of you know this but at supercell
4866s	we want to make games that are played
4868s	for years and remembered forever so the
4869s	bar is really really high and we needed
4872s	brawl star to get to that bar before we
4874s	could consider a global launch so as a
4877s	game team working on a beta this bar
4881s	that you want to hit is important and
4884s	there's also this idea that if you
4885s	believe that the game you're working on
4887s	just isn't going to get there it's on
4890s	you to kill that game and move on to a
4892s	new project so you can make the next
4894s	thing and that's kind of the thought
4897s	process that we had throughout and we
4898s	were I think it was a healthy discussion
4901s	on whether we should kill the game but
4902s	for a long time we were far from the
4905s	metrics that we needed to get to but
4908s	I'll repeat the thing that we all knew
4910s	is that the core gameplay was good we
4912s	all knew it was good the whole time so
4915s	we had to figure out was it the meta was
4917s	it skins was it what were we missing
4919s	what was the missing piece there and we
4921s	all believed we could find it but there
4923s	was a moment in uh
4928s	2018 I don't know there was a Moment One
4930s	Summer this is before we launched on
4932s	Android and beta and we we launched
4936s	Android during that summer before summer
4938s	we were all pretty convinced we would
4940s	kill the game we were fairly certain
4943s	and so launching on Android was like a
4945s	last Dash it was a Hail Mary to just say
4949s	you know what let's put it on Android
4950s	we'll go on Finland we go on summer
4952s	break in July let's put it on Android
4954s	let's see what happens and that was our
4956s	kind of Our Last Hope and we went on
4958s	summer break and we got back and the
4960s	metrics were good they were better
4962s	things were improving and we realized at
4964s	that moment that people want to play
4966s	with their friends and when you're only
4968s	on one uh one platform you can't cuz
4971s	some of your friends are on Android some
4972s	are on iPhone and you can't invite all
4974s	of your friends to play this game so
4976s	that was one of the magic keys that
4978s	started to unlock it for us and made
4980s	made the game a lot more feasible but a
4983s	very long-winded way of answering your
4984s	question yeah we were close many times
4987s	many
4989s	times how different uh so many lives
4992s	would be had it been killed absolutely
4994s	and I'm and my family is included
4996s	everybody at that table 100% your life
4999s	would be so much different right now and
5001s	it took the belief of a lot of people
5003s	te to just stand up and say we know this
5006s	game is good we know we can do it
5007s	including Frank who came in some mons
5010s	before that and basically said this game
5013s	is too good to kill and he came into the
5015s	team with a vision and said we're going
5017s	to make it work we have to make it work
5019s	and that really helped us you know get
5021s	over the hump and launch it
5023s	beautiful that's awesome Danny give us
5026s	some questions from the community all
5027s	right let's go we can maybe like do a
5029s	speed run because you have lots um
5033s	uh frana hello I love the BR star
5035s	Community thank you so much what has uh
5038s	your most memorable moment in the
5042s	community uh for sprl talk yeah
5046s	definitely yeah the reaction hello n by
5049s	the way I'm not sure where to look uh
5052s	but yes I think I think so I was so
5054s	nervous so like everything many emotions
5058s	but like seeing the reaction and the
5060s	people and like seeing the comments of
5063s	that like it was it was just so cool
5065s	like I cannot even explain but like that
5068s	moment I think I really really treasure
5070s	it and my and my goodbye um like my
5073s	whole goodbye situation that was really
5076s	something super like that I that I carry
5079s	with me as well yeah yeah like about
5082s	that like I was like super cuz like I'm
5084s	all about entertainment and like I want
5086s	to make like Pro talk like the most the
5088s	best uh entertainment piece it can be in
5091s	the gameing industry but then I was like
5093s	oh so Paul is leaving like let's make a
5095s	very emotional moment like oh let's have
5097s	some tears and like I like no but like
5100s	she she can do like whatever he want
5101s	like a I wrote like some um speech but I
5104s	said like Paul ignore that like right
5106s	with your own words um but then like
5109s	when she was talking and then she C
5110s	started crying then I felt really bad
5112s	like oh no I I didn't want that to
5114s	happen right I feel like I'm exploiting
5116s	this no I would have cried anyway it was
5119s	a really big thing for me as well and
5121s	very like even when I was writing the
5124s	the speech I was like this is going to
5126s	be hard and then and then it was like
5128s	three I remember like very very clearly
5130s	it was three takes the first take I
5133s	could do it yeah kind of okay then we
5135s	did it again just you know like to have
5137s	this multiple Tak just in case torturing
5140s	PA yeah the second I was like already
5142s	know like okay and the third one I
5145s	exploded like the third time I had to go
5147s	through the speech again I was like just
5150s	you can use this Ste but like I'm not
5151s	going to do it again
5153s	yeah I remember I was also like shooting
5155s	I was already here at that time and I
5157s	was like just behind the scenes shooting
5158s	like some uh behind the scen scenes with
5160s	the with the phone and when I started
5162s	seeing Paulo crying I started feeling
5164s	super guilty and I just put the phone
5166s	down I deleted the video I was like okay
5169s	I'm not going to do anything that's
5173s	enough how about for you the be the most
5176s	memorable moment most memorable moment I
5178s	think um you would think it would be the
5180s	global launch when we launch the game
5182s	across the world but actually for me it
5184s	was when we announced that we were going
5186s	to go Global that was my favorite moment
5189s	and definitely the most memorable for
5192s	those who weren't around I played a very
5193s	dirty trick on everyone and very heavily
5196s	implied to everybody that we were going
5198s	to kill the game and uh deleted
5201s	everything off of all of our social
5203s	media and just put one post that said we
5205s	need to talk and I didn't tell the
5207s	YouTubers I didn't tell anybody what was
5210s	going on except that there was a big
5211s	announcement and seeing
5213s	uh everyone's reaction to that was like
5217s	the dream come true from when I was a
5218s	little kid it was great yeah that was
5221s	amazing for you as well it was fun I
5223s	still I still think that I I will always
5226s	think of the moment in Helsinki when me
5229s	Kyros and Ash pressed the button to
5231s	launch brawl Stars globally uh on in
5235s	Europe and in the US that was just like
5238s	the culmination of 18 months of work and
5241s	not knowing to it's real this is live
5245s	this is a whole new chapter to my life
5248s	which was pretty special
5249s	moment how about you Marcio yeah I would
5252s	say the bro talk as well like it's it's
5255s	something that I always saw like working
5257s	on other companies as well and like from
5259s	the outside like just seeing these thing
5261s	that looked so fun to do and like so
5264s	imaginative and there was like so like
5266s	the costumes the the backgrounds like
5268s	everything and the first time that I
5271s	actually saw you guys doing like the
5273s	rumble jungle I think like that was a
5275s	really nice set yeah I was so impressed
5277s	by the set I was like oh my God I can't
5279s	believe that I'm actually going to be in
5281s	one of these things and then actually
5283s	shooting the one with the with the fight
5285s	and there were and a very special thing
5288s	was that there was the three of us there
5289s	as well so I see knew guys a lot and I
5292s	was like oh my God this is kind of you
5294s	know the dream working with these two
5295s	guys so it was like very very emotional
5298s	and I was just trying to be serious all
5300s	the time and not be like oh my God
5304s	amazing but yeah yeah I think for me
5306s	it's it's not even a bro well it is
5309s	related to bro talk but I think it was
5310s	when we released the first L piece like
5313s	the Star Park campaign cuz like we we
5316s	are doing like this Premiere we like we
5318s	we were heading Cra Crazy numbers and I
5321s	think was it the year after like we got
5323s	like 1 million uh people watching uh the
5327s	premiere at the same time which is like
5329s	a crazy number right mhm but then like
5331s	these yeah so we were having like the
5333s	star partk campaign and bro talk was
5337s	like glitching already and then like it
5338s	starts getting weirder and then my head
5340s	explodes and then like in a live stream
5342s	with like 800,000 people watching there
5345s	was a silence like nobody was commenting
5348s	anything cuz they were like what what's
5350s	happening right and then like it was the
5352s	first time I see like a stream like
5355s	getting silent mhm like because prior to
5357s	that the chat was like so fast it was
5360s	like unreadable it was so quick and then
5363s	for a moment it just
5365s	stopped and I think it was like the most
5368s	impressive uh moment and then in this
5370s	there was a comment I still remember is
5372s	someone say like Make It
5376s	Stop which is exactly what we wanted
5379s	with the campaign so yeah I think it was
5381s	such a powerful moment so I have a
5383s	question for you all it's from it's
5386s	actually this that's the name of the
5388s	player what do you think of the current
5390s	state of the community right now
5393s	very broad yeah maybe not if you are not
5396s	following but have you been following me
5399s	not
5401s	following the community I'm always
5403s	luring but I think it's better that that
5405s	you guys comment on it you know better
5408s	maybe Lex I would like to see Le's point
5410s	of view well I mean he did say right now
5414s	and right now there's a lot of
5416s	uncertainty I think from players that
5418s	you know they're nervous about upcoming
5420s	changes and rightfully so
5423s	but I think that in the end they'll find
5425s	that it's it's a it's a good thing so
5428s	overall I think people are you know
5431s	pretty generally good but you know we
5435s	have our moments and this happens to be
5437s	one of those you know anxious moments
5438s	change is always hard to you know digest
5442s	at first but I think that uh in in the
5444s	end once they see it all and once you
5446s	get to play it hopefully it'll all be
5448s	great and everybody will be happy yeah
5451s	yeah I agree I
5453s	I think there's a little bit of tension
5454s	like people know that the game is going
5456s	through some changes there's lots of
5458s	stuff happening and there's lots of
5459s	things plan to happen as well but uh
5462s	overall it's still good to see like
5465s	especially from my point of view as a a
5467s	newcomer that there's a lot of trust in
5469s	the developers a lot of trust in the
5471s	team a lot of trust in us trying to do
5473s	the the right thing which I believe that
5475s	we are yeah and uh also being honest
5478s	about it and uh I think that's something
5481s	that's been existing at least from my
5483s	time here and I haven't seen that change
5487s	so yeah yeah actually talk about trust
5489s	and then I think that's that a thing
5491s	that I think it's funny because like we
5493s	have we have like a proven history of
5496s	like listening the players and changing
5498s	things that is not working out but then
5501s	every time you release something they
5502s	like oh no it's the time now they are
5504s	going like full like payu wi and those
5506s	greedy bastards and like like like
5509s	haven't we given them enough uh examples
5513s	for you to trust us but um I think it's
5515s	funny it's just like an emo reaction and
5517s	actually that was part of the strategy
5518s	of the communication we we did with the
5521s	BR pass cuz we knew like the first day
5524s	it's going to be all about emotions
5525s	right we don't want to expect anyone to
5527s	go deep and like see the benefits or the
5530s	actual changes and then I even told like
5533s	Paula and Drew because like actually I I
5535s	shared the document with Drew which has
5538s	been through a similar situation with
5540s	Royale right it's like he shared the
5542s	learnings like how he would have done uh
5545s	better so like it was really useful for
5547s	us as well but then I thought like my
5549s	strategy is like we drop the content I
5551s	go play PS5 for like the next few days
5553s	and then on Monday I'll see the comments
5555s	and which never happened actually was
5558s	reading the comments but
5559s	anyway but I did play some uh Spider-Man
5562s	uh but um yeah so I think
5566s	um the state is that uh I think we've
5569s	yeah we've given like a lot of uh examp
5572s	examples of like why they should trust
5573s	us and like what we want is what they
5575s	should want as well because the best for
5577s	the game uh but um I think like right
5581s	now we are in a good place cuz they know
5585s	they can like uh trust us and read the
5588s	communications we are providing there
5590s	and then everything we put out there we
5592s	kind of like solve quickly like for
5594s	example the exclusive Kings uh drama or
5597s	um polemic that we yeah we made a
5601s	mistake on how we awarded and how we uh
5604s	asked the question but then we quickly
5606s	came to a solution that pleased most of
5608s	the the players and now with the past
5611s	that is like it's not exactly like a bad
5613s	news but uh it's actually above to
5615s	progression so yeah lots of things I I
5618s	think we are not one thing I do
5620s	appreciate one thing I appreciate with
5623s	the way you guys did this Danny I will
5624s	say is that a you gave us a long heads
5627s	up I mean this these changes aren't
5628s	going to be taking place until early
5629s	next year which is a great thing thank
5631s	you you for giving us such a big heads
5633s	up and secondly is that you know there
5636s	wasn't any kind of like uh cryptic
5639s	language or anything you just you laid
5640s	it all out exactly what's going to
5642s	happen so there's nothing hidden it's
5644s	all transparent and we know when it's
5646s	going to happen and what exactly is
5648s	going happen and so I think that that's
5650s	a big thing to you know help bolster the
5655s	trust that you have built in with the
5657s	community yeah and that's part of
5660s	the
5663s	yeah and that's part of our vision I got
5664s	the air
5666s	horn yeah yeah it's part of our vision
5668s	as well of uh the the relationship we
5671s	want to have with the community is one
5672s	of trust of clarity of like giving
5675s	everything that we can to to the players
5678s	and letting them make the choices that
5680s	that they want to do like having all the
5682s	information to be able to make the best
5684s	choices and the most valuable for them
5687s	yeah and the strategy was also like to
5689s	put everything out right to break down
5690s	the feuture as must
5692s	as much as we can because then you can
5695s	like either like or dislike but at least
5697s	you are informed right there is no
5699s	mystery or like anything that's like uh
5701s	what what about the future it's like
5703s	everything is like least down there like
5705s	you just have to read and uh wait yeah
5708s	you may not you may not like the changes
5710s	you know before even seeing them but you
5712s	may not like them but at least you know
5714s	everything that's happening nothing's
5715s	being hidden from you yeah and I think
5718s	broadly speaking on the health of the
5719s	community we don't necessarily need the
5722s	community to be happy and agree with us
5724s	all the time the important thing is that
5726s	they care we actually want them to
5727s	disagree Express their desires for the
5729s	game tell us things we did wrong or that
5731s	we could do better that's super crucial
5734s	to making the game better yeah and to uh
5737s	quote one of the other community
5738s	managers here at supercell the only time
5741s	she says the only time she would be
5743s	scared for her games Community is if the
5745s	reaction not that it's negative but that
5748s	it's silence that there's no reaction
5750s	because that means the players stopped
5752s	caring and that's the time I as a
5755s	community manager would be scared or
5757s	would think that the community is is uh
5760s	unhealthy because every player I think
5763s	has a vision for the game that's in
5766s	their heads and that because they love
5768s	the game and they see the future of it
5770s	that they want to happen and of course
5773s	we have millions of players and we can't
5774s	deliver millions of different Vision so
5776s	naturally we'll we'll give something
5778s	that won't be exactly what they hope for
5780s	but H hopefully it's something that
5781s	they'll end up enjoying at least that's
5784s	the
5785s	goal
5786s	Y Cool next question then from Elemental
5791s	Studios what is your opinion on the fun
5793s	art people create oh it's so good yeah
5797s	so good so amazing yeah yeah it's one of
5800s	the things I pay actually the most
5802s	attention like and I just love going
5804s	through Twitter through everywhere just
5805s	to see fan art yeah yeah we have so many
5808s	talented people like Lex work with one
5810s	of them right
5812s	yeah shout out to Schneider poox yeah
5814s	he's amazing like when he does a lot of
5816s	artwork for my thumbnails and lots of
5818s	times I'll you guys would probably laugh
5820s	happy saw him but like I I have an idea
5823s	of what I want for a thumbnail and so I
5824s	draw out something you know my on my
5826s	tablet I draw it all out you know like
5828s	the best that I'm able to and then I
5830s	send it to him I'm like bro don't be
5831s	jealous just you know give me your
5833s	version of my beautiful artwork here and
5835s	the and him as well as all of the other
5838s	like artists in the community like they
5840s	are so unbelievably talented
5842s	that I couldn't even begin to do
5844s	something like that I mean my drawings
5846s	are well SCH horrible one of Lex's
5849s	drawings put on screen put or like send
5852s	us and then we put on the screen I'll
5854s	I'll send you I'll send you a couple
5855s	like there's one I did where like Crow
5856s	was like the professor Crow it was for
5859s	like a you know all the Brawlers
5860s	explained in 14 minutes video I did my
5863s	drawing was so hilarious it's so bad but
5865s	uh I'll send it you guys you guys can
5867s	pop it up onagram amazing it's really
5869s	cool because also through fun art this
5871s	is how the story of bro stars and like
5874s	all the Lord gets like Illustrated and
5876s	how how people actually learn about the
5879s	Lord I think it's more from the fan art
5882s	than from our official uh stuff so I
5884s	think it's very it's very magical to see
5887s	to see that and I think like when I
5889s	already said in another episode but like
5891s	the when we released Janet and bony
5893s	where like it was one lineer like we
5896s	said like Janet and bony are sisters and
5897s	still is like their adopted father and
5900s	then like and I don't know like 10
5902s	minutes later like full of fun arts like
5904s	like being like a family and everything
5906s	so like they understood this one line
5908s	and they start creating their own story
5909s	so I think it was the highest number of
5911s	fun art we got after brawl talk and it's
5914s	like sometimes I don't even know how how
5916s	fast they are like it's so fast how they
5918s	can make it right right and it's such a
5921s	uh detail and so pretty yeah it's
5924s	amazing I think like it's above average
5926s	in the industry right I think for sure
5928s	amazing some of the best fan art I've
5930s	seen I'm jealous as well I wish I could
5933s	draw like
5936s	that um Power League
5939s	Prodigy what can you tell us about the
5941s	changes to the Creator program for
5943s	website creators I wish we had Rick here
5947s	uh will the process for this type of
5949s	Creator be more formalized in the
5951s	future I guess like of course I don't
5954s	know because I I don't work do you maybe
5956s	you have more information yeah so I
5958s	think we've we've just made some changes
5960s	to Creator boost for them to help them
5961s	support their websites even more we're
5963s	looking at uh kind of formalizing a
5966s	better way for them to get into the
5968s	program it's a bit difficult because For
5970s	You Know YouTube and other channels we
5972s	can look at subscriber numbers we have a
5973s	lot of data we can pull but for websites
5975s	it's a bit of a mystery so we absolutely
5977s	see that as uh as something we need to
5979s	fix and we're I think Rick has some
5981s	ideas in his head on how we can improve
5983s	that yeah keep an eye out we'll get
5984s	better for shout out to Rick because
5986s	he's doing an amazing job and it's it's
5988s	it's also uh it creates another hype
5991s	moment because like in the parallel like
5993s	we are talking about the games but then
5995s	Rick like Hypes his own stuff right like
5997s	let's do like Creator program uh
5999s	improvements and um the thing is also
6002s	like he's talking about websites and it
6004s	is really really tricky to have like a
6006s	formalized or a structure for every
6007s	single social media right like we have
6010s	Twitter creators asking like is there
6012s	like an option for Twitter or Facebook
6014s	or so it's uh Tik Tok we recently added
6017s	right so we do have support for Tik Tok
6020s	but um yeah such a lot of work it's not
6023s	like just click one button and then yeah
6025s	now we have like this social media it
6027s	needs to track something or like how we
6030s	evaluate uh a Creator from specific
6032s	social media so yeah it's pretty tricky
6034s	like in the ideal world every social
6036s	media would be available in the Creator
6038s	program but yeah we have to pick our
6042s	battles then from Zoom
6045s	Paul hi guys uh you probably look
6048s	fantastic today my question thank you do
6051s	follow what do you all think about the
6054s	original characters that people make uh
6057s	like so like the bowlers they create
6059s	what is the real situation with an
6061s	original character to be or not to be in
6063s	the game and besides that you guys have
6069s	favorites by original characters is like
6072s	concept yeah Brawlers that the community
6074s	created yeah yeah
6077s	okay I love seeing some of the ones over
6079s	I've seen on Reddit um the especially
6082s	the ones that they're like they're fully
6083s	fleshed out like it has all not just a
6085s	picture which that's nice too but like
6087s	all of their you know abilities and
6090s	everything else although sometimes I've
6091s	seen him like their main shot deals
6093s	9,000 damage and has 75,000 hit points
6096s	it's like okay come on get real man but
6098s	know some of them are actually really
6100s	really cool Concepts I saw one called
6101s	that they named the brawler Lex so I
6103s	mean that's my favorite one we got to
6104s	get that in there we sometimes we even
6107s	get letters from uh kids mostly and the
6112s	inside there is a design for a character
6114s	and very very like specific like
6116s	mechanics and and they write everything
6118s	by hand and so sweet it's like and then
6121s	at that moment I can imagine the kid you
6123s	know like throwing that it's like this
6125s	is
6125s	amazing that was that was actually for
6127s	me oh oh okay it's still
6131s	amazing but yeah I like the EDG in this
6133s	like sometimes like of course like they
6135s	they are young and like super hypy and
6137s	then it's like alien ninja whatever like
6140s	it's always like these very edgy topics
6142s	right it's so fun but I I think nothing
6145s	comes to my mind like on a specific I
6148s	mean uh it would be super cool if we had
6150s	like an easy way to implement data even
6152s	if it would be like I don't know a
6154s	special mode where you could use like
6156s	these characters or something but yeah I
6158s	guess that it would uh be complicated to
6162s	to bring like original Concepts to to
6164s	the game there's lore and of course like
6166s	I would love like as in the community
6168s	perspective to have one braw from the
6170s	community but but yeah like we are
6171s	building like the LW and everything and
6174s	every brother needs to make sense with
6176s	the others and so yeah it's tough unless
6179s	like we give a brief like we want a
6181s	brother X to fit this Trio or yeah or
6184s	maybe like some sort of collaboration
6186s	where we give like some uh indication of
6188s	the things that we can actually do yeah
6191s	but it's a cool idea yeah yeah I guess
6193s	super there has been a situation though
6195s	there has been a situation where uh a
6198s	brawler not not like per say a full
6201s	concept but a brawler in general has
6203s	made it into the game I remember when I
6205s	did a video with Paul and you Danny talk
6208s	about characters that was it was it BB I
6211s	think that was like the general concept
6212s	of BB yeah uh Paul fleshed out and
6215s	actually made it into the game but I
6216s	think for the most part like the
6218s	original you know Concepts and stuff
6220s	that people do they're really cool but
6222s	you know the artists they at the team
6223s	they've got their own Visions or stuff
6225s	that they're usually working on so they
6226s	don't usually make their way into the
6228s	game but there has been a situation in
6230s	the pket it has happened and can you
6233s	imagine like uh cuz we have like so much
6236s	drama with Supercell make and those are
6238s	SKS can you imagine if you become
6240s	brawler like oh I don't like this
6242s	brawler why did you pick this one
6244s	another I love it let's do it yeah but I
6246s	still think because I was going to
6246s	mention Supercell make and I think
6248s	Supercell make takes us like a step
6251s	closer to like these kind of things
6253s	happening like in in one way or another
6255s	and I think it's really really really
6257s	cool of course with character it's going
6258s	to be more challenging because many
6261s	things you need to think about when you
6262s	design a character things that I don't
6264s	even know but the the guys doing that
6266s	they they know the things uh but yeah I
6269s	I think it's it would be really cool if
6271s	we at some point we could Implement
6272s	something that is 100% made and coming
6275s	from the
6277s	community yeah um H
6282s	HCB uh for Ryan uh oh there's two
6286s	questions here like do you enjoy your
6287s	time as a community manager what was
6288s	your favorite thing about I guess you
6290s	kind of answered that but there is a
6292s	very important question here at the end
6294s	is Danny supercell
6295s	cool is Danny super is that your name no
6299s	I I'm reading the question oh you're at
6301s	is Danny supercell I thought that was
6303s	your full name is Danny supercell is
6305s	Danny that's why I got tired yeah man
6307s	that's a tough question I don't know
6309s	what do you think I think he's cool I
6311s	think for sure he's got tattoos he's got
6313s	piercings long hair I'm very jealous
6315s	he's got the cool guy thing a bside
6317s	though he
6318s	knowses sorry you know jiujitsu you know
6323s	Jiu-Jitsu no no just because I'm
6325s	Brazilian are you sure you don't know no
6327s	ah I did uh I did martial arts but it
6330s	was kung fu not jiujitsu you know Kung
6332s	kungu I thought it was Jiu-Jitsu okay
6334s	yeah you know Kung Fu like when I was
6336s	very young D is the triple black belt wa
6340s	is this going to be one of those things
6342s	yeah or you're going to one day try it
6344s	and it's going to be like Neo and you're
6345s	like oh my God come through no I'm super
6348s	lazy
6349s	and
6352s	like a sofa potatoes couch but we need
6354s	the video now we need the Le drawings
6359s	and I'm on it I'm on the case oh god
6363s	um from Iceberg hi teing I'm a big fan
6367s	of all you uh my question how did the
6370s	idea of broes come about did you enjoy
6373s	making them last year um maybe you want
6377s	to speak about well you can talk about
6379s	the idea itself can at least before you
6381s	start say how every single Danny idea
6384s	starts and it's every single one it's
6386s	the same time it'll be a message on
6389s	slack and it's in all caps and all it
6392s	says is what
6394s	if and then there's a long pause while
6396s	he's typing for like 10 minutes leaving
6399s	the
6400s	suspense then we get whatever the idea
6402s	is yeah has to put the my thoughts when
6404s	it's fresh right but yeah for the broles
6408s	I think like the core concept I'm really
6409s	proud of and I think it's such a nice
6411s	event and very unique theide the core
6414s	idea was like to reward the community
6416s	just for them being themselves it's like
6418s	they the the first one I think it was
6421s	the coolest because there was like a
6422s	surprise effect it's like someone post
6425s	like something silly on Twitter and then
6427s	they get an Oscar for that like it's
6428s	such a wild concept right and I really
6431s	like that but um and then I uh the the
6435s	the creative process was like
6438s	super um demanding
6441s	cuz like the Oscars nowadays are kind of
6444s	boring right nobody watch wow Hollywood
6447s	goes after Denny no but um it is like
6451s	especially for our audience like so like
6453s	no uh teenager or like young adult watch
6456s	the the Oscars anymore I would say but
6459s	then I wanted to make like how can I
6461s	make it the same Vibes but something
6463s	fresh and like something very unique and
6465s	I was adding like lot of layers on top
6467s	of that like it has to be fastpac and
6469s	then like needs to have a countown so
6471s	like every time the countdown uh ends
6473s	like it changes everything so like you
6475s	have the people watching the whole thing
6477s	it's like it maybe it was too complex
6480s	and then the second one I was super
6481s	proud because like we kind we eliminated
6484s	the complexity of the first one which is
6486s	like a very simple story uh it's easy to
6489s	follow we highlight the the winners a
6492s	lot more but it's still it is a lot of
6495s	work and like those guys behind the
6497s	cameras also can can they know because a
6499s	lot of the work is on them
6501s	but um yeah I felt like uh I I talked to
6505s	Ryan already I think the first BR is I
6508s	felt almost like a glimpse of
6510s	burnout because I I I was coming to work
6514s	and then I didn't I didn't have the
6516s	passion to give feedback to the thing
6518s	anymore like if I see something I don't
6520s	agree I was like whatever I'm focusing
6522s	like I don't have time to argue I just
6524s	need to get these things done and then
6526s	like it was a really nice thing to like
6530s	maybe like should I just maybe don't do
6533s	don't go crazy on working right even
6536s	though I was passionate about the
6537s	project I was it it was a really I know
6541s	what is say call out sign
6543s	or nice flag to raise but yeah you were
6546s	also just busy you were nonstop for the
6549s	whole I don't know three months before
6550s	the bres came out super super busy yeah
6553s	and that was on top of everything I was
6554s	doing right so it's BR talk there was
6556s	the World Finals and then the BR which
6559s	is like to to to have idea then
6561s	explaining why we we probably don't
6564s	won't have a broad list this year we had
6566s	the script done in August so the script
6569s	was done in August and everything is
6570s	just production right between that yeah
6573s	and also because you want to highlight
6575s	uh players throughout the year like you
6578s	you need to do you need to wait almost
6580s	until the end to find the the winners
6583s	because you otherwise if you do it too
6585s	soon if you do it in August then when
6587s	you have the actual time to do it then
6590s	winners are not ready because there are
6592s	still like things to come during the
6595s	year so so it needs kind of it needs to
6598s	be a bit like last minute thing
6599s	especially to pick the winners and stuff
6601s	and yeah it was it was a lot it was it
6603s	was super fun yeah U but the especially
6606s	the first one it was it was a lot but uh
6610s	yeah many good memories I will say that
6612s	even though oh sorry I didn't mean to
6614s	cat you goad uh I will say that even
6617s	though the people at home can't see him
6619s	I can see the crew behind there and you
6621s	guys did an absolutely phenomenal job
6624s	with the production of the rolies like
6627s	yes yes give them
6629s	a it was it was so well done it was so
6631s	well done yeah the crew set up that
6634s	sound just for
6637s	them what are you saying no I think I I
6640s	was mostly done yeah but but how was the
6643s	second brw is for you or ah well the
6645s	second one was was a lot easier because
6647s	we were more a lot more structured I
6650s	think I think we because for I guess for
6653s	the first
6654s	BR um the idea was kind of there already
6657s	but for the second we could work more
6659s	like together to like actually build the
6661s	thing and I think it made it a bit
6663s	easier as well and of course having the
6665s	experience from the previous one and
6667s	trying to avoid the things we didn't
6668s	like or that that were like maybe not
6671s	necessary it was it was yeah good so
6674s	like of course like I I love the event
6676s	and everything but like we also like as
6679s	like business think like does it worth
6682s	all the effort we put in for this one
6684s	video which like a player will see and
6687s	say like is is a br talk
6690s	like most of the people they they like
6692s	it but it is yeah maybe it doesn't wor
6695s	the the investment of our times and
6697s	everything but maybe we do some like we
6699s	want to do something cool for New Year
6701s	but it won't be like as big as the brw
6705s	is I'm I'm keep forgetting I am the
6708s	asking the questions uh from Michael um
6712s	is there a feature that hasn't been
6714s	added to brawl stars that you would like
6716s	to see maybe you to I I there is
6720s	something I would like so um I would
6723s	like to have more ways of uh using my
6727s	the brers I like so I would like for
6729s	example I don't know like a some kind of
6731s	like story mode or some some kind of
6733s	like real like M Mastery I know we have
6736s	masteries but no not that kind of
6738s	Mastery but some kind of quest or like
6740s	go yeah use this brw in this ways to get
6743s	things maybe or or even to learn more
6746s	about that braw and how how to use it
6749s	because um yeah I I I usually play with
6751s	the same characters like all the time
6753s	because I I like like a set of like 20
6755s	characters and and I I would like to
6758s	find like new ways of playing these
6760s	these characters how about you Ryan to
6763s	have a like I I was so excited about map
6765s	maker map maker when we first started
6767s	developing it I was hoping that we would
6769s	be able to give it enough features where
6770s	players could develop their own game
6772s	modes like really create a new game
6775s	inside of brawl and I think it still has
6778s	that potential so I'd love to see more
6779s	investment there and glad the team were
6781s	thinking about it
6783s	Lex map maker I mean
6786s	I Ryan took the words out of my mouth
6788s	absolutely the other thing that I was
6790s	goingon to say is when are we going to
6791s	get a 5v5 mode but wait we are so you
6796s	know there's that
6799s	uh think that it might be cool like if
6801s	the mat maker does get fledged out you
6803s	know to its potential to see like um and
6807s	this might be another source of like
6809s	some monetization for you guys as well
6810s	but like get different like theme like
6813s	building you know block packs that you
6815s	could get you know different textures
6816s	for the the block so you could have you
6819s	know a winter you know block set or
6821s	whatever and you guys could even sell
6822s	those in little packs for people who
6823s	wanted to get crazy with their stuff I
6826s	don't know I think that would be pretty
6827s	cool that's pretty cool um from
6830s	light do you think the community has
6832s	become more toxic recently or are we too
6836s	attached to braw that sometimes we get
6838s	carried away I'm genuinely confused if
6840s	our community is amazing or
6843s	not amazing uh do you have a got they're
6846s	passionate yeah yeah I don't think the
6848s	braw community is toxic at all I think
6850s	it's a it's a really good and healthy
6852s	community of course any Community has
6854s	people that are unhappy and some people
6856s	who take it too far with their
6857s	unhappiness but I think overall it's
6860s	really really good community and a
6862s	shining example in the gaming industry
6864s	for sure and I think it's lasting long
6866s	cuz I remember you saying like to me
6868s	like uh cuz like uh we release an update
6872s	and then I think like it was the tiniest
6874s	update we had oh yeah we releasing like
6876s	there is no content it was like three
6878s	line skins and then the community was
6880s	like Yay they like so can we release
6883s	anything that they are happy and then
6885s	you you said like uh I think they are
6887s	still in the honeymoon uh period mhm but
6890s	I think this honeymoon has been lasting
6893s	years years yeah I think for a long time
6895s	I was waiting for the other shoe to drop
6897s	where at least in the beginning I think
6900s	I thought everyone was so hyped that we
6902s	were just releasing the game and that
6904s	you know whatever updates we put out in
6906s	the first year I was like yeah they're
6907s	just still happy that the game exists
6909s	but that honeymoon phase is still there
6912s	I feel like yeah yeah there's this one
6915s	comment that I've seen around August I
6917s	think like maybe when the team started
6919s	coming back from uh from holidays and uh
6922s	we started I think it was in one of the
6924s	podcasts that we talked as well about
6925s	the next update or something and I
6927s	remember seeing this one comment
6929s	that we we were talking about how we
6932s	wanted to make everything go into the
6934s	game and that it was really hard we were
6936s	preparing a lot of stuff and this
6938s	comment said like just take a longer
6940s	vacation rest and then come back like
6945s	instead of one month just take like two
6947s	months of holidays like go away like
6949s	don't don't worry about it and I was
6951s	like reading that and I I've never seen
6954s	any any game commenting something like
6956s	that telling the developers to take
6957s	holidays and vacations and to rest he's
6960s	always like no give me give us more
6961s	stuff yeah how about you lik what do you
6965s	think no I think that I think that the
6968s	the community is not that t i mean
6970s	there's there's times obviously people
6971s	have their moments but overall no I
6973s	think the community is just extremely
6975s	passionate and invested in the game and
6977s	those emotions sometimes can come out
6979s	and different ways especially from you
6981s	know kids that are younger and people
6983s	that are older process those things in
6984s	different ways and it manifests itself
6987s	you know sometimes is you know anger
6989s	sometimes is you know constructive
6991s	sometimes not constructive but overall
6993s	it's just because they care and that's a
6995s	good thing yeah for sure and YouTube as
6997s	well like I always get surprised when I
7000s	see the comments on YouTube is like so
7002s	positive everything like whenever I need
7005s	like a kind of a boost I always go to
7006s	read the comments just to get you know
7008s	like yeah it's different that's so
7010s	you're talking about like Community but
7011s	like if you read rdit or read Twitter is
7013s	different from like YouTube actually the
7016s	what is
7017s	it was what was the last update we had
7021s	it was the H charges before hyper
7022s	charges yeah hyper charges like Twitter
7025s	and Reddit like they were on fire like
7027s	this is too expensive it's too op pay to
7029s	win blah blah blah and then on on
7031s	YouTube it's like yeah let's go it's
7034s	h it's like a completely different
7037s	audience it's amazing um
7042s	sonicu um some Community Concepts brers
7045s	Kings H is there some Community Concepts
7048s	that you have used as reference and or
7052s	included in the game so yeah so like
7055s	actually we we actually have bought some
7059s	Concepts from players like some skins
7062s	that we have in game right now we
7063s	actually bought the concept from the
7064s	player but then we don't like to make a
7066s	big deal out of it because uh oh no now
7068s	I am but um I don't because then maybe
7072s	they'll I don't know they will try to
7075s	like sell it or uh it it will make the
7077s	it will change the how they do fan art
7080s	which is like now comes out of a passion
7082s	right I want yeah I don't want players
7084s	to be in a position that they want to do
7086s	something to sell and I think um we I we
7090s	saw
7091s	some uh it it wasn't like a a artist
7096s	that I bought an art but there was an
7098s	artist that they were trying to like
7100s	using the same teams we are having and
7102s	trying to hit like what we are going to
7105s	do in the future so like we have to buy
7107s	like it feels a bit bad but uh yeah we
7110s	have like bought some things but we do
7112s	like in the background of course like we
7113s	talk to the Creator it's not that he F
7117s	but
7118s	um
7120s	yeah um how does uh from Moon Chest how
7125s	do does ever that goes up to the World
7128s	Finals how does ever that goes up to the
7131s	World Finals
7132s	work what is this question I think
7135s	wasn't it about the location of
7137s	everything everything
7139s	maybe yeah I think it's about the
7141s	location but there's like how how do you
7142s	guys pick the location as an American
7145s	citizen I would love to eventually see
7147s	the BR finals in the USA so how do we
7149s	pick
7151s	the yeah always to go to you guys right
7155s	there when this this this one it's in
7158s	Sweden that's like a 45 flight for you
7160s	guys no problem me I'm going to be
7163s	traveling for 16 hours that day bring it
7165s	to the
7167s	US yeah I think you've landed on the
7169s	reason why it's in
7171s	Sweden I know but truthfully we we look
7175s	for great Partners in the Esports and
7178s	competitive play space that we can work
7180s	with so uh the vast majority of
7183s	everything that we're doing in
7184s	competitive play and Esports we are
7186s	supported by our partners and many of
7188s	them happen to be in Europe and part of
7190s	the reason for that is not just a a
7192s	quick flight to Sweden but also
7194s	throughout the whole year when we're
7196s	doing all of the competitive play doing
7198s	events doing uh the the full competitive
7200s	season it's very hard to work with a
7203s	partner that's in an entirely different
7204s	time zone because then we only get a
7206s	basically a couple working hours overlap
7208s	if that so that gets very hard yeah and
7211s	of course like in Korea we've gone there
7213s	because like braw was exploding in Korea
7216s	right so you wanted to like uh and at
7217s	the time we had an office or I mean we
7219s	have an office in Soul so we had people
7221s	there in Soul in our soul office could
7223s	who could help support that and then of
7225s	course like the Paris Disneyland was
7227s	like is it was your dream right my dream
7229s	like it's a Star Park team Park yeah
7232s	that's the perfect feat so the but yeah
7235s	I think there is not like a specific
7238s	reason we go like it depends on the
7240s	situation or like Partners or everything
7242s	MH yeah and yeah maybe King will uh talk
7247s	about the future World Finals eventually
7251s	maybe another podcast yeah but then yeah
7253s	this one is in
7255s	Sweden uh dram hack Lex will be there so
7259s	you'll there I will be there yeah you
7263s	too are you going to be there I won't be
7265s	there right be there so there won't be
7269s	anyone to take a picture of me and the
7271s	the you'll have to find your own
7272s	photographer now I've got a camera got a
7275s	camera all right um hammad while while
7280s	making the update
7282s	now while making the update how do you
7284s	guys estimate how the community is going
7286s	to react to
7288s	it guess is a lot of that Sixth Sense
7291s	well and you know being a player and
7293s	just kind of knowing more or less what
7296s	uh what you would like as a player like
7299s	we part of our job is putting ourselves
7301s	in the the position of the player and
7304s	trying to trusting that that first
7306s	reaction as well whenever we hear about
7307s	the design and like we see the details
7309s	and we we try to trust our feelings as
7313s	well and yeah how like how the player
7315s	would also react to it yeah and I was
7318s	actually like uh talking to a a
7320s	psychologist like not because of that
7322s	but it's a friend of mine who is a
7325s	psychologist was it about Ryan and then
7327s	I was talking about um how much of like
7331s	uh psychology there is is in this work
7334s	right because you have to not only like
7335s	put yourself in their shoes but
7337s	understand how people react to stuff
7339s	like for example the broad pass
7341s	communication we know there's a day of
7343s	emotion it's like that's something that
7345s	nobody tells you in the community
7347s	manager role right and there's many of
7349s	those situations like someone is angry
7351s	how do you tackle that or like how do
7353s	you communicate like what is are like
7356s	sensitive topics how you go around and
7358s	then there's a lot of uh things we have
7361s	to think about when we're communicating
7364s	and then this gives like this um
7367s	background for us to like andv Vision
7370s	how the things we are creating will be
7372s	perceived by the players and a lot of
7374s	looking at other games and how other
7377s	things have happened in the past like
7378s	that's true and even our games that's
7381s	we're always kind of paying attention to
7382s	what's happening in the industry and
7384s	like learning from mistakes from other
7386s	places or like good things as well like
7389s	it's a mix of experience and kind of
7391s	this uh Instinct
7394s	yeah and dendy lur actually back to the
7398s	question we actually share some stuff
7400s	with the content creators beforehand so
7403s	like in the sneak peek period we also
7405s	like have a glimpse of what will be uh
7409s	but and most of the times are pretty
7410s	accurate and most of the times they it's
7413s	like like let's see how it goes and then
7415s	if it's bad we change
7416s	but um from Dandy lur actually Dandy is
7421s	like the what is it the player who least
7425s	send bad randons the most times on
7427s	Spotify whoa shout out yeah
7432s	um since the topic is community this
7435s	time do you have plans for another BR ah
7438s	well or something similar for to this
7440s	year so the question I guess is no like
7443s	I know martio wants to do one but uh
7446s	sorry could could you get a Broly a
7448s	Broly yeah but yeah I really want it but
7451s	we don't have time like even if you want
7453s	there well now you definitely don't have
7454s	time yeah uh and do you have any
7456s	comments on the theorist Community which
7459s	is himself who been who's been working
7463s	for years discovering what's going on
7465s	inside your total totally normal Star
7468s	Park yeah the theories are incredible
7472s	like the what they can create out of
7474s	like this minuscule thing right so
7477s	before they only had the radio which is
7480s	like people were listening for that
7481s	radio for 24 hours a day and they still
7484s	manag like to create content like every
7486s	time there's like now there's a a water
7488s	dropping there like like is there the
7490s	next update will be with water and
7492s	things like that and now we have video
7493s	which a
7495s	Improvement yeah it's funny seeing like
7497s	sometimes like the the animation that is
7499s	going on the video is kind of like uh
7501s	randomly generated it's not like planned
7504s	or anything sometimes random things
7506s	happen and people are like why why why
7509s	like this means something and sometimes
7511s	it's just a bug or something yeah but
7513s	it's incredible the work they've been
7514s	doing so actually lots of those lower
7517s	pieces are for is community right
7520s	because you know they are the most
7521s	engaged ones and then they create
7523s	content around it which makes the other
7525s	people engaged as well and and and I
7527s	think that's why now there is more stuff
7530s	related to this because there is a clear
7533s	like interest and and passion about this
7535s	so yeah I remember one comment that I
7537s	saw I I I even mentioned to Paula uh
7540s	someone comments I don't know where but
7543s	I just wanted to play like a casual game
7545s	and now I'm deep in like this conspiracy
7548s	theories
7552s	um from Rod Rick hello everyone here's
7556s	my question is there any chance that
7558s	maybe in the future braw star funf
7561s	writers can be part of the supercell
7562s	Creator program I think it would be cool
7565s	thank you for reading my
7567s	question um yeah I think we touched on
7571s	that already like there's so many social
7573s	medias or like different kinds of
7575s	creators that to expand the Creator
7577s	program for that like it'll be I know
7579s	it's so much uh work that we we have to
7583s	pick something and focus to improve it
7585s	right if we expand to everything then we
7587s	don't uh serve no one so and it's about
7590s	the demand as well like if if there is
7593s	like suddenly like many people that like
7596s	are doing this kind of content then like
7598s	at some point like it's it makes sense
7600s	to look at it but like right now for
7602s	example Tik Tok preference because like
7605s	there are many Tik tokers that they do
7607s	content content for our games on Tik Tok
7610s	so this is also a bit about like how how
7613s	many people actually are like into this
7616s	um social media or this way of creating
7619s	uh a fun art yeah and of course like
7622s	some of their fanfics actually become
7624s	part of the law for example the piper
7626s	and Rico relationship came from then mhm
7629s	I don't remember any other example but
7630s	there is there are quite a few
7633s	yeah but um yeah like we do incorporate
7636s	those things as if they were part but
7638s	like sometimes is inspired by the
7640s	community yeah yeah maybe it's a thing
7642s	that maybe we cannot accommodate them in
7644s	the Creator program but there are other
7645s	ways that we can accommodate him in the
7647s	game in the law or something mhm that's
7650s	true so
7653s	kajus and your favorite experience
7656s	working with PRS Perell I guess we
7658s	touched on that what advice would you
7659s	give to for people that want to do what
7661s	you do right now uh your best piece of
7665s	advice you guys have something I I think
7668s	and there is something super interesting
7669s	about the community role uh and our
7673s	community team in super is that everyone
7675s	has a different background so there is
7678s	not really I I still haven't there there
7680s	are of course courses and like degrees
7682s	that you can that they are specialized
7685s	in like community and stuff but like I
7687s	don't think like none of us has has that
7690s	in their like background or like not as
7693s	main thing so it's really interesting
7695s	how every experience every like thing
7697s	you do counts for like the thing you can
7701s	end up doing so like it's is yeah it's
7704s	just a matter of like Gathering all
7706s	those things and and just use your
7708s	experience and like to to kind of like
7710s	build your your own like way to to do
7714s	what you what you want to do and this I
7716s	think applies to everything not just
7718s	Community but it's just interesting how
7720s	in the community team we are so like
7722s	different and with different backgrounds
7724s	yeah and I also want to hear from Lex
7726s	I'm sure many people have uh have
7728s	questions on how how to get into what
7730s	you're
7731s	doing I mean honestly the very best
7733s	thing that you could do if you were
7734s	waned to start a career on YouTube is
7737s	literally just to do it I mean your your
7741s	first videos are going to suck and
7742s	that's okay everybody's first time doing
7745s	anything you're no good at it but you
7746s	learn right and so just get out there
7749s	and make start making content and find
7752s	something that works for you and
7754s	continue to get better at that and then
7756s	once you finally do reach a point which
7758s	may take years and that's fine too then
7760s	uh maybe you'll start you know gaining
7762s	some traction but the most important
7764s	thing is don't overanalyze it just get
7766s	out there and start learning it and
7767s	start doing it and start getting better
7769s	at it yeah I think that's the same
7772s	advice I would give like if you are if
7773s	you want to be a community manager like
7775s	look for the open positions of commun
7777s	management in other companies see what
7779s	they require and then just do like with
7781s	internet and a computer you can
7783s	basically do everything we kind of do
7785s	it's like just do it as you said and
7788s	then there's another thing here from him
7791s	uh say something
7793s	motivational you're good at that
7796s	Lex oh something more okay I'll I'll say
7798s	something that I always tell my kids and
7801s	this to me is the secret to success in
7803s	life and that's to show up every day and
7806s	give it all you got like if you show up
7808s	every day and you give everything that
7810s	you can to whatever it is you know
7812s	that's at hand then your shots of your
7815s	you know chances of succeeding are going
7818s	to be drastically higher than just being
7821s	like Oh yeah I'm someday I'm going to do
7823s	that thing you know or just kind of you
7826s	know yeah sort of trying no show up
7828s	every day and give it all you got
7833s	amazing and actually the question from
7837s	another player is like uh Evo magic he
7840s	said who is the person who is always
7842s	late to
7843s	[Laughter]
7845s	work that with me
7850s	but what damn it people but at supercell
7854s	that it our work time is flexible yeah
7858s	that sounds like something a late
7859s	person hey I come super early sounds
7862s	like a cop out to me yeah I said that
7864s	because based on the time that I think
7867s	you you all like get into the office I
7869s	think I'm I'm the latest like yeah for
7872s	sure completely I I realize that I get
7874s	to the office kind of late because when
7876s	I'm walking back to my apartment from
7878s	the gym I sometimes see Danny walking to
7881s	[Laughter]
7885s	work but yeah today today know some days
7887s	ago you were going to work and I was
7889s	like doing errands but you were still
7891s	ahead of me actually that day I saw both
7893s	of you in the morning I saw Danny at
7896s	like 8:30 when I was heading back to my
7898s	apartment and he was already on the way
7899s	to work and then I you know I went home
7901s	and I showered and ate and then you were
7903s	on the way to work but you were on a
7905s	scooter so you got there 10 minutes
7907s	ahead of me
7910s	amazing uh chis
7912s	escalona is it possible that later on uh
7916s	on the team will take more into account
7918s	the community's ideas to improve the
7919s	game for example that they give feedback
7922s	more often to improve the balance of the
7923s	Brawlers that's for Adrian Adrian always
7926s	get the heat um but yeah I think like we
7929s	already using a lot cuz for example we
7933s	drop what we believe it's the right move
7936s	for the game and then we see like what
7938s	everybody's talking about and then many
7940s	of the points sometimes like it doesn't
7943s	make much sense because we thought of
7945s	the scenario already but there are
7946s	things that we haven't uh thought about
7949s	before and then actually like it's very
7951s	insightful to read everything and see
7954s	like a different perspective on
7955s	everything we do so we we kind of like
7957s	already do
7959s	that
7960s	um but yeah and then like of course like
7963s	to improve the game is like a big
7966s	statement right it's not that if we like
7969s	let's say if we do a balanced post
7971s	people will disagree with each other
7974s	it's like when you say like listen to
7975s	the players and if the players are not
7977s	agreeing with something then it doesn't
7980s	make sense right because of course like
7981s	when you say like the community saying
7982s	something you're thinking of yourself or
7984s	one player but it's I always like to say
7987s	that if you can make a post on Twitter
7989s	about changing the game and every single
7992s	person agrees with you we'll do it and I
7994s	mean every person wait there are there
7997s	might be things that people agree on
7999s	like all 100% no
8005s	detractors but
8007s	yes my idea is to give free gems to
8009s	everybody yeah that's someone's going to
8011s	disagree someone who's spent a lot of
8014s	money you're banned off you're banned
8015s	off a
8019s	Reddit
8021s	um St
8023s	Sonica about the bed runers what do you
8025s	have planned for then we will we have
8027s	new singles
8029s	I never lost the never lost the podcast
8031s	hello to
8035s	everyone yeah well we don't have more
8037s	bad randoms we don't have much plans for
8039s	the bad randoms cuz like like if I could
8042s	like personally I would do a whole album
8044s	I would do a a tour with the band and
8047s	everything but we have to think of like
8050s	uh the novelty maybe it's not it's going
8052s	to be not going to be as cool as before
8055s	like if we do something musical related
8057s	then it will probably be a different G
8058s	different band or things like that but
8060s	maybe the that's it for the bed RS or
8062s	maybe like a moment that requires the
8064s	bad runs to return Never Say Never Never
8066s	Say Never I mean it could be an
8068s	unplugged or something as well
8071s	yeah um I mean there's four of you there
8074s	why not get a barber sh going on yeah
8076s	Paula is the drummer and Ryan was the
8078s	actual I was yeah the lead
8081s	yeah and dog mations for Ryan what was
8085s	your favorite part of being Comm manager
8087s	I think we touched on that as one well
8088s	or yeah I think my favorite part yeah
8091s	like I talked about is delivering cool
8093s	updates sneak peek seeing everyone
8095s	excited and you know having that just
8097s	wave of excitement through the community
8099s	when we're delivering something new that
8101s	people really want to see like that's
8103s	for sure the
8105s	best
8107s	yeah good
8109s	answer yeah he looks like he was
8111s	expecting more yeah Danny's always a
8114s	little disappointed a little disappoint
8117s	Ting Ting te
8119s	uh we will ever announce specific
8120s	details about new F new features while
8123s	they are being developed so we can give
8125s	feedback before releasing something
8127s	potentially bad instead of releasing a
8129s	flawed feature and waiting several
8131s	months for a fix super glad what we did
8134s	with the new brw
8136s	pass yeah the brw pass is kind of
8139s	something like that yeah and then of
8142s	course like we we did ask for feedback
8144s	but the main concept but the core part
8147s	of that was communication right was just
8149s	delivering the news but uh yeah maybe we
8151s	can do something more coll coll coll
8156s	collaborative we're getting there
8158s	together
8160s	together there you go yeah but yeah but
8163s	It's Tricky cuz like it it does like add
8165s	more work yeah that's what I was going
8168s	to say is that like if if I'm
8170s	understanding the question is why aren't
8171s	we just fully transparent with
8173s	everything and I guess I would say that
8174s	just us talking internally in our small
8178s	te about what we want to make and build
8180s	is like a full-time job so for us to
8182s	then be able and it changes constantly I
8185s	mean hour by hour minute by minute the
8186s	decisions change so by the time we would
8189s	post something on social media the team
8192s	might have already moved way past it and
8194s	now it's completely different so the
8195s	feedback we would get would be
8197s	irrelevant like within hours so it I I
8200s	guess long way of saying that the
8202s	development moves so quickly that we're
8204s	just not fast enough to be able to get
8206s	relevant feedback for the team we do
8209s	things like for example we do ask like
8210s	we are working power League can you give
8212s	feedback what you like what you dislike
8214s	we just did with the
8215s	trophy uh changes now uh so like we are
8219s	not explaining what we're doing but
8221s	we're just asking like what do you think
8222s	or what do you like in this like and I
8224s	think for especially for new games um uh
8227s	we also um have the content creators the
8229s	in the program and that we we constantly
8232s	ask for feedback and because in the end
8234s	this game they're going to play the game
8236s	and the players going to play the game
8238s	of course we cannot ask everyone and
8239s	like we cannot reveal everything to
8241s	everyone but like I think content
8244s	creator being a content creator is also
8245s	a great way to like you know like slowly
8248s	like getting getting closer to the to
8250s	the team and and building a relationship
8252s	where you can actually give the feedback
8254s	early and and comment on features early
8257s	so you're saying that if a feature gets
8259s	released flawed it's Le's fault
8262s	100% y That's exactly no I I do like
8266s	that you guys have shared some I mean
8269s	just for so people know like we don't
8271s	know everything that's coming in the
8272s	update like long before it happens but
8274s	there are sometimes bigger features that
8276s	you guys are planning on implementing
8277s	like hey this is kind of what we're
8279s	thinking you know and this these are
8282s	some of the details how do you think the
8283s	community is going to respond to this
8285s	and you know obviously we have pretty in
8287s	touch with the brawl star community and
8290s	we'll you know give our feedback on the
8291s	general idea as well as how we think
8293s	people will respond uh and sometimes
8296s	some things have been changed sometimes
8297s	they're like you know
8298s	sorry we're still shipping it this way
8300s	anyway but that's okay I mean it's cool
8302s	that you know you guys are trust us
8304s	enough to have that conversation cool
8307s	now there's a question for you Lex
8308s	actually uh since Lex is there I want to
8311s	ask what was the process behind adding
8313s	the 1 million sub uh Subs challenge in
8316s	the game did you guys approaching first
8318s	or was it the other way around I would
8320s	love to know the behind the scenes of
8322s	that uh yeah so like I had a I had an
8325s	idea for a video uh that I thought was a
8328s	pretty big video that would um a lot of
8330s	people would enjoy and I actually
8332s	messaged Danny and I actually just asked
8335s	for like hey I'm like hey can you make
8338s	this custom quest for me where I can
8339s	deal a million damage with grow and it
8341s	just comes to me but that wasn't
8343s	technically possible so we started just
8345s	brainstorming some other ideas and
8347s	actually I so it was Danny's idea for
8350s	the the challenging game um I had the
8354s	idea but I honestly I was too I was like
8356s	I don't want to ask for that that's
8358s	that's asking too much so I'm not going
8359s	to ask for it but when he said it I'm
8360s	like oh yes yes but uh so anyways it was
8364s	just I I approached them with the idea
8365s	of this big video that I thought would
8367s	be cool including tons of people and we
8370s	just worked together to find some sort
8371s	of thing that the in-game could support
8373s	the video and vice versa yeah and also
8376s	like uh yeah you pick like the maps like
8379s	the maps you created and I think it was
8380s	super fun they're maps that I had made
8382s	yeah and I chose the I I wanted chaos
8385s	and it and it was indeed chaos
8389s	it though I thought it was fun some
8391s	people hated it some people loved it
8393s	that's good yeah and of course like it
8394s	caused some drama like why Lex and not
8396s	the others but like Lex approached me
8399s	first like he and then I think we are
8401s	open to hear everyone's proposal and I
8403s	even talks to the creators like hey if
8406s	you have a great idea tell me and nobody
8409s	talks to me ever actually there's one
8411s	creator that I won't review yet but we
8413s	are doing something similar to another
8415s	Creator because he reach yeah he reach
8417s	big milestone yeah so like if that's one
8420s	of you guys creators are in the future
8422s	yeah get a good idea a big idea flush it
8425s	out propose it to him and see if it's
8426s	something that you can work out it's got
8428s	to be a good idea though I think that's
8430s	important too is is uh the fleshing it
8432s	out like if you come and say Hey I want
8434s	to do something cool we don't know yeah
8436s	but if you come with like a clear idea
8438s	and like here's what I would need from
8439s	the game or here's what I need from you
8441s	guys here's how you can support me it
8442s	gets a lot easier for us to implement
8445s	exactly Fung f after Ryan got promoted
8449s	he appeared in a lot of bro talks in
8450s	costumes and other stuff other stuff
8453s	like AUM I guess
8455s	how a
8458s	chair how did the idea of this
8460s	appearance came and we will see of um
8463s	more of then in the future with Paula
8465s	and Ryan as well um with Ryan and Paula
8468s	or someone else literally every time
8470s	it's Danny and there's no context he'll
8472s	message me in the middle of the week and
8474s	say like hey can you come on Thursday
8475s	and be a chair in talk that's all the
8478s	information I have until I walk into the
8481s	set after I put makeup on and he says
8484s	yeah you're going to be a chair here's
8485s	your line that's that's the full Suite
8488s	of I don't know what the brawl talks
8489s	about I don't know what the update is I
8491s	have no idea what's going on I just show
8493s	up and he puts me in a raccoon costume
8494s	and then and then we go from there yeah
8496s	that's when we when we planned the BR
8499s	talks we we kind of like it was the
8502s	obvious thing to do to include Ryan and
8505s	just make him do something something
8508s	stupid probably or something fun so it
8510s	was always like a like a a fun element
8513s	to to have that and we always like
8515s	counted on him even if he he uh left
8520s	yeah and we are grateful that we always
8522s	accept in a good good sport yeah we just
8524s	assume like yeah and Ryan came oh yes
8526s	the raccoon is gonna be
8529s	Ryan yeah and then he says yes and of
8531s	course Paula was a referee between
8534s	martio and Danny here so I mean
8535s	obviously we're going to hopefully see
8537s	her in the future as well we can have
8539s	two
8542s	chairs but we and we also think like
8545s	because I look for the comments like if
8546s	people get upset because like ah they
8548s	said goodbye and then they are here now
8550s	but everybody loves those moments they
8551s	love the Easter egg so like I I never
8554s	like I literally like and it's easy to
8555s	find negative comments right I never saw
8557s	a negative comment about those
8558s	appearance of the people who left the
8560s	team yeah so if you're sick of us tell
8562s	Danny and then yeah yeah going to
8565s	stop uh Jackie hi Danel do you like to
8568s	invite an artist uh an artist to the
8571s	podcast uh next
8574s	time like a fun artist I mean maybe yeah
8578s	yeah yeah I want to
8580s	actually I I I'll propose the idea here
8583s	I already told the team maybe they were
8584s	a bit uh they didn't like so much but I
8587s	I want to bring someone here who's like
8589s	challenging us on everything we do
8592s	because like I want to have like the
8594s	players who disagree with our decisions
8596s	to like have the the uh chance to uh
8600s	give their opinions right because now
8602s	here it feels like ah we are like this
8604s	close group and then you're talking
8605s	about things and then they have no
8607s	chance to to say anything so it would be
8610s	nice to bring like maybe it could be
8611s	like a very vocal I know I'm going to
8614s	create a monster there in the community
8617s	but maybe you can pick like someone who
8618s	like uh has some um it's not like has
8622s	some arguments it's not like it's a very
8624s	shallow opinion it's like someone who
8626s	has like some things that can challenge
8629s	us there's lot of questions so I I guess
8631s	I will answer like three more and then
8633s	because like I don't want to be here
8635s	forever let's go rapid fire yeah rapid
8637s	fire okay we can do a bunch more rapid
8639s	fire let's see how many we get done
8641s	Canal 77 okay I'm almost certain that
8645s	you you really want answer this I guess
8648s	that's why I picked here we go but how
8650s	do you feel about the new L that you
8652s	have added how much time did you take it
8655s	for you to build it and can you give us
8658s	a little hint or not for the future of
8661s	CCTV please that's a great one why
8663s	wouldn't we answer that I think that ah
8665s	damn he tricked
8667s	me smart
8670s	dude uh yeah like how do we feel I think
8673s	it's super exciting like we love to see
8675s	the players getting crazy and I love to
8676s	see the casuals discovering it like on
8678s	Reddit saying like hey guys have you
8680s	noticed that if you tap the camera you
8682s	go to this we website and so cute right
8685s	yeah new players because of course uh
8687s	like you know the players who have been
8690s	playing braw Stars since the beginning
8692s	they know about Star Park and they know
8694s	but like there are many new players
8695s	since then they have no idea about what
8697s	what is all this so it's also really
8699s	cool to see the new reactions and the
8701s	Hunt is so fun as well yeah like I I I
8704s	really like the also the part where
8706s	we're trying to figure out where to put
8708s	these codes and how to make it fun for
8709s	people to find them out and like all
8711s	these kind of things it's it's one of
8713s	the the funniest things about these
8715s	campaigns from the work side for us yeah
8717s	it's really fun and a hint I don't know
8720s	it's going to keep on going that's the
8722s	hint I
8723s	guess but there's an and ever and ever
8728s	but there is an end date but the idea is
8730s	that at least what we want now is that
8732s	there will always be like some lore
8734s	being work in the background and like uh
8737s	releasing like uh big story piece
8740s	eventually so like we don't want to have
8742s	like this Gap we had with the from the
8745s	Star Park to CCTV
8750s	um some Korean letters G Pin artist
8755s	would there be a cosplay contest for BS
8758s	Community wait would there be a cosplay
8761s	contest for BS Community managers these
8763s	are next year let's do it yeah like she
8767s	won she's ready to go I've seen Lex do
8771s	some good costumes too I think we're out
8772s	of our
8774s	depth I don't have I done costumes yes
8778s	like you have characters character maybe
8780s	not cost you have characters you have
8782s	lots of characters characters okay yeah
8784s	yeah characters I can
8786s	do uh and if yes how it go if not then
8790s	what's the reason well the reason that
8791s	PA is an actual cosplayer that we'll
8794s	just win everything also I feel like
8796s	half the braw talks are cosplayer it's
8799s	true it's true that's true yeah they are
8801s	yeah maybe the the the contest should be
8803s	with existing costume that we've used
8806s	yeah so you Pi the
8808s	winner siia and then there is a
8810s	watermelon icon it all comes down to the
8814s	watermelon suia Sania in Spanish ah
8818s	watermelon is she or he Spanish uh yes
8821s	yeah yeah ah Sania is watermelon siia is
8824s	watermelon wow what a every day you
8828s	learning uh I would like to ask which
8831s	was your first impression of the
8832s	community creations and how is your
8835s	perception of it now and what led you to
8838s	be Community managers which were your
8840s	expectations by then it's like Community
8843s	Creations I we all agree it's amazing we
8846s	are always impressed with everything but
8849s	I guess like for the community managers
8850s	how it uh what led it to what led you to
8855s	to be
8857s	here I mean well I can start like I I've
8861s	always been a gamer and like really
8863s	really passionate and I just ever since
8865s	I was a kid I knew that I wanted to work
8867s	in games I don't I didn't know if I
8869s	wanted to make them or if I wanted to I
8871s	don't know be an artist as well like uh
8873s	any kind of these things and I think
8876s	when uh I found these opportunities that
8878s	uh led me more or less in the direction
8880s	of where I went to now and it was just
8882s	stuff like player support or something
8884s	like that even just that I was already
8886s	like super excited to be into and then
8888s	just seeing like uh opport more
8891s	opportunities coming up like I just
8893s	never had any doubt and I guess I had
8895s	like also a little bit of a a talent for
8897s	communications or content creation or
8899s	something like that and it's just kind
8902s	of happened but the original thing was
8905s	just to wanting to be in games and then
8907s	finding out that this was kind of some
8910s	skills that I had both things matched
8912s	and yeah magic magic yeah the passion
8917s	for games I think is is like number one
8920s	for me number two is passion for social
8922s	media in general like I I I just I just
8925s	love social media and I and I spend the
8927s	hours and I and I do that like for my
8929s	like personal stuff and for for work and
8932s	I I never get get tired of it and also
8935s	video creation like um yeah all all like
8938s	content Creation in general is something
8940s	I really enjoy as a hobby and as a as a
8942s	work so so yeah I think those three
8945s	three things are for me the
8949s	reason I I so how the question was how
8953s	we got here as Community manager I was
8955s	uh you guys have all heard this story
8957s	but I was uh uh in law school in
8960s	California and I played Clash of Clans a
8962s	ton a ton a ton to where the point where
8965s	I was not paying attention in law school
8968s	and just playing Clash of Clans under
8969s	the desk and I got invited out here to
8971s	Helsinki for clashcon because I played a
8974s	ton and I was also a moderator of the
8976s	Clash of Clans subreddit at the time so
8977s	they invited me out here as a fan and uh
8980s	I was going to law school my intention
8982s	was to be uh an attorney in video games
8985s	and I came out to this event and started
8987s	meeting people and asking them how they
8988s	got into the industry and some people at
8990s	supercell gave me a business
8992s	card I said what the hell and I applied
8994s	it was the only non-law job I applied
8996s	for and uh of I flew out to Helsinki I
9001s	did my interviews and on that trip I
9003s	learned that I had passed the bar while
9005s	I was traveling to Helsinki but once I
9008s	got out here and I met all the people
9010s	and saw the company and I I immediately
9013s	knew that I was going to throw away law
9015s	and become a community man manager and
9017s	so I did and 8 years later I'm still
9019s	here and best decision I ever
9023s	made and you d uh not so exciting like I
9027s	was a brow player before and then I was
9030s	a community manager in another company
9031s	so I kind of like it fit then I apply
9034s	and I
9036s	passed no beautyful yeah I can make it
9040s	betiful but that's the reality and like
9041s	go when you were interviewing at
9043s	supercell who was the hardest
9045s	interview um Frank Seth Seth no
9052s	uh no I think maybe Marik and Nana was
9056s	the ones that I I I had yeah they are
9060s	not uh on the on
9062s	camera but yeah cuz Frank like we
9064s	clicked cuz like uh like I didn't know
9067s	he had saved brawl back then and then
9069s	like I I said like oh I love this game I
9071s	think this is the game that's going to
9072s	change the industry and so like I guess
9074s	like oh I guess he also thought so
9077s	but um yeah and then I had jume and and
9080s	Ryan in the beginning and then Drew and
9082s	another Community manager for Royale and
9084s	then the Drew one I think it was the I
9086s	don't want to say the easiest but it was
9087s	because they just talking about games
9089s	and it was really fun and like super
9091s	casual but um yeah I think he was like
9093s	more A vibe check MH but yeah how about
9098s	you I think my hardest interview was was
9102s	probably with the game lead of uh boom
9104s	beach at the time he's a finnished guy
9105s	and for those who haven't met Finns
9106s	they're very excellent poker face like
9109s	really like Stout good poker face and
9112s	you you know you can't tell what they're
9113s	thinking really and I'm American and
9115s	we're very like hey how you doing blah
9116s	blah anyway at the end of the interview
9118s	I I kind of jokingly asked like how did
9120s	I do and his answer with just the most
9123s	poker face ever was just like you did
9125s	fine I was like oh God and finding
9128s	finish is like yeah you done yeah for a
9131s	b that's pretty good that's like means
9133s	you did you did the job you were
9134s	supposed to do you did pretty good but
9136s	at the time I was terrified how about
9138s	you Mario yeah I think it was uh Frank
9140s	like he was the most technical and uh I
9144s	think it was also the only person that I
9145s	had never interacted from the team
9147s	before because everyone else I had
9149s	spoken once or two times at least and I
9152s	just had no idea what to expect and he
9154s	had like very specific questions that I
9157s	wasn't sure if I was answering them well
9159s	or not uh so yeah I was just like I
9163s	think I entered the interview already a
9165s	little bit nervous and like wanting to
9166s	impressed or something and uh then he
9169s	was like always also very poker face
9171s	like he he wouldn't show like his his
9173s	emotions as well like if he was liking
9176s	the answers or not so it was all in my
9178s	imagination and I was just like okay
9181s	maybe maybe it didn't go
9182s	well how about you the interviews yeah I
9187s	I was so nervous I remember the it was
9190s	it was weird because I prepared my
9191s	interviews in a way that I that I
9193s	started talking and like presenting some
9196s	stuff I already like prepared so I um in
9199s	many of my interviews at the end like
9202s	the people were like okay you answered
9204s	everything we were going to ask so it
9206s	was then just a chat but I I was so so
9209s	nervous and and with especially when
9211s	meeting Frank and Ryan because I knew
9212s	their faces and and yeah I don't know it
9215s	just it was it was exciting but it was
9217s	intimidating at the same time um luckily
9221s	my cat came in every single interview so
9225s	he he was sleeping in the background and
9226s	at some point he came and it was like a
9228s	break for me to like you know like
9231s	breathe and and continue and also of
9234s	course I had my background from the
9236s	streams because I I I was streaming braw
9239s	star before joining supercell so so the
9242s	the conversation always started around
9244s	like that which was my passion so it was
9246s	like kind of like easier like starter as
9249s	well but like it was it was yeah I was
9252s	so so
9253s	stressed professional advice bring your
9255s	cat yeah yeah
9259s	bonus uh question from infero infernal
9264s	uh not not going to name them but are
9267s	you aware of some of more troubling
9270s	controversies in the community I guess
9272s	if you can name them then I don't know
9274s	but I I know some weird stuff but not to
9277s	say other words uh will there be more
9281s	social features is the same person like
9283s	there's completely bizarre question and
9285s	then there's something else with every
9287s	social features and intera Integrations
9290s	like the twitch campaign in the game
9292s	like uh that was paulas and martial um
9296s	doing but I
9298s	think like for sure we want to do more
9300s	twitch drops yeah yeah uh yeah yeah I I
9304s	would definitely like and I I'm always
9306s	pushing for these things because I I I
9308s	see a big potential on using like uh
9311s	these other platforms and the the the
9313s	stuff that they have already for the
9315s	games and and of course it takes some
9317s	like work and some implementation on our
9320s	side so it's not as easy as maybe it
9322s	looks from outside so it's not just like
9324s	going to Tweet and say hey can we use
9326s	your your technology to do this like it
9328s	requires work and and no work from me
9330s	that's the worst part that is not me
9333s	just like dedicating hours to make it
9335s	happen only is also developers that they
9338s	are you know working on the game and
9340s	doing stuff for the game so it's it's
9342s	always hard to find like the balance and
9344s	like and kind of like convince people to
9347s	to actually like prioritize these things
9349s	but but yeah definitely we'll do we'll
9351s	do more yeah not only twitch like if
9353s	there's a feature on Tik Tok for example
9355s	or YouTube then we we for sure like we
9358s	would use whatever it helps to make the
9360s	Game grow and the community engaged yeah
9363s	and then another question from H is
9364s	taking negative or neutral feedbacks as
9367s	a CM a hard pill to swallow personally
9370s	no not at all at least not for me yeah
9374s	as long as it's healthy and not like in
9376s	in a in a personal way then I'm I'm
9379s	never unhappy with yeah yeah negative
9382s	feedback is completely fine I think of
9384s	course like sometimes people go beyond
9387s	the negative feedback and starts getting
9389s	personal and then I think it's like
9391s	impossible not to be affected by like if
9394s	you start reading too much it starts
9396s	dragging you down right I think the same
9398s	goes for legs right I think if there's
9400s	negative comments around yeah I mean
9402s	obviously I I've seen studies before
9404s	that says that you know a negative
9406s	comment is like 12 times more impactful
9409s	than a positive comment uh which is
9412s	unfortunate because those are the ones
9413s	that stick in your brain but um as long
9417s	as somebody's like giving you some
9419s	criticism that's that's fair then you
9421s	know it's on you to internalize that and
9423s	you know make do what you will with that
9426s	but if it's just somebody just spewing
9429s	nonsense and even if there is a point
9430s	behind it you can't get past it because
9432s	it's just all you know anger and
9435s	whatever then that's a little bit harder
9437s	to swallow because it's easier just to
9439s	disregard that because they can't get a
9442s	point across without you know becoming
9444s	too emotional but criticism is good and
9447s	it helps everybody grow but yeah I will
9450s	also like if you have like some kind of
9453s	problem with the game or something that
9454s	you want to get better when we see
9456s	comments that are like this game sucks I
9458s	hate you we just blow past those and
9460s	barely read them but if I see a comment
9462s	that's like hey here are the things I
9465s	didn't like here's what I wish wish you
9466s	guys would have done I will read the
9468s	heck out of that and forward it to the
9470s	team and think about it and like really
9471s	internalize it so like if you want to
9474s	give us some critical feedback or
9476s	something you'd like to see give it that
9478s	extra step in your brain to think how
9480s	would I make this better and we will
9483s	absolutely read those and bring them
9485s	full just copy paste them to the game
9486s	teams and mostly like if you're feeling
9488s	angry and then want to comment like just
9491s	chill and don't then the next day then
9493s	you can drop your comment and it I'm
9495s	sure it'll be a lot better
9497s	um sad okay there's still a lot of
9500s	questions three and then that's it yeah
9504s	uh
9505s	SED what do you think the reasons that
9508s	made the latest bro talks to get uh
9510s	lower views uh even though the community
9513s	and the updates are bigger than
9516s	ever cuz I'm not on
9518s	them I I knew Ryan was going R be like
9522s	because I wasn't there it was the moment
9523s	he left yeah no no no no but like I
9528s	don't know like as I was saying before
9529s	we had a bro talk with 1 million users
9532s	watching at the same time those are
9533s	crazy numbers those are numbers that you
9535s	don't see in any other game uh company
9538s	right and like to keep that is insanity
9541s	like we we can't uh like another video
9544s	that had 1 million people watching was
9546s	when they released a rocket to the to um
9549s	with the moon I don't know it was one of
9551s	the rockets that they released so like
9553s	it's it's something insanely crazy like
9556s	is one um Moment Like A Life Time uh
9560s	lifetime changing moment for you it's
9562s	like we having the same numbers as this
9564s	event it's like insanely crazy and now
9567s	we have like what six million views per
9569s	update video it's like tell me how many
9572s	other games in the industry have these
9575s	number of videos con uh like constantly
9578s	in every update like not even like I
9581s	don't want to name names
9583s	but but yeah tell me like you can maybe
9585s	find one or two but it's super hard and
9589s	then it's it's normal for a game like we
9592s	release there is a peak maybe like it
9594s	grows and then the trend is to go down
9597s	but like what we're trying to do with
9598s	like all the changes we are doing is to
9600s	make it grow like at least grow in a
9602s	healthy way but like we we might never
9605s	see those numbers again and fly but like
9608s	six millions us for update video is
9610s	crazily good M and there are ups and
9613s	downs like sometimes we might make a few
9616s	updates that are more uh more popular
9617s	and that creates kind of a momentum that
9619s	then the views go up back up again then
9622s	maybe the next ones are like smaller
9624s	updates that creates another momentum to
9625s	go a little bit down like it's one or
9628s	two doesn't doesn't Define anything yeah
9631s	I I see Lex nodding and he knows some
9633s	videos go crazy some videos don't you
9635s	never know yeah yeah no it definitely uh
9639s	what YouTube does with the algorithm
9641s	times is is a complete mystery but even
9644s	beyond that like Clash Royale and Clash
9646s	of Clans you can take a look at those I
9648s	mean there's life cycles right and they
9649s	they go there's ups and downs and
9651s	there's abs and flows sure you may not
9653s	hit that initial crazy hype that it was
9655s	at the very beginning but that's okay it
9656s	doesn't have to be there to still be
9658s	really successful and really good for
9661s	everybody involved you know regardless
9662s	of whether YouTube decides to you know
9665s	share your video to everybody on their
9667s	platform
9669s	yeah but yeah it's it's normal and it's
9672s	okay and we in we are in a good place
9676s	okay so two more uh
9678s	fesi how does the brow team manage being
9681s	so open about changes and to the
9683s	community because most of the games keep
9685s	their mouth shut about problems and
9687s	upcoming changes that can influence
9689s	players I thought you were going to say
9691s	something because you your
9694s	microphone because of
9697s	yeah I think in bro stars um I think I
9701s	think we are lucky to have Frank as well
9703s	who like because many of the game leads
9706s	in in any game W like they are not that
9709s	like open or they are they are not even
9711s	that active on Twitter or like on social
9713s	media so I think it's is very powerful
9716s	in bro where like there is Frank and
9718s	then there is a CM so it's Danny and now
9720s	Marcio and there is this like you know
9722s	like group that they are um they're
9725s	willing to spend time on social media
9727s	like reading the comments and explaining
9730s	uh the things and just yeah taking the
9732s	time to do that is is really it's really
9735s	impressive like not everyone has the
9737s	time or the energy even to do that so so
9740s	yeah it's depends a lot on the on the
9742s	people as well yeah shout out to Frank
9744s	because I think yeah a lot of those
9746s	things wouldn't be possible because if
9748s	it wasn't for him because like he
9750s	already came to the game thinking of bra
9753s	will be like a game that is more
9755s	inclined to not not fully Community
9758s	Driven but like a bit Community Driven
9760s	right and I think it's um yeah a lot of
9763s	things we do like I don't know if I
9765s	present to any other company like hey we
9767s	are having this change that we're
9769s	changing the brawl pass for uh free
9772s	currency to iip and then I can I break
9774s	down the whole feature and explain
9776s	what's going to happen like most of the
9777s	companies want to do that right they
9779s	will say like no or um so we are very
9782s	lucky so like you the community is also
9784s	lucky to have Frank as a lead and it's
9786s	really nice that he supports those
9789s	things and it things to be working well
9792s	and even back when Frank first joined
9794s	the team and presented his plan to
9796s	supercell on how to get brawl star to
9798s	Global that was at the core of it was
9800s	that it would be Community Driven
9802s	Community would be first we would have
9803s	an open transparent uh uh lines of
9806s	communication with them the whole way
9808s	through so that's part of brawls DNA
9811s	thanks to
9812s	Frank shout out can I which maybe a
9819s	horn then the last
9821s	one uh Ah that's not so
9824s	exciting it is a good question but does
9827s	Ryan give feedback or ideas to braw te
9830s	sometimes from Ice Frost yeah that's
9834s	it no he doesn't because Danny doesn't
9836s	allow
9838s	him no more potato Daddy no I am curious
9841s	for both PA and Ryan uh do you like
9845s	since that you're not you know actively
9847s	on the brawl team anymore do you still
9849s	like follow it pretty close and still
9850s	like go over their their side and say
9852s	hey hey that thing you did that's dumb
9855s	stop doing that I I do that suggestions
9859s	I do I do that because of course I have
9861s	many friends also in the BR Team and
9863s	sometimes I have a coffee or something
9864s	in the office and it's like by the way
9867s	when are you going to release a hyper
9869s	charge for this character because those
9871s	five characters I don't like any of
9873s	them or or yeah yeah feedback or um when
9877s	I'm playing because I I keep playing BR
9880s	and like sometimes I I don't like things
9882s	sometimes I really like them and and
9883s	yeah I it's super easy for us to just go
9885s	there and say it right so so why not
9888s	yeah exactly like that and I think it's
9890s	kind of cool now because often times I'm
9892s	going to the brawl team and I'm more of
9893s	a player now because I'm not in the
9894s	conversations you know I don't know why
9897s	development decisions are made or why
9898s	things are happening so when I go and
9900s	give feedback to the team I'm also
9902s	coming from the outside saying like hey
9905s	what about this what about
9907s	that all right then one more for Paula
9911s	from potato daddy how is Paula after the
9914s	last bro talk
9916s	I guess that he meant to the one you
9917s	left yeah well I recovered I'm I'm happy
9921s	I'm not crying in each Corner
9924s	anymore uh no but I'm doing well um a
9927s	bit silent on social media in regards
9929s	Squad Busters because there is I mean
9931s	there is many things happening but no
9933s	not really that I can that I can tell
9934s	because the things like the things with
9937s	new games that the things are changing
9939s	constantly so so sometimes I think
9941s	should I be more like open with what's
9943s	going on but like it's like M like let's
9945s	let's just wait and like do things
9947s	properly and then like start sharing
9949s	when the when the the things we're
9950s	changing are like makes sense because
9952s	otherwise it's like it's too confusing
9955s	uh so yeah I'm just super excited and
9958s	and really looking forward to to be able
9960s	to share um more about the new game but
9964s	and of course missing bro uh but we
9967s	we're in the same office we're we still
9969s	work together so good but thanks for
9971s	asking and then the last question
9973s	because I think it's really interesting
9975s	like call brace asked uh previously you
9978s	guys said bling and masteries didn't
9981s	affect the game much even though people
9983s	loved the the update how do you balance
9986s	Community Trend and the data data is
9988s	like such a strong word nowadays but I
9992s	think
9994s	um yeah it's like comment Community
9998s	comments is also data yeah like so like
10000s	we can follow Trends we can follow
10003s	sentiment uh but we also have to think
10005s	of like uh like if you are engaged on a
10008s	social media of a game you are already
10011s	like super engaged like you are like a
10013s	very tiny percent of our players right
10015s	like how how many of you are like
10017s	constantly engaging with McDonald's page
10020s	or whatever right no one right like if
10022s	you see something funny you just like or
10024s	whatever but you're not like constantly
10026s	every post you are putting like your
10028s	thoughts there so like it means that you
10030s	are highly engaged so sometimes like
10033s	what we see as a in the um on social
10037s	media is not a trend uh in the game like
10040s	there's like a lot of people that are
10042s	like they also play the same game so
10045s	like we need to also serve those players
10047s	and maybe defers from what we uh give to
10050s	you so like even though for example he
10053s	he said about the bling and the Mastery
10055s	update which is like players love that
10058s	because like his progression it's fun
10060s	like it's um nice way to get more
10063s	resources get cosmetics but then the
10065s	numbers didn't do anything like we
10067s	continue like on a
10069s	downtrend and um so like you you you can
10073s	see like there a clear example that what
10076s	we did to the game didn't change the
10078s	course of our our growth as when we
10081s	release stard drops which is like very
10083s	mixed opinions on social media then it
10086s	like it growed and then it get it became
10089s	a steady it's like that like set us the
10092s	place like okay we now know how can we
10094s	serve
10096s	uh the majority of the community without
10098s	affecting that much the the players
10100s	because of course we have to uh get some
10102s	rewards to put on St drops which make uh
10105s	progression a bit more
10106s	random but uh but it's a matter of like
10110s	looking at Trends comparing everything
10112s	if does it make sense like does this
10113s	comment is coming from
10116s	uh from uh which kind of player
10120s	perspective or or actually like there
10122s	are comments that are tied to what we
10125s	seeing game for example when we remove
10128s	boxes the the biggest comment we had was
10130s	like bring boxes back and then when we
10133s	brought star drops which is like kind of
10135s	a the same a similar
10137s	mechanic um we saw the numbers uh
10141s	growing even though they still ask for
10144s	boxes but um yeah I guess it's a matter
10147s	like like Case by case you see the
10148s	trends you analyze and then you make the
10150s	call but uh it's not super black and
10153s	white it's not like if you're seeing a
10154s	trend on the community that means that
10156s	the game needs that or like if it will
10158s	be an actual Improvement to the game so
10160s	that's why like if you see the um
10162s	something happening in Brawl is because
10165s	we want to make the Game grow uh and
10168s	then serve other people that you are not
10170s	seeing talking on social
10173s	media should we end on that serious
10176s	stone or should I get a so what you're
10179s	saying is we need a slot machine in the
10181s	game gotcha no
10183s	no uh okay so is Ryan going to come back
10187s	come back in a in future bro talks from
10190s	professional
10192s	bags you have to you have to ask Danny
10194s	on Twitter every day yeah what do want a
10197s	thousand tweets 10,000
10201s	tweets more importantly can we get the
10203s	watermelon true that might be a better
10205s	decision
10207s	actually all right so I guess that's it
10209s	it's been quite a long episode thank you
10211s	so much for everyone here thank you Ryan
10213s	Marcio Paula and of course Lex for
10216s	helping us with the spicy questions and
10219s	like your point of view was super
10221s	insightful because like it's uh you were
10223s	part of the well you're part of like the
10226s	brawl uh buildup right like you're
10229s	things before since before me original
10233s	brawler yeah but yeah I appreciate you
10236s	guys having me on like uh the the
10238s	community is great and I've said this
10241s	before I'll say it again that you know
10242s	everybody there at the table Plus know
10245s	all of the community you guys have all
10248s	changed me and my family's life
10250s	indelibly for the better and I love you
10252s	all and I appreciate you guys very very
10254s	much a that's a a good way to end
10258s	amazing amazing all right thank you so
10260s	much bye-bye thank
10264s	[Music]
10272s	you

[2023] The state of the Brawl Community - Time to Explain (Feat. @RealLex )

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