[2023] TIME TO EXPLAIN - The Brawl Stars Podcast - 1st Episode! | Brawl Stars Dev Tracker

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0s	foreign
4s	and this is time to explain
7s	does it feel like a podcast already I
9s	don't know but uh let me explain what is
12s	time to explain first uh this is a
14s	podcast where we want to address most of
16s	the burning questions from the players
18s	here we want to have like a
20s	casual and organic conversation with you
23s	about the topics you want to hear about
25s	and we might have guests maybe a content
28s	creator maybe a pro player maybe some
30s	random member of the community who knows
33s	with that said I'm here with like four
36s	no three I'm the four three beautiful
40s	people from the brow start seeing that I
42s	want to introduce to you guys some of
44s	some of them you already know someone is
45s	completely new and
48s	they are Adrian or tester and game
52s	designer and slash something else yeah
55s	that works
56s	something else yeah yeah something else
59s	what else are you doing
62s	but uh Adrian maybe you can tell like
65s	what do you exactly do and who are you
67s	or so yeah so hi my name is Adrian um
70s	I've been on the team for about two
71s	years and my job primarily is testing
74s	that means that every bug you find is
76s	something I've missed well that's not
78s	quite true but hopefully I haven't
80s	missed it but regardless so I tried to
82s	find the bugs before it reaches you guys
85s	um and outside of that I try to also
87s	help we know
91s	and uh and yeah outside of that I try to
95s	help with a lot of game design stuff so
97s	most notably maybe for you guys the
99s	balancing aspect so all of your hate
101s	mail can be sent to me I'm at fault for
104s	most of it so that's that's what I do in
107s	a nutshell
112s	nice thank you very much and also we
114s	have uh Frank the game lead of the brow
117s	Stars team
119s	hello
121s	well I guess you've seen me before once
123s	or twice
124s	what does that lead to Frank
127s	I'm getting that question a lot that's a
130s	good question what does Elite do what
132s	dude I'm I'm surprisingly handsome I'm
135s	really good at math
136s	and
139s	a game did in supercellus like something
142s	very undefined actually it's it's more
144s	about responsibility than what we do
147s	and the responsibilities of a game leads
149s	are twice two things on one side we are
152s	responsible for the team and the
153s	well-being of the team and on the other
155s	side we are responsible for the game and
158s	the outcome of the game so for the for
161s	the company essentially like I'm the I'm
164s	the point of contact uh and that's my
166s	responsibility what I practically do
168s	I would say I'm like 20 QA so I'm
171s	sharing a little bit of that
173s	when something goes wrong
175s	um I'm 20 Community as you know if you
178s	follow me on social media a lot of game
180s	design a lot of production related stuff
182s	but a lot of people related stuff as
184s	well
185s	cool thank you very much and of course
188s	we have uh is it one of our newest hires
190s	no not the newest but
193s	maybe you're here already for one year
195s	right pretty new I've been here 10
196s	months okay 10 months 10 months uh V
199s	game designer from the broad Stars team
201s	uh hi there yeah my name is V now you
204s	might be wondering
205s	why is it only a letter long well uh
207s	when I was hired uh my real name is
210s	actually Frank and uh you know as you
213s	might know uh someone else in this room
214s	is also named that and I also sit beside
216s	that person we both also came from the
219s	same prior company and so it got a
221s	little confusing in the team and so I
223s	decided to use my online handle so it's
225s	now just one letter instead of one
227s	syllable so cool uh
231s	um I am a game designer I primarily kind
233s	of focus on the systems design aspects
236s	of the game so for instance the removal
239s	of loot boxes from the game
241s	um that was kind of one of my projects
243s	but I work on other virtual economy
245s	related work as well and a smattering
247s	weather things
249s	cool thank you very much and of course
251s	uh this one like it has like these uh q
255s	a uh format but we don't want that to be
258s	like the the actual format of this show
261s	it's just because uh
263s	I think you guys have a lot of burning
266s	questions for us and things like we have
268s	the time to explain uh
273s	We've we finally found the time to like
276s	answering lots of questions and then I
278s	gr I went through social media and I
281s	think there was like 2 000 questions per
283s	Channel and of course I got 50 but most
286s	of them were repeating it's like I got
287s	questions that had a lot of uh uh
290s	upvotes likes uh questions that are
293s	appearing a lot and then questions that
294s	were just I found really interesting to
296s	bring it here so then I think there is
298s	something for everyone
300s	with that said the first question oh wow
302s	from Arc or caster
306s	uh he's asked he's talking about the
309s	play rates for mortise in brobo have
312s	certainly bring through the roof for a
314s	while now when it comes to your stats
317s	why then have you not decided to Nerf
320s	him in so long do you just enjoy what
323s	watching us all suffer
325s	so for the second one yes absolutely
329s	um but on a more serious note
332s	um I think mortise has the problem that
334s	he's very
335s	fun when he pops off you know when you
337s	get those multi-kills you get those
338s	trick shots it's really fun but the
340s	problem is that he doesn't do that that
343s	often so when you look at actual win
344s	rates his is quite a lot below average
348s	in Robo so if you would Nerf him that
350s	would just be even worse of course if
353s	you can pick him I think into something
354s	that he's really good against it's gonna
356s	Excel and you're gonna have a great time
358s	but in blind pick in World Bowl
360s	especially I don't see a reason we
362s	should Nerf him because he's just he
364s	would be too bad but I don't know do you
366s	guys have differing opinions well we we
369s	ban him more often than not when we play
370s	public you know it's like he can be
372s	really annoying and you actually have to
374s	deal with him
375s	when he's out there so like especially
378s	in power League of course you you you
380s	really want to pick a comp if you have
383s	early picks that are not easy to count
385s	uh that are that are pretty hard to
387s	counter of course uh the the mortise
389s	first picks out there
391s	modus is a great counter pick but
394s	outside of that he's actually super
395s	fragile
397s	yeah if anything uh buff or more it is
399s	right absolutely yeah we heard it here
401s	first but actually before we move on I
404s	guess I guess mortis does have some of
406s	the highest play rates and he is one of
408s	the most popular Brawlers yes in the
409s	game yes
411s	um and yeah the combination of these
412s	circumstances I guess lead to us not
414s	wanting to necessarily change too much
416s	yeah
417s	yeah I don't know there is many
418s	solutions right it doesn't need to be
420s	like a Nerf or a buff could be like
422s	another mobile brawler like if you
424s	create something as exciting as mortis
426s	we will decrease the number of Martis I
428s	don't know yeah and of course there is
430s	Edgar you know there is yeah it's also
432s	pretty popular yes of course it's also
434s	pretty popular but uh from cairo's
437s	um how do you plan on handling an
439s	ever-increasing rooster uh roster
452s	just imagine the chicken sandwich
455s	I never want to stop releasing uh I
457s	never want you to stop releasing new
459s	Brawlers but I feel uh as to the trophy
462s	system might need some improvements to
464s	allow it perhaps you feel that changes
466s	are aren't currently necessary though I
469s	would like to hear like your thoughts
470s	about the releasing more Brothers many
473s	thoughts so many thoughts do you want to
475s	start Frank should I start yeah sure you
478s	can start I stood wow yeah no pressure
480s	no so so Brawlers are
483s	let's not maybe take a step back and and
487s	Brawlers are the most important piece of
489s	content we have from brawl Stars people
491s	play literally the game to unlock
492s	Brothers
494s	so
495s	stopping to release Brawlers is a really
497s	really tough not to crack
501s	um
502s	we don't think we are there yet limit
503s	wise right we have plenty of space for
506s	we have plenty ideas to begin with to
508s	create more Brawlers so we're not
510s	running out of ideas anytime soon
513s	um
514s	and I mean if you if you look at at some
517s	of the mobas out there Brussels is not
519s	really mobile but there are some
520s	comparable elements of course
523s	if you look at other mobiles out there
524s	they can easily live with like 100 plus
528s	Heroes Champions whatever they called in
529s	other games plus those are much more
532s	complex characters than ours
534s	so first yeah we think we can keep at
537s	least for the next few years keep
538s	releasing Brawlers we might want to
540s	reduce the Cadence at a point
542s	um but then that would also have to
544s	there would have to be something else to
546s	make up for that in a way for the
548s	excitement for the community and for us
550s	as a business so it's a it's kind of a
552s	win-win really so if we find a nice
554s	replacement for releasing more Brawlers
556s	sure why not
558s	um
559s	yeah I think that is a that is a
561s	starting point we
563s	we need to keep releasing more rollers
566s	for the time being and process is mainly
568s	about unlocking new Brawlers
570s	um on the other side then
573s	well
575s	I think um yeah I'm not quite sure like
578s	Frank what do you think
579s	yeah so
581s	you can tell that on team we still get
584s	our names mixed up sometimes I will keep
587s	saying Frank by the way but I'm I'm also
590s	the only one easier I'm the only one
592s	exception is because Frank cannot refer
595s	to himself in the third person oh he can
597s	and he has and he will
600s	I might do that occasionally to be to be
602s	real yeah uh yeah so you know when any
607s	live service game like a game like brawl
609s	Stars
610s	we're always hoping that with every
612s	update we you know hope we can create
615s	something that's exciting for the player
616s	base and so if we do find something else
619s	and there we definitely have some things
621s	in the works
623s	that might be more interesting
626s	um
627s	if they if it can be as exciting or even
630s	more exciting than releasing Brawlers
631s	then that's certainly something we want
633s	to pursue
634s	and so we're constantly kind of thinking
636s	through this problem because we don't
638s	want to be in a situation where we have
639s	300 Brawlers in the game that is very
641s	overwhelming particularly for new
643s	players that are coming in and even
644s	returning players you know they laughed
646s	maybe with 60 they come back and there's
648s	like dozens and dozens more and so um
651s	there are some things in the works and
653s	we'll uh hopefully some of those things
655s	will pan out as we continue to progress
658s	yes or no I think and I think you lose
660s	of course at some point a little bit of
661s	the novelty of existing which is all
663s	right we already see the comments that
665s	oh this is just x with Y like Meg with
668s	some other main attack you know and we
670s	don't want that right we want every
671s	brawler to feel unique to feel special
674s	and Noble and I really need to have some
676s	some character but to go to the back to
679s	Karis question
681s	I think that there's the realities of
683s	like the the way the trophy leak
685s	currently is structured
687s	if you if you want to compete if you
689s	want to compete in the leaderboards if
690s	you want to get the max rewards you need
692s	to play all those Brawlers
694s	that's not great and it wasn't never
697s	intended to be like this
698s	and
700s	um there's going to be some smaller
701s	changes in the near future
703s	of how we want to tackle this so that
706s	should already
707s	you know make things a little bit easier
709s	at least
710s	but I mean if you want us to stop
712s	releasing Brothers buy more skins
721s	you got to use the button yes my job
724s	here is done uh and then I have another
726s	question uh now uh from another
728s	uh Channel again I'm going to Instagram
730s	now uh this was actually translated from
733s	Arabic so the relationship might be a
735s	bit off but it's the Nini away uh he or
739s	she asked are you satisfied with the new
741s	play style after removing the boxes so I
744s	guess after satisfied with the economic
747s	call system and will there be other
750s	drastic changes in the game
753s	like two questions hmm I always
755s	satisfied Frank I will start with this
757s	Oscar I can start on this one so as we
761s	kind of read
762s	um kind of the feedback from the
764s	community on this as to kind of you know
766s	because I think a lot of people perhaps
768s	mourned um the removal of of loot boxes
771s	and we've been reading through all of
772s	that and we just certainly hear you
775s	um but one of the most common things
776s	that has come up through that is you
778s	know there's less excitement with
781s	regards to the rewards and I feel that
785s	just as much as probably anybody else on
786s	the team and so we're thinking of other
789s	ways we can kind of continue to create
792s	other moments of excitement within the
794s	rewards that we give
795s	and I think that's really maybe the high
798s	order bit in terms of the actual details
800s	as to how we're going to do it I think
801s	there's multiple ways that we can we can
804s	approach it but that I think was one of
806s	the key pieces that players were you
809s	know commenting about that we certainly
810s	feel also on team
812s	I think there was just a threat on
814s	Reddit it was like
816s	it has been five months already since we
818s	like that's it's not five months dudes I
820s	did that in December you know I was like
822s	it's like it feels like it feels like
825s	forever it's like forever it feels like
827s	it has been no whatever
829s	um in that thread it's it's pretty like
831s	the question was a paraphrasing was like
834s	you know it has been five months which
836s	is not true
837s	um how do you feel with a change
840s	and if you read through the comments and
842s	that that is really like essentially the
845s	summary of what we see everywhere
846s	there's three types of comments
849s	I would I would say like half maybe a
852s	little bit more of people are straight
853s	up just happy
854s	because you know it's all comments like
856s	ah you know I played Brawl for two years
858s	I didn't get a legendary and now it's up
860s	I get it it's much more predictable it's
862s	defined people are applauding us from
865s	removing the the loot box system as well
867s	and say it's it's it's always better to
870s	not have the RNG there so that is one
872s	type of comment then there's another
874s	type of comment which is what Frank just
876s	touched on like this this nice fun
880s	dopamine kick of the randomness there's
882s	something cool
883s	you know a surprise all of
885s	something like that
887s	and that is something we'd like to you
889s	know look into
891s	but don't expect a drastic change of how
893s	the system works on this side it's just
895s	unrealistic We're not gonna bring back
897s	boxes in the way we had them and I'd
900s	like to say that as clear as it is to
901s	not said wrong expectations loot boxes
904s	will not come back to rosters
907s	um and then last but not least
909s	the last point is then about chromatic
911s	Brawlers
912s	and that some of you are unhappy and
916s	like
917s	how that currently works it has to work
920s	like it is at the moment but we're
922s	looking into that and and maybe sooner
924s	than later we make some changes there
925s	we're also not super happy with how that
928s	structure works for the record it's it's
930s	just like currently because the raw pass
933s	brawler needs to be like protected in a
935s	way so that it's not easy for everyone
938s	to unlock because else why why would you
940s	sorry buy the broadcast in the first
942s	place if you could do that we are a
945s	business and it needs to work in a way
946s	at least
948s	but at the same time maybe we went a
950s	little bit too harsh on how hard it is
953s	to unlock a chromatic brawler today
956s	nice yeah and then I think uh
958s	what you said like we run a business and
960s	then that's the thing that nobody like
962s	is really transparent about like no
964s	gaming company really is transplantable
966s	like and if you see the things that we
969s	do for the players that release and we
971s	change because of feedback I think we
973s	are like above the average of in the
975s	gaming industry yeah so like yeah praise
978s	to us like applause
981s	because I think we do like a really good
983s	work uh when it comes to like listening
986s	and acting on what the community is
989s	talking about but at the end of the day
991s	if like we don't make the game uh
994s	profitable then we have to kill it like
996s	it's simple as that yeah
998s	yeah or we have to you know like
1000s	it's really I don't want to dwell too
1002s	much on on this on this side but but
1005s	there's a practical reality we want to
1007s	keep this game running ideally as long
1010s	as possible I mean for if I see in this
1013s	room and there's a whole team behind the
1014s	scenes which loves working on this game
1017s	really and we're trying to make it as
1019s	good as possible and that it again it's
1022s	like it's a it's a win-win hopefully you
1024s	have a lot of fun with it
1025s	and you find it that that you you can
1029s	support that fund by spending a few
1031s	bucks every now and then and that's you
1033s	know all we're hoping for really
1035s	um
1036s	yeah uh
1038s	new question from Edgar official
1043s	official Edgar off it's uh in Spanish so
1047s	I have to do a live translation here uh
1050s	what do you plan for the next uh update
1053s	uh
1055s	without do giving so much Expo spoilers
1058s	uh some Moment Like This Fame has any uh
1063s	who have like any uh news
1068s	I'm just translating on the Fly sorry
1071s	uh the mastery
1074s	if there will be like a Mastery for game
1076s	modes which I I actually saw the idea on
1079s	the on Reddit I think it's really fun
1080s	but uh yeah so that is four questions
1083s	let me summarize
1084s	next update maybe we can give like a
1086s	very tiny spoiler very tiny very tiny
1089s	very tiny
1091s	um
1092s	Fame what is the use of Fame in the
1095s	future and Mastery for game modes
1099s	okay let's start with Fame
1103s	let's let's let us start to talk about
1106s	Fame wait wait
1108s	about Fame
1112s	everybody I have no words how long is
1115s	this it's the longest sound effect of
1117s	the budget so so yeah
1121s	okay you might not like this or maybe
1124s	you do I don't know
1125s	I've seen that argument popping up a few
1127s	times
1128s	what Fame is really adding to the game
1130s	it's it replaces nothing
1133s	there was nothing else before there it's
1136s	like if your if your account was maxed
1138s	at the end
1139s	there was nothing left and
1142s	opening more boxes would just give you
1143s	more coins
1145s	but nothing else
1147s	um
1148s	now since we've built all of that we we
1151s	removed the coin component entirely
1152s	that's lives now in the in the tail end
1155s	of the broadcast and then other sources
1157s	in the game like mastery
1159s	so that left nothing
1162s	and there's nothing we replaced with
1164s	Master sorry with Fame as kind of a way
1167s	to at least show off how much invested
1169s	you are
1171s	um
1173s	and yeah there's nothing more to it I
1175s	think with this update now that we
1176s	transitioned to having the the battle
1178s	cards at the beginning of the game that
1180s	already highlights that a little bit
1182s	more and I've seen you know a few more
1184s	positive comments comments popping up on
1187s	the topic but yeah it's really it's a
1189s	replacement for what has previously
1190s	nothing
1192s	and so there's very unlikely gonna be
1196s	any progression connected to this
1197s	because again once you hit the end of
1200s	the road when it comes to unlocking all
1202s	your Brawlers
1204s	there's just nothing else we can do your
1206s	your account is completed and there's no
1210s	no such thing as unlimited progression
1212s	because again going back to we're
1214s	running a business
1215s	so it's it's really really tricky
1217s	balance to strike there we thought
1218s	instead of giving you nothing would give
1220s	you something you can at least show of
1222s	your commitment to the game
1224s	and that has been our thinking now there
1226s	have been some comments on like or maybe
1228s	you could give us at least a profile
1229s	picture and stuff like this and I think
1232s	we're totally open-minded about that
1234s	um I'm not saying this is going to come
1235s	in the next update or anything like this
1237s	but but like having some some potential
1241s	to show off your Fame in better ways
1242s	makes a lot of sense and goes actually
1245s	really well with the with the idea
1246s	behind Fame because it's just about
1248s	showing off
1250s	um yeah
1251s	but I think at the same time it's also
1253s	it's showing off but I think it's also
1255s	together with Master it's a really good
1257s	measurement of someone's kind of even
1259s	skill level in a game when you I think
1261s	for me when I queue up against someone
1262s	and I see they have high brawler Mastery
1264s	plus a lot of Fame I'm like okay this
1266s	guy's this guy's the real deal you know
1267s	like I think it's uh yeah I think it's
1270s	much cooler because before there was no
1272s	way to tell how many Brawlers someone
1273s	had in a glance especially at the start
1275s	of a match right so I think the
1277s	combination of the two actually creates
1279s	a lot of transparency to your teammates
1281s	and opponents alike and I think that's
1283s	really cool yeah I think a lot of a lot
1286s	of high-end players previously when they
1288s	looked at who's a good player
1290s	they looked at things like
1292s	3v3 wins or like maybe the XP level
1297s	and again the XP level was just an
1298s	expression of how long you're playing
1300s	the game really and how much are you
1302s	playing the game so now
1304s	the combination of Mastery and famous
1306s	exactly that just more visible which
1308s	gives you at least an information you
1310s	know when you apply image
1312s	exactly what you just said right then
1314s	you know oh this is this is the or maybe
1316s	that mortise I don't want to mess with
1318s	or yeah something like this
1321s	yeah I've seen some comments saying like
1323s	dude he was Mars like yeah I just you
1327s	know I just reached a martian last week
1335s	hope we'll get there in the real world
1337s	at some point soon yeah I am following
1339s	those developments
1341s	to Mars Just pivoting To Mars now it's
1344s	great then before the spoiler like
1347s	Mastery for game modes any thoughts
1351s	well
1352s	you know when we put in masteries for
1355s	Brawlers that was in part due to a
1358s	wanting to allow players to kind of show
1360s	off their skill uh with a specific
1362s	brawler because you have to be quite
1364s	good and quite dedicated for that matter
1366s	to actually get to that title unlock
1369s	um I think game modes for masteries is
1372s	interesting I think we'll have to think
1374s	about the right way to to approach that
1376s	especially if game modes get rotated out
1379s	things like that there's some there's
1381s	some concerns there but we're always
1382s	looking for ways to allow players to
1384s	show off kind of their complement a
1387s	complimation
1388s	accomplishments accomplishments
1390s	achievements and achievements or
1392s	achievements in the game so
1394s	um yeah certainly it's up for discussion
1396s	hmm any opinions on that topic yeah no I
1399s	mean I think it's actually a really cool
1402s	idea in the future sometimes because I
1404s	mean yeah first I first wish was to to
1407s	show off your dedication to a brawler
1409s	yeah but I think equally some people are
1411s	really passionate about game modes the
1412s	rest in peace Siege
1414s	um so yeah it could be uh it could be
1417s	something we could consider for sure I
1419s	think I think it's super cool
1421s	how about this parlor do you have you
1423s	thought it about it have you ever
1424s	thought have you thought about the
1426s	spoiler I'm trying to avoid spiders I
1428s	mean no but he already promised the
1430s	spoiler oh you did yeah very nice
1432s	spoiler
1434s	tiny spoiler for next yeah very tiny it
1437s	could be like about the brawler it could
1438s	be about a new system a tiny spoiler
1441s	about the brawler you say hmm a trio
1443s	gets completed
1445s	with the next update I think is that
1448s	true wait yeah it is
1451s	it only one Trio that is a missing one
1454s	yeah no there is two no like one one
1457s	Trio of rollers gets the third brawler
1459s	what's the next update which you're
1461s	saying there's a brawler in the next
1462s	level
1466s	uh can you do the butter boom
1469s	thank you
1471s	all right very tiny spider yeah I saw
1475s	that you did there uh okay
1478s	next question let's go back to Twitter
1483s	he just it will make sense now he's
1487s	entertaining himself yes oh that was fun
1489s	uh from gold dig a Spanish creator
1493s	he's uh asking about I don't know if
1495s	he's Spanish might be from another
1496s	Spanish language but sorry if I miss
1499s	that but I know he speaks Spanish so uh
1503s	Star Park
1505s	we would continue in the future
1507s	what do you mean continue like a
1509s	question mark at the end let me okay
1512s	yeah there is actually a question okay
1513s	okay but uh just like a contact for that
1515s	like there are a lot of questions about
1517s	lore and I got this one to be the
1520s	representative like so just so you don't
1523s	think I didn't think of my question that
1524s	there are so many about lore and I think
1526s	like you can use this one to explain
1529s	yeah the Star Park never stopped really
1534s	so it's constantly on our mind actually
1539s	isn't that it I mean I can I can say
1542s	much safer do you want to go deeper go
1545s	deeper uh because like I guess I can
1548s	explain a bit of the process we've been
1550s	through because like when we release the
1551s	Star Park
1552s	uh campaign and then like we reveal that
1555s	brawl star is in a theme park
1557s	like it was a huge moment and then we
1560s	felt like oh how can we top that now and
1563s	then we're always like trying to make
1565s	something more impactful or more or
1568s	cooler than that and it will never like
1571s	really felt like oh this is not as cool
1573s	so like if you release this it'll be
1575s	like I don't care
1577s	so I think like we I don't think like it
1579s	was something that we
1582s	um
1583s	we we can use as a example of uh write
1587s	call because I think we we kind of mess
1590s	up a bit where we are we're trying to
1592s	mix lore with the game content and think
1595s	that was the problem right we never
1596s	aimed that goal like we want to reveal
1599s	this and then we never really had like
1601s	um a clear goal
1604s	and yeah we never like managed to top
1606s	off the Star Park even though like we
1607s	were working with many creatives uh many
1611s	ideas killing ideas like you've seen the
1614s	uh cairo's uh deep fake for example it
1618s	was one of the ideas we we had for an
1621s	ex-campaign and then the thing is that
1623s	we never stopped working on it it's not
1625s	that we don't like Lord uh cease to
1628s	exist we just never managed to find like
1631s	a really good idea that we're proud of
1632s	to release
1634s	uh with that said we are still working
1636s	on it and we still want to release
1637s	something as cool as they start Park
1640s	but as Frank said as well
1642s	like everything we create is about based
1644s	on the same uh
1646s	on on the same routes right it's like
1648s	every brawler comes like from a region
1651s	in the park and then this region means
1653s	something so like they sometimes they
1655s	have relationships uh among each other
1657s	and actually there is another question
1658s	here that I I want to
1661s	ready answer already uh there was one
1664s	question saying like what is the brother
1665s	we're most proud of or like the one the
1667s	brother that you think there is a really
1669s	good cool impact and I think it was
1671s	Bonnie and Janet which was like I think
1674s	it's more important than it sings
1676s	because it was also a transition to our
1678s	New Concept designer concept artist
1681s	and she managed to like bring her new
1684s	vision to an old vision from Paul or old
1688s	um
1690s	uh concept artist and it fits so well I
1693s	think like it's the best combination we
1695s	have and then when we release those two
1697s	we had so much fun art I think it was
1700s	the record like we broke the record of
1702s	fan art
1704s	and It just fits like so well and it we
1707s	created something new like we unite
1709s	these two worlds it felt fits so well
1712s	and yeah I think like everything you
1714s	create is still is based on the lore we
1717s	are writing as we go
1720s	there's a lot of there's a lot of stuff
1722s	I guess like the the community can't see
1725s	today because like
1727s	there's this little Snippets in there
1729s	sometimes you see it in a social post we
1731s	have sometimes it's in an environment
1734s	sometimes it's in a broader description
1736s	so we are actually we we keep like we
1739s	never really stopped dropping hints
1740s	about the world but I but I guess we
1743s	haven't been as explicit as to release
1747s	another uh Star Park investor video
1749s	something like this right yeah but don't
1752s	mistake it for
1754s	like that there is the story being
1756s	developed in the background constantly
1758s	it's just what's on the on the visible
1760s	level is is not so much at the moment
1763s	yeah and that's why uh it's not like
1766s	sometimes it's a coincidence but
1768s	sometimes it's not when people get like
1770s	a post from one year ago and they put
1772s	together like it is oh they're thinking
1774s	about that the whole time and sometimes
1776s	we are like sometimes we build the
1778s	foundation to like everything that we
1780s	create is like on top of that so that's
1782s	why the connections keep popping up
1785s	um yeah yeah I think when we started
1787s	building the storyline for brawl which
1790s	was before a global release uh we
1792s	started having all these discussions and
1793s	conversations you know you know all you
1796s	all know that we started as a science
1798s	fiction game was Project laser and then
1802s	it became a wild west game
1804s	um but then when we went Global we were
1806s	like this is this is not our identity as
1809s	a game anymore
1810s	and so let's let's come up with a cool
1812s	storyline and this is how starpark was
1814s	born
1815s	so I think I think that's now it's just
1817s	into
1818s	you know building that out more I think
1821s	the mistake we made as a team is that we
1822s	we dropped this bomb
1825s	and then pretty much stopped yeah right
1827s	and in an Ideal World we would have kept
1830s	telling the story of this world
1832s	and we have but it's just not visible
1834s	enough today
1836s	um it's very
1837s	you know very hidden in a way it's very
1839s	implied more yeah it is you have to read
1842s	a lot between the lines Etc and I think
1845s	yeah we always we always had this Grand
1848s	idea that yes there's some
1851s	story which is developing but we also
1854s	wanted to be very Community Centric from
1856s	the get-go when I from my from our
1859s	original pitch before I became the game
1860s	Need for brawl one of the one of the 15
1863s	items on that list was let's be
1865s	Community Centric more than any other
1867s	Superstar game before
1868s	and
1869s	Paul back then he really bought into
1872s	that as well and he was always of that
1874s	opinion that let's let's have a
1876s	something like a blank canvas
1878s	and let's
1880s	look what the community is doing with it
1882s	so you know let them play with it and
1885s	let them dream of ideas and how
1887s	everything fits together and you see a
1889s	little bit of that in the game today
1890s	that influence our thinking that it went
1892s	to the community and back the best
1894s	example I can give is Piper Enrico you
1898s	know
1899s	we didn't come up with the idea that
1901s	Rico and Piper aren't laugh it was like
1905s	it's kind of ridiculous if you think
1906s	about it yeah but
1908s	um
1908s	but the community disagreed with that
1911s	and for them it was the thing
1914s	and actually I'm not spoiling too much I
1916s	mean you've seen the Valentine's video
1918s	last year we did right uh Rico is
1921s	falling in love or is in love with a
1923s	vending machine because he's kind of
1925s	also a vending machine
1927s	um and then of course you know that goes
1929s	south and everything if you haven't
1930s	watched that go to YouTube check it out
1933s	um but yeah so so that was a touch to it
1936s	but but even like the classic Ricochet
1938s	skin we released Christmas two years ago
1941s	or so yeah you know like um it has like
1945s	a bullet scrape from pipas Piper's rifle
1949s	and stuff like this so we are we're
1952s	taking what the community is doing and
1954s	reintegrated with our story arc which
1957s	I've I think like just you know it says
1960s	living breathing object but the
1962s	community as well has a place on the
1964s	table
1965s	yep
1967s	right uh next question comes from
1970s	Ray saber all right
1973s	uh will Super Sound make campaigns
1976s	Super Sound May campaigns only real
1979s	Supercell make on things solely about
1980s	Brawler's Kings it's written like that
1983s	it's not my fault uh will we ever again
1987s	will we ever get a contest where we have
1990s	to make a ping like uh like The Clash
1993s	Royale one or even a contest where you
1995s	have to make a brawler toad would be
1997s	dope
2000s	would it be though yeah I mean I don't
2002s	know Danny I mean maybe you have some
2004s	opinions on it I would be up for it but
2007s	like uh
2008s	I think like super sound make I like how
2010s	is it now where it's so simple like we
2013s	we just look at the idea and of course
2015s	like if the idea is well Illustrated
2017s	it's better for us to understand the
2019s	idea uh but like to get
2022s	to have a broader campaign like how
2024s	would you decide which is the brother
2026s	you want right is it because of the
2028s	visuals is it because of the mechanic we
2030s	have to Define like very uh set
2034s	um like a strict set of rules and yeah
2038s	it's very broad I don't know like if
2040s	when you what you have in your mind is
2042s	like a visual or like it's the mechanic
2045s	or I don't know it's the name or like
2047s	which Trio it belongs so there are so
2049s	many questions
2050s	and although I think it's a nice concept
2052s	as well
2053s	I would like to experiment more with
2056s	skins because as you see as well there's
2059s	so many con complaints once we pick the
2063s	winner like even though like I try like
2065s	so many different uh options right and
2068s	then we always gets complaints it's like
2071s	I want to like have one campaign that
2073s	like this is good one like everybody was
2075s	happy with that and then we can move
2077s	forward to the next one but I think we
2078s	didn't uh get there yet I guess it's so
2082s	subjective right yeah just like
2084s	different themes people like different
2086s	skins like yeah it's a
2089s	it's like agreeing on what the best
2090s	topping is for a sandwich you know I
2092s	don't I don't think it's gonna happen no
2093s	it's it's it's it even starts earlier
2095s	it's agreeing of what is a sandwich yeah
2098s	also true Define sandwich yeah no that's
2101s	not weird long team discussions about
2103s	this topic specifically
2105s	it's like but but but realistically
2108s	like
2109s	any any given Skin Map whatever we show
2113s	players there will always be a good
2115s	percentage of the community which just
2117s	hates it yeah and a percentage of
2120s	players who loves it is like with any
2122s	content we're throwing out it's not only
2123s	about make it's like it's just like that
2126s	it's just opinions and personal tastes
2128s	and that's okay it's like we're like I
2132s	think there is nothing more boring than
2133s	finding something everyone kind of can
2135s	agree with super average I'd rather have
2138s	a skin which half of the community loves
2140s	and half of the community hates
2142s	like that is much better than there's
2144s	some actual emotion there and some
2145s	connection to the skin well if you just
2148s	do something average nobody really cares
2150s	about it nobody feel offended as well
2152s	it's like
2154s	yeah but to go back to the question I I
2156s	almost think like
2158s	pins are a little bit too simple yeah
2161s	it's like there's not much even creative
2164s	space there they're very clearly defined
2166s	what they are
2167s	so there's not much it doesn't make much
2169s	sense for us to have a make contest for
2172s	Pins I agree yeah and uh Brawlers are
2175s	tricky it's like braless is one of the
2178s	few things in the game where we actually
2179s	have quite strong opinions on how do
2181s	they fit in the world what can they do
2183s	sometimes we are like oh how many
2185s	assassins do we want to create this year
2188s	how many marksmen
2189s	how many support characters and all of
2192s	that
2193s	um and so getting a community brawl at
2196s	the right moment and right time plus
2198s	then even like thinking about reward
2200s	structure for that it's really tricky we
2203s	just have two strong opinions on rollers
2204s	as well like how do they fit the world
2206s	Etc it's like yeah I I have a problem
2210s	like thinking even like that that would
2213s	possibility it's like it just does make
2215s	very little sense for me yeah maybe we
2217s	can try at some point like I wouldn't
2219s	like throw the idea away but maybe it's
2221s	not the moment yet I think there's Kings
2223s	still need some improvements and the
2225s	community is still getting excited at
2226s	least like we're still getting more and
2228s	more submissions
2231s	um I mean if you do have brawler ideas
2233s	though please continue to post about
2235s	that I mean all of that we we definitely
2238s	are monitoring all the time as to what
2242s	um fan art and content that Community is
2245s	creating and we're paying attention so
2246s	that will certainly help yeah I think
2248s	that's maybe something worth mentioning
2249s	exclusively that we do monitor like a
2251s	lot of places for a lot of ideas and a
2254s	lot of the ideas you guys suggest
2256s	actually make it in the game maybe not
2258s	originally how they were suggested but
2260s	in some shape or form they can shape
2261s	what we put into the game so keep giving
2263s	feedback at least I know for myself at
2265s	least for balancing I get tons of good
2267s	ideas for you know from people
2268s	suggesting reworks and and Gadget
2271s	designs gear designs it's it's
2273s	invaluable so yeah keep doing my job for
2275s	me thank you no that's that's great I
2278s	think that's also like the
2281s	the whole like getting inspired by the
2284s	community so I think a big theme for us
2287s	in general like I mean you will see
2290s	Adrian for example interacting on on
2292s	Reddit
2294s	um you know like explaining like his
2296s	philosophy around balancing and so on
2297s	and so forth
2298s	I think that's just true for everything
2300s	we do
2301s	there's also a practical reality that
2303s	there's a lot of community artists out
2305s	there
2306s	and it happens quite frequently that
2308s	we're creating a skin and something
2310s	vaguely similar has been created before
2312s	and that that is just bound to happen
2314s	it's like
2315s	like you mentioned Janet right I wonder
2318s	how many like skin ideas which uh
2323s	represent her as a pop star I've been
2324s	flying around before
2326s	we made a pop star Janet
2329s	taunts it it is like it doesn't
2332s	necessarily mean that this you know if
2334s	you created a skin like that doesn't
2336s	necessarily mean you directly inspired
2337s	us to do the skin because there might be
2340s	you know a bunch of other people who did
2341s	it yeah but at the same time of course
2344s	like we see your ideas and suggestions
2346s	and they can influence our thinking
2349s	yeah and I think like if we do get
2351s	things like we see a skin like we need
2353s	to have into the game we'll talk to the
2355s	artist directly it's not that we are
2357s	just just gonna rip off this King and
2359s	that's it it's ours it's rip yeah so
2362s	like we
2363s	uh some of the complaints I I saw on
2367s	social media like I never seen this king
2370s	before and then before they say oh it's
2372s	like similar to that but yeah like if
2374s	people are making Concepts about rip
2376s	it's not like eventually you'll meet
2380s	like this uh coincidence right
2382s	but um and sometimes people in the
2384s	community who create fan art
2386s	end up you know like doing stuff for us
2389s	I mean they're like working with us yeah
2392s	working with us like most most of the
2395s	tons of pins right now are created by
2398s	someone who's previously worked on
2400s	just you know fan art of pins
2403s	and so we Gonzalo who's one of the UI ux
2407s	guys on the team he reached out to him
2409s	and said hey would you would you like to
2411s	do more of that and get paid
2413s	and now he's a freelancer for us and a
2416s	bit of context uh Gonzalo also had a
2419s	problem where he was trying to do
2420s	something different because this guy
2423s	like uh he was doing for every skin that
2426s	we released and then Gonzalo was working
2428s	on the same thing and like I have now to
2430s	think of something different because
2431s	this guy done exactly how I've I've done
2434s	it so like I'll just hire him
2437s	she's tired good solution yes good
2440s	solution yeah there's a few people who
2441s	like ended up like this
2443s	um so
2445s	depends on one example but we have some
2448s	some of our marketing fan art or
2452s	marketing art now has been a fan artist
2454s	before
2456s	um so most yeah a bunch of the maps
2459s	which come into the game now are coming
2461s	from from modios who also did that you
2464s	know as a fan he created his map maker
2467s	tour as a fan and now it's getting paid
2469s	to Great Maps so it's like yeah we are
2472s	we are really out there and like trying
2474s	to listen to the community and see what
2476s	their
2477s	put up yeah
2479s	nice and what they don't put up
2482s	yes yes it's important question from
2486s	wheezing to TF2 with into the Team
2490s	Fortress what is that I don't know I
2492s	don't know oh is there like a fart joke
2493s	anyway
2497s	is the developer team uh developer team
2500s	satisfied with the current state of the
2501s	game I guess we kind of respond that
2502s	already but do you guys feel like you
2504s	made a mistake somewhere along the way
2507s	state of the game is of course like it's
2510s	a pretty
2512s	way of talking it
2515s	um
2516s	as a as a game developer of a live
2518s	service game I don't think you ever
2519s	really 100 satisfied with the state of
2522s	your game there's always something more
2524s	to do and if it would have unlimited
2526s	resources there would be maybe you know
2528s	they saw so many ideas we have as a team
2531s	we'd like to execute on but it's uh yeah
2534s	so it's it's a it's an always work in
2537s	progress
2538s	and some people say you know Perfection
2541s	is the the enemy of greatness it's like
2545s	it's really trying to push too hard to
2547s	make something perfect
2549s	it's it's like it's an Impossible
2551s	Project
2553s	um
2554s	I think for the rest like I have a
2556s	personal thing where I'm like
2558s	I think we made a mistake and that was
2560s	when we introduced power level 10 and
2562s	11.
2563s	uh and the gears
2566s	and there is like the the basic design
2568s	was was for me
2570s	and um
2573s	we discussed about like expanding on the
2576s	characters and how can we go a little
2577s	bit deeper Etc and gears felt like a
2580s	really nice way of doing this and giving
2581s	you know players a lot of abilities to
2584s	adapt the characters and so on and so
2586s	forth
2587s	and technically all of that worked
2590s	but it wasn't fun enough or it was too
2593s	pricey for the fun
2594s	and I mean we heard that loud and clear
2596s	we made adjustments and all of that but
2599s	if I could go back in time
2601s	I would not introduce two power levels
2603s	at the same time I think that was a
2604s	mistake and now we cannot take it away
2607s	anymore but we are thinking about you
2609s	know like can can we still improve the
2611s	situation from where we are today
2613s	we're not we're not seeing a lot of
2614s	complaints about gears anymore today and
2616s	I think gears are now on a solid state
2619s	but we're still thinking about the whole
2621s	thing and I think it informed a lot of
2623s	our thinking about design and and you
2626s	know like when when we think about
2628s	what features to work on and how to roll
2630s	out if we want to do the next power
2632s	level at a point you know how would that
2635s	work I think we have a better
2637s	understanding today of the
2639s	the the fund ratio of feature needs to
2642s	have to justify another power level
2646s	because another power level is just
2647s	another sync at the end of the day and
2650s	it it might make sense at a point to
2651s	have another power level no worries not
2654s	anytime soon wait it's not a it's not a
2657s	lot of sweating a lot of sweating going
2659s	on not on our roadmap right now but uh
2663s	but yeah it's something like I I
2665s	personally learned a lot from I think I
2668s	think the whole team did for sure
2670s	it's it's one of these situations where
2672s	like
2673s	sometimes you you might even have a
2675s	hunch and you know some some people on
2678s	the team even Danny pointed out before
2679s	ah might not be that great
2682s	but then then you you feel like oh we
2684s	got to ship this and we're gonna do this
2686s	and then you do it and then it doesn't
2688s	fly
2689s	I think what's what's also another
2691s	important thing for me personally is
2692s	that
2694s	it's okay to make these mistakes as long
2696s	as you go back and and address them and
2698s	you know face it
2699s	you know
2701s	up front and and just deal with it and
2703s	make it better right like process gets
2706s	an update every other month
2708s	so it's nothing that we cannot fix stuff
2710s	if it's broken
2712s	again I think I think the key there is
2715s	yeah we have to take risk we have to be
2716s	bold we have to create cool stuff or try
2718s	to create cool stuff if we're just going
2720s	to take the safe bets it's going to be
2721s	really unexciting I think the game
2723s	varies shortly
2725s	um so we we do want to I think you can
2727s	say try bigger things and then you know
2730s	see how it works and if it doesn't work
2731s	well we're happy to say okay we were
2734s	wrong and we address it
2737s	um of course everything takes time but
2738s	but I think that's the Baseline at least
2741s	that we kind of strive to and I think
2743s	maybe the contacts are like some line of
2745s	thought on why we thought gears would
2747s	work is because uh
2749s	like it's very scalable like if you as
2752s	we said like we need to be like a
2754s	profitable uh business and to think of
2758s	like oh what if you do this idea where
2760s	like I need like very little art like
2763s	because like it's just in a Raw Status
2766s	stats a boost like I could expand my
2770s	economy because like bro before it was
2772s	like so flat it was so easy to max out
2774s	right like it's still bro it's one of
2777s	probably the uh most uh friendliest when
2781s	it comes to free to play players for
2783s	sure yeah so like when you look at the
2784s	design even though you think maybe like
2786s	players will find it a bit um
2789s	not too exciting or like they'll they
2791s	won't like but they will strive Force
2794s	like this extra level it felt good on
2797s	the paper and it felt like this is a
2799s	really great good idea and as you said
2802s	like I did point out like maybe that's
2803s	not so fun but but like I'm part of the
2807s	team so like if the thing agreed with
2808s	this decision then yeah if you guys
2810s	believe this is the way to go then I'm
2813s	all on board and we learned of course we
2815s	learned like the the whole
2818s	like the the whole idea around this was
2820s	like we looked at Clash of Clans right
2822s	and for them another town hall level is
2826s	a huge thing yeah
2827s	but what they got right and we got wrong
2830s	is that they have a ton of gameplay
2832s	behind that upgrade of the tunnel level
2835s	and we had essentially a passive which
2838s	was kind of boring yeah and with an
2842s	exponential upgrade curve it just feels
2844s	bad it's like it's an another it was an
2847s	underwhelming moment
2848s	uh especially if the price tag is too
2851s	high and I mean we ultimately agreed on
2854s	that and we made a change but I I think
2857s	that's also forward-looking informing a
2860s	lot of of our thinking yeah and I guess
2863s	that brings me back to it's more
2864s	important to get the learnings out of it
2866s	and fix things instead of stopping to
2869s	try out new things
2871s	you like I think there was also one of
2873s	the earlier questions was like
2874s	you know will there be other huge
2876s	changes or something I think you should
2879s	expect us to do big things and and try
2882s	out big things and yes they might fail
2885s	um but that's ultimately okay in my book
2887s	at least so so I'm I'm okay with us
2890s	failing uh when we execute on these big
2893s	items
2894s	if we really believe in that they can
2896s	make a difference and then if they don't
2898s	work because things are incredibly hard
2900s	to test when you have millions of
2901s	players
2902s	and and we are a group of like 30 40
2905s	people here and even if we throw it to
2907s	test us you know like they might not
2909s	look at it the same way like our
2910s	community does actually
2912s	so it's very you know some things are
2914s	impossible to test again the gears
2916s	update is a great example of that
2917s	because technically it worked
2919s	but it wasn't fun enough
2922s	yeah and uh back to kind of the earlier
2924s	point that Frank brought up around live
2927s	service game development
2929s	um you can think of it sort of like uh
2931s	you're kind of pushing this Boulder
2932s	which is your game kind of up a hill and
2934s	if you're not constantly thinking of
2936s	ways to keep pushing it up and getting
2938s	it to a higher point then actually it
2941s	doesn't stay still it actually degrades
2944s	over time
2945s	and so you know when we take these
2947s	bigger risks if they pay off we can push
2949s	that boulder up further and if you think
2952s	of the top of the mountain as like the
2954s	funnest if that's a word
2957s	of stars you can have which we're all
2959s	inspired to do then uh we want to push
2962s	that as far up as possible and so taking
2965s	these risks will help us in those
2967s	regards and we think that's really
2968s	important so and we'll learn from them
2970s	and at least that means that decisions
2972s	are being made right if we're not taking
2973s	risks and we're just staying stale then
2975s	we're not making decisions just find
2977s	those mistakes and we'll fix them later
2978s	yeah I I think there's one more thing I
2981s	want to say about this
2983s	when
2985s	so it's incredibly like our player base
2987s	is so
2988s	diverse in what they like doing and and
2992s	how they play
2994s	um occasionally imposting on Twitter
2996s	about the the average trophies and how
2998s	many percent of people are in which
3000s	bracket of trophies Etc
3002s	and people on Twitter are always
3003s	surprised when they see that our average
3005s	average players in fact just around 13
3008s	000 trophies or something maybe now it's
3010s	14 000. but
3012s	it's like that is the average there's a
3016s	bunch of people who are below that who
3018s	just play Rosas casually for fun they
3021s	have 10 15 minutes here up there and
3022s	they just wanna you know have some fun
3025s	so for us making game that is on one
3028s	side super casual friendly and on the
3030s	other side
3032s	um we have literally Pro players who are
3034s	playing this for a living
3036s	so how can we how can both be true at
3040s	the same time
3041s	and sometimes we break things for the
3044s	pros knowing that it will break things
3047s	for the pros knowing that it would
3049s	create imbalance
3050s	because it's fun for the majority of our
3052s	players
3054s	and and that is I think it's one of
3056s	these
3058s	I don't want to apologize in advance but
3060s	we're gonna we're gonna keep introducing
3063s	things which will break the game one way
3065s	or another
3065s	in an Ideal World we make features which
3067s	work for everyone and I guess masteries
3069s	now have been one of those examples
3071s	where
3071s	we made it pretty easy for for new
3074s	players to have some fun with it you
3075s	don't need to be hardcore to unlock some
3077s	of the you know rewards you get for
3079s	brawler
3080s	but at the same time if you don't care
3083s	about masteries at all you can just play
3084s	the game it's not getting in your way
3086s	and eventually you will unlock some
3087s	rewards on that track
3089s	but if you're really into it you can
3091s	also really think time unlock the the
3094s	pin the profile picture and the Mastery
3095s	titles
3096s	and that is of course the ideal scenario
3099s	that people are like we're creating
3100s	features which work for everyone
3103s	but it's unrealistic to expect that that
3105s	works all the time
3106s	yep
3108s	that was a great question we weren't
3109s	that for like 20 minutes it's something
3111s	we think about a lot very very
3113s	passionate there's only 38 left
3118s	uh we'll be will that they ever come
3121s	from Moody zero two will the day ever
3124s	come when the director of Star Park will
3127s	come out as a brother
3130s	I mean never say never right I mean we
3133s	literally talked about it but there is
3136s	nothing concrete no no
3139s	okay no that's the answer okay okay okay
3142s	um just know those that was a quick one
3144s	yes no periods good balance why Spike
3147s	doesn't have a voice from twice
3150s	do I free
3152s	he couldn't tell you is that a real name
3155s	and one of these days when you get a
3157s	troll username
3158s	spike is a mute there has been a mistake
3161s	in the past where in the marketing video
3163s	before bros as a story arc had been
3167s	established
3169s	had a voice that was a mistake
3171s	it was never discussed with a game team
3173s	either I'm not throwing marketing under
3176s	the bus
3179s	I'm so sorry but right under there but
3182s	it's that's the truth so it wasn't it
3185s	was like it was a communication hiccup
3187s	on the inside it happened before the
3189s	story had been established but yeah
3190s	spike is just a mute he doesn't have
3192s	vocal cords he cannot
3194s	speak yep
3200s	so it's intended
3202s	that's per design
3207s	as far as
3209s	we know no doubt stop stop
3214s	uh question for everyone here uh what is
3217s	your favorite brawler or we can start
3219s	with Adrian
3220s	this guy
3222s	yeah I like Crow what can I okay he's
3225s	thick maybe he's tense yeah I love Crow
3228s	um because I think he's very flashy
3231s	um I think he's not a classic assassin
3233s	where you where you get really up close
3236s	and personal like he plays more of a
3237s	chip damage dealer and then he has those
3239s	flashy moments when you jump in and
3240s	finish someone off and it's really cool
3243s	um so by far Crow I was about to say
3245s	you're not getting up a bit close and
3246s	personal you are literally jumping on
3249s	people sometimes but not like Edgar or
3250s	mortis or anything it's not literally
3253s	like Edgar no I don't know see that's
3256s	why you don't play Crow or Edgar because
3257s	you don't like Edgar with feathers Edgar
3260s	with feathers I will not take that that
3262s	was the pitch but why is your win rate
3264s	than below 50.
3267s	I thought we wouldn't lie on this
3269s	podcast come on that's just the place no
3272s	lies detector that was that was a lie
3274s	anyway Frank why don't you continue
3276s	I really like Otis it uh it's definitely
3279s	my favorite brother because you know
3281s	generally I don't think I'm as good
3283s	certainly in this room uh with these uh
3286s	three fine gentlemen I am not the
3288s	strongest player by far I'm probably the
3290s	least thanks thanks Adrian but
3294s	Otis how many shots how many trophies do
3296s	you have actually uh yeah let's uh you
3298s	know I I thought I'm in the five digits
3300s	I'm pretty high five to just mind you
3302s	actually Frank thought that I didn't
3305s	unlock a brawler that has trophy that
3307s	eligibles for a trophy reset and uh they
3311s	had to prove him wrong by literally
3313s	showing him my phone just so he knew you
3315s	have to give them that I actually did
3317s	get to 500 trophies among a couple I
3320s	would say more than a couple Brawlers uh
3325s	one of those one of those Brawlers that
3328s	I really like is Otis because if you can
3330s	get the super timed perfectly because
3332s	you know accuracy is not my main Jam
3334s	then you can destroy somebody and where
3336s	your teammates can I really like support
3338s	based Brawlers and I do consider ordis
3340s	Otis support in some regard
3343s	um so that other people can take them
3344s	out once you've silenced though
3345s	definitely top of list how about you
3348s	Frank
3349s	Gene I love gin like it's like
3353s	um actually in in beta days
3356s	I think ballet for the longest of time
3358s	was my my main so to speak I always
3361s	liked ballet and then at a point you
3363s	know
3365s	and at a point I like most throwers
3368s	but but once Jean came out and he you
3372s	know he kind of prevailed his money go
3373s	to brawler
3375s	um when I played OverWatch in 2016 2017
3380s	there was this this uh hero they have in
3382s	the game called roadhog
3385s	um and I I loved a guy a very similar
3387s	mechanic he has like oh different
3389s	mechanic he has like a
3390s	a super way can hook someone on ability
3394s	where you can hook someone and then you
3396s	grapple them close and you have a
3398s	shotgun or something yeah
3400s	um
3401s	Gene plays very differently from that
3403s	but the hook mechanic is still there
3404s	it's a skill shot which I really like I
3406s	like the high stakes genius actually
3408s	like he has really low DPS
3410s	so you really need to you know time it
3414s	well when you want to engage and when
3415s	not to engage and then it's a skill shot
3417s	so there's still a good chance that you
3418s	fail
3420s	and it's just fun for me it's like a
3422s	little bit poke damage here and there
3424s	built up the super wait for your moment
3426s	and miss it and miss it yeah that
3428s	happens that happens
3431s	70 win rate
3433s	okay yeah uh Frank is in the handle
3437s	responsible for forcing me to make the
3438s	gene Mythic gear
3446s	oh my God
3450s	yeah I'm Danny yeah I'm always an
3452s	Adrian's es2 to buff gin a little bit
3454s	more but but he's like because he
3456s	literally sits next he sits the
3457s	laterally yeah yeah so that's also so
3459s	every day every day it's like a devil on
3461s	the shoulder kind of things like buff
3463s	Jean just buff him yeah a bit more
3465s	details yes we even have to ask you or
3468s	no but I have two and uh okay soon I
3472s	recently realized why so like I really
3474s	like Piper because of the
3476s	that I have to predict where the player
3479s	is going but it's not only predicting
3481s	like by Logic like the way it's going
3484s	you get you have to go into his uh their
3487s	minds yes because like if they are
3489s	dodging to the left then like oh so
3490s	probably they are dodging uh to the
3492s	right now because I'm always starting
3493s	shooting at the left and then the other
3496s	one I really like to play is dynamic
3497s	which is the same concept you have to
3499s	like if you're always throwing the bombs
3502s	there and then they're always dodging
3503s	into one side then you're like oh maybe
3505s	I'll just try to go to the other side
3507s	and see how it goes and then yeah like
3509s	my favorite moment with Dynamic is when
3511s	a mortise is coming at me and I know
3514s	where he's going to dodge uh and then I
3516s	just throw there on the side and then it
3518s	gets done yeah it's like so uh
3520s	satisfying yeah especially if you hit
3522s	many in a row like you hit one and then
3524s	you hit the super when it first go away
3525s	yeah it's like yeah so which style power
3527s	do you use I don't use Dyna jump of
3530s	course
3535s	yeah I don't know how to use
3537s	uh yeah I didn't mention actually the
3539s	name of the this person is Umberto Leon
3542s	okay
3543s	thank you for the question
3547s	um
3550s	too short
3552s	no toucha they star
3555s	when will my favorite game mode Siege
3559s	I feel like I touched on this to be
3561s	honest yeah skip no no
3564s	but you can go deep why Siege was
3567s	removed yeah
3569s	again
3570s	so yeah
3572s	it really performed badly uh so and when
3576s	when we say badly that of course it
3579s	doesn't
3580s	if you really love teach that doesn't
3582s	make your feelings towards each uh
3586s	ineligible or anything like that is like
3588s	we still understand that seated fans
3591s	but in the bigger scheme of things most
3594s	people were not fans of Siege and since
3597s	we have only so many slots where where
3600s	game modes rotate
3602s	it's really like every every slot you
3604s	add needs to have value to the game in a
3606s	way
3607s	because else you're you're making the
3609s	you're diluting the matchmaking pool
3611s	things get you know softer and softer
3614s	things take longer and longer
3616s	and they're just not great for the game
3618s	overall when you so when you have a game
3620s	mode which actually doesn't do well
3622s	it's it's bad for the game as a whole
3624s	even though it's just one mode
3627s	um
3628s	I don't think I mean the iteration of
3630s	Siege we removed from the game was not
3631s	the first iteration it was a much longer
3634s	game mode in the beginning Etc
3636s	and we might in the future experiment
3637s	with it again so I I wouldn't I wouldn't
3640s	rule out that we weren't gonna go back
3642s	to it
3643s	but it would need some some serious
3645s	passion for someone in the team to come
3647s	up with a cool idea and that's I guess
3649s	how we're often doing it like most most
3651s	of the game modes come from someone in
3653s	the team we're like oh we should try a
3655s	game out like this yeah
3657s	yeah it also I guess improvements to
3659s	existing game which is also something we
3661s	want to try to do because I mean we
3663s	that's happened a few times already but
3665s	but I mean there's a lot of times where
3667s	we just feel oh this game mode is great
3668s	but it could be even better if you know
3671s	and and we're not opposed to touching
3673s	existing game modes uh in positive ways
3676s	either in our opinion again so and also
3678s	I mean like things like there were some
3681s	game modes which
3682s	man
3687s	oh no worse
3691s	oh this is super long
3694s	oh let's play this out it's not looking
3697s	great Is It Anyway wow
3700s	do not use merchandise with big heads
3702s	they give you you're so far from the mic
3705s	they're like two meters far it's also
3708s	that's it does he look sleepy to you
3710s	he's just melted in with the background
3712s	get the man some caffeine please yeah
3714s	I'm fighting these conversations
3716s	hilarious uh what do I saying payload no
3719s	uh okay
3721s	I wanted to talk about like other game
3724s	modes where we saw something in them
3726s	and then they're just not quite there
3729s	and payload is one of them though again
3731s	there were a bunch of fans of this mode
3733s	but then I guess the
3736s	the way it like
3738s	blocked players or moved players around
3741s	or you couldn't shoot through it that
3744s	was just frustrating too frustrating
3746s	but essentially it's like a mobile hot
3748s	Zone
3749s	right you just need to stay in there
3752s	and maybe there's a place for payload to
3755s	come back eventually I guess we will ask
3756s	the community after making some
3758s	improvements yeah and of course like
3760s	Siege was for there for such a long time
3762s	that once it's out of course like you to
3764s	be the most beloved game ever released
3767s	right but when it was there
3769s	factually it wasn't unfortunately we
3771s	also just talked about it today I guess
3773s	even the three of us
3776s	um knockout you know it's like it's
3778s	almost a reverse when when knockout was
3780s	released there were a lot of people who
3782s	didn't like knockout especially some
3784s	pros I'm not naming names but people
3786s	didn't like
3788s	people didn't like knockout
3791s	and and now actually we see that it's
3793s	the one of the more popular modes in our
3796s	rotation people like knockout because
3798s	it's also like I guess it's a mix of
3800s	predict if you're good you beat the
3802s	enemy team you have faster matches
3804s	and that feels really nice and leather
3807s	at least but even in public I think
3809s	we're always happy when knockout comes
3811s	on and rotation I feel like it's that
3813s	but also the feeling of agency you can
3815s	have as one player like if you beat your
3817s	opponent in Lane you create such an
3819s	enormous advantage in comparison to
3821s	maybe other game modes like of course at
3824s	the highest level it's still a big
3825s	Advantage but you know at lower levels
3826s	You Know The Enemy respawns and then
3828s	it's kind of stalemate again and yeah
3831s	but in knockout it's very clear you're
3832s	you're done or the other way around
3834s	right when it's like 2V1 yeah one you're
3837s	like now yeah
3838s	I'm gonna and then and then you die yeah
3844s	when you nearly clutched it let me just
3847s	die okay describe it so it was 2V1 it
3850s	was B and Fang I guess no
3854s	so it was TV1 I was Piper IQ ball and
3858s	like ah this is this it's just B like I
3860s	can and you hit one shot actually I hit
3862s	one shot and then I missed I missed tap
3865s	my super and then I jump towards her
3868s	right into B and die the horrible yeah
3871s	so then she used like the honeycomb and
3873s	then I couldn't kill because I'm Piper
3875s	and then it was so close to me we still
3877s	won the game though yeah for the record
3879s	we did one day but it was like a two for
3881s	one moment they're like yeah this is my
3882s	time this could have been a great moment
3884s	it could have been yeah yeah so those
3886s	moments yeah do you have a favorite game
3888s	Audrey I really do like knockout also
3891s	okay just because of the tension that
3894s	you get and when you're down 2V1 or when
3896s	you even when you're down 2v3 it's like
3898s	I love just how much how many moments of
3901s	excitement there are for like being able
3903s	to come back for instance and whatnot so
3905s	it's it's certainly my favorite I like
3907s	duels as well but only because I get to
3908s	use Edgar and make some sick plays plays
3911s	by the way you mean waiting for your
3912s	superintendo
3914s	absolutely big place I I don't I don't
3917s	think people realize that like there is
3919s	a massive skill gap between not
3921s	everybody on the brawl team is at the
3922s	level of trophies that these three
3924s	gentlemen are at which are you know very
3927s	close to if not above 40 000 trophies
3929s	and uh you know myself being less so I
3933s	will say one thing which is I'm trying
3935s	to watch out for the Casual players too
3936s	and uh nobody on team is willing to be a
3940s	little worse at brawl then uh maybe we
3943s	don't get as much a voice for the silent
3945s	uh you know there's a large silent group
3947s	of players who are not that good our nav
3949s	ever are never on Reddit are never on
3952s	Twitter but if you put something good in
3954s	the game they will play and if you don't
3956s	they won't and so we're trying to watch
3959s	out as much as we can we use data we use
3961s	other means of trying to get at who
3963s	those people are and we also try to do
3966s	uh to do good by them I mean I guess
3968s	that's a cool actually small segue
3969s	because we do have people on the roll
3971s	team who are all of different experience
3973s	who play different amounts per day all
3975s	of that so we we actually try to keep
3977s	every kind of group represented within
3979s	the team itself and it brings a lot of
3982s	good discussion in whenever we make a
3983s	new feature or something because you'll
3986s	have for example yeah me Frank and Danny
3988s	will have a maybe quite hardcore opinion
3990s	at times while you know someone like we
3992s	will bring the more casual opinion it's
3995s	not even offensive it's just it's just
3997s	factual but it's really important you
4000s	know so because that means we can
4001s	actually cater to the whole community
4003s	and not just the vocal view right yeah
4006s	what uh what other Gamers you guys like
4009s	I like Jewels I really do Bravo
4020s	you're one of those I'm one of those
4022s	you're one of those this is why I love
4023s	Otis why do you think I got the plan
4024s	figured out well Otis Buzz okay the
4027s	trifecta wait that's only two brothers
4031s	did you just leak a three-player
4033s	showdown
4034s	oh three players children I don't know
4037s	what to press here uh
4039s	jks are gaming what is your opinions on
4042s	the on a potential story mode could be a
4045s	offline as well I don't know
4047s	offline
4049s	what's offline
4051s	I'm referring to like if it's in the if
4053s	the braai appears in like a different
4055s	game is that what no no story mode like
4057s	you please
4060s	oh yeah so like not PVP basically I mean
4064s	we we talked about it like August last
4067s	year right like we we want to do more
4070s	with PVE and have the ability to tell
4073s	cool stories
4075s	and it was one of the items we did work
4077s	on actually
4078s	um
4080s	but it wasn't good enough
4082s	that's a that's a short version I think
4084s	we didn't feel
4086s	this was doing it justice I guess yeah
4089s	at that point
4091s	yeah I think we're excited about the
4092s	idea but we didn't have the time to
4094s	execute on the really cool Grand Visions
4097s	we had at that moment so I we I guess
4101s	want to revisit it when the time does
4103s	allow but not maybe right now
4105s	could be one way to put it it's like PV
4107s	is a huge undertaking it's like first
4109s	like you know most people come to brawl
4112s	stars for the PVP yeah it's it's just
4114s	part of this
4115s	and then besides that it's like
4119s	again we have like big Ideas so
4123s	it's not easy to execute on those it's
4125s	like think of like cool boss fights
4128s	which go beyond the robots we have in
4129s	the game today
4130s	maybe some you know minions and
4133s	different floors in general but there's
4135s	all content which needs to be created
4138s	and the the effort of creating some of
4141s	these is as big as creating a brawler
4143s	and that's quite High effort from our
4145s	side
4146s	so
4147s	yeah I guess I guess it's something we'd
4150s	like to go back to eventually but at the
4152s	moment it's like at the moment we have
4154s	other things we focus on
4156s	yeah and also if we release PVE we want
4159s	to you know kind of like our current PV
4162s	mode like we want there we want players
4165s	to be able to enjoy playing them for a
4167s	sustained period of time and given kind
4169s	of the undertaking of it we you know
4172s	what we don't want to do is release a
4174s	whole new PV mode let's say it's super
4175s	fun and then you know we drop support
4178s	for it because we got to focus on other
4180s	areas which is part of the reason why
4183s	the current PVE mode is designed to kind
4185s	of have some amount of this
4186s	replayability and if we were to do
4187s	something more we'd want to think about
4189s	that as well
4191s	um like we don't want to have orphaned
4193s	you know these orphan game modes that
4194s	you know don't have continued support
4196s	and so this is one of the you know one
4198s	of the many factors that is that is
4200s	considered but we all on team like we
4202s	were super excited when we undertook
4204s	um the PVE game mode stuff that we were
4206s	working on and man I I'm really like I
4209s	I'm a little bit sick and tired of the
4212s	current weekend modes yeah yeah that's
4216s	everyone maybe that
4223s	you know like sometimes you you even the
4227s	PVP ones like big game you know you you
4230s	entered and sometimes people don't even
4231s	play you know like the the big person
4233s	they're just spinning it's like so lame
4236s	it's like it feels like more of a chore
4238s	than fun yeah yeah I guess when we talk
4241s	about PVE it's a lot more about
4243s	how can we make this fun it's just like
4245s	long and replayable right like that's
4247s	the thing it needs to be fun for a long
4249s	time to justify the effort we're putting
4251s	into this yeah I think that yeah the
4254s	replayability for me is the key because
4255s	at the moment like the current
4258s	Gamers we have they're really fun until
4260s	you figure them out and until you find
4262s	the cheeses for example in some of the
4263s	game modes and after that it's just
4265s	repetitiveness right like you're just
4266s	doing it for the tokens it's not really
4268s	exciting or engaging you're not looking
4270s	forward to those moments maybe in the
4272s	way we hoped that you would
4274s	um so that's something we're definitely
4275s	would want to deal with but you know
4276s	when we introduce boss fight and and I
4280s	mean people are really trying hard to
4281s	beat the levels yeah and the people who
4283s	are I mean why the E you know like he
4286s	posted on I think it was on Reddit back
4289s	then when when he beat a new level and
4291s	Symantec did that too I think like so
4293s	those are some of the pro players for
4295s	everyone else
4296s	so I think we we want that excitement
4299s	back
4300s	but have it in a sustainable way
4302s	for sure yeah so pretty much like the
4305s	road map thing we said back then like we
4308s	had a uh a prototype it wasn't like
4311s	super fun and then we decided to
4313s	postpone it's like you're still in the
4314s	back of our minds but then maybe it's
4316s	not like it's I don't know when I don't
4319s	have an NTA or anything no yeah it was
4321s	not even like so the idea we had there
4323s	was was strong but supporting that idea
4326s	with enough content to keep it fun that
4329s	that we could just not guarantee at that
4331s	point right so so we didn't
4333s	and I think actually that that was going
4336s	back to the learnings from earlier I
4338s	think that was somewhat of a learning
4339s	for us to no we're not going to ship
4341s	this
4342s	because it doesn't feel complete it
4344s	doesn't feel like it's as good as it
4346s	could be yeah so I guess it's more of a
4348s	promise then so if we ship it whenever
4350s	that is
4352s	likely not this year
4353s	then it's gonna be cool and fun and
4356s	we're gonna enjoy ourselves as well
4359s	yeah for sure I think that's a great
4361s	measure stick for us yeah are we
4364s	enjoying ourselves playing this thing
4366s	yeah
4368s	exactly P.S Felix 17. we'll uh that's
4373s	there is no filter in this question so
4375s	oh wow no it's not so aggressive will
4378s	you use less gadgets and star Powers be
4381s	reworked or improved at the moment and
4384s	at the moment rarely anyone uses
4388s	it's very weird written but uh that's it
4391s	but that's the core of the question I
4393s	mean I guess I can take it because I
4395s	work mostly on that so short answer is
4397s	yes
4398s	um when and what and how is is still in
4402s	the air but essentially we have a lot of
4404s	ideas as to what star Powers what
4406s	gadgets are used less than others
4409s	um we have a pretty good entry of why
4411s	um some just require balancing like
4413s	numbers but some are simply requiring
4416s	complete redesigns like I would take
4418s	artists for example Gadget as a great
4420s	example I had this great idea in my
4423s	opinion
4424s	um that that the relationship between
4426s	the legs and the head should be yeah
4430s	it should be defined in a gadget and I
4433s	thought it was really cool on paper
4434s	um but in the game it turns out you're
4436s	not ending up in that situation that
4437s	often so more often than not the gadget
4439s	is pretty useless If we're honest about
4441s	it so that's a great example of
4443s	something that would actually need a
4444s	redesign at some point and there's a lot
4446s	of those examples I think and just when
4449s	do we have time to do it because we of
4451s	course we have to prioritize our content
4453s	and which ones do we feel are the worst
4455s	contenders and the worst offenders
4457s	rather
4458s	so that's in short my thoughts on it
4461s	yeah all right no other strong strong
4464s	statements on this no
4467s	then potato ndl
4471s	thousand seven hundred nine
4475s	that's a good name only only specific
4478s	it's very technical do you guys can fix
4480s	the crashing games
4482s	happen at low end devices maybe you can
4485s	talk about yeah so I guess I can talk
4487s	about this one as well yes a double
4488s	whammy
4489s	um so yes in short we always want to
4492s	make sure that anyone and everyone as
4494s	many people as possible can play Roll
4496s	Stars this is this is the Baseline we're
4497s	streaming towards of course we have a
4499s	really old device it's going to run
4500s	worse than if you have a newer device
4502s	that's just going to be the case no
4503s	matter what what is of course striving
4506s	against this is as we add more content
4508s	and more features into the game the game
4511s	becomes heavier to run so we have to
4513s	optimize and we do optimize but no
4515s	matter how much we optimize the
4517s	technical limit will hit at some point
4518s	which means there is simply nothing we
4521s	can do with existing technology that
4523s	exists to make it essentially much
4526s	better on lower end devices not to say
4528s	we're not trying but the more stuff we
4530s	add the usually a little bit worse it's
4532s	going to get that's the short version of
4534s	it a follow-up question from me because
4537s	like uh I see that actually people are
4540s	asking that as well but the
4542s	will there be an option of lowering the
4545s	graphics or whatever something that like
4547s	you play a poorly version of brawl stars
4549s	but it at least would run a smoother is
4551s	it a possibility yes so cut this by the
4555s	way if it's NDA but yes uh so so yes we
4557s	are working on basically a lower
4558s	Graphics kind of system and compression
4561s	that will hopefully help with this
4564s	so yes it is possible that goes under
4566s	the optimization umbrella we're not
4569s	going to have a setting for it but
4570s	basically the game will recognize if
4572s	your device is bad and use another
4573s	setting old yes there's a
4577s	I think what's
4579s	what's also worth pointing out
4582s	there's just a lot of different Android
4585s	devices specifically yes it's like it's
4588s	just like there's no
4590s	the beauty is on on Apple side in that
4593s	regard because like you only have so
4595s	many devices to deal with
4597s	so at some point you know like the the
4600s	platforms like Apple and Google
4602s	they are they're starting to unsupported
4604s	specific operating system version and
4606s	then that's where you know as a
4607s	developer okay now we also stop
4609s	supporting this
4611s	so it's pretty much we follow like both
4613s	Apple and Google there whenever they are
4615s	phasing out
4616s	uh devices which don't support an
4618s	operating system anymore
4620s	um
4622s	but even when you remove those which are
4625s	the lowest of low end by this time
4628s	then there's still
4630s	a gazillion
4632s	different Android devices
4634s	all different form factors different
4636s	gpus different CPUs it's like
4640s	so vastly different so you cannot even
4642s	technically like it's almost impossible
4644s	to test all of them even if we try it's
4647s	no it's literally impossible because
4649s	also fun fact actually the same device
4652s	can be very different so if you have I
4655s	don't know a Galaxy S9 and then it has a
4658s	Galaxy S9 they might have a different
4660s	chipset
4661s	and that makes it very tricky so when
4663s	two people go okay I don't have this
4665s	issue on this device and someone says no
4666s	but I do yeah that might be true even
4668s	though you have the same device because
4670s	they might be fundamentally different in
4672s	in how they work so that makes it even
4674s	trickier all that to say yes we
4677s	absolutely want brawl stars to be
4679s	playable
4680s	um it is just very tricky to iron out
4683s	and optimize for all the devices
4684s	possible
4686s	and of course like
4689s	it's super important for us to have as
4692s	little crashes as possible in the game
4694s	and we're constantly striving to make
4696s	that happen
4697s	practical realities it will never be 100
4699s	crash free
4701s	uh like but close as close as possible
4705s	to that yeah 99
4706s	99.8 I think yeah repeating of course
4709s	yeah
4711s	okay that's not a broad thing by the way
4714s	like I was playing no throwing throwing
4718s	got a four under the bus I was playing
4719s	got it for and like uh the voices
4723s	disappear like there's so many bugs and
4725s	there's a triple A game right like
4726s	people used to play games without
4727s	reference it's like every game has bugs
4731s	and some bugs are still critical even
4733s	though like it's cheap it's patched uh
4736s	something will always pop up because
4737s	like you fix something and then maybe
4739s	have it changed something because of the
4742s	fix and then you break something else
4744s	it's like you will never find a bug-free
4747s	okay yeah yeah no a game without bugs
4750s	yeah it does it doesn't exist but that's
4752s	okay I mean the point is uh to go into
4755s	bugs I mean the point is just to
4757s	prioritize like like what do you guys
4759s	what is ailing you the most like what is
4761s	the biggest problem when you're playing
4762s	brawl Stars what's the bugs that make
4765s	you the most annoyed and that's usually
4766s	the same for us and our bug list goes
4769s	very much in line with that
4770s	um of course we can't fix all the bugs
4772s	like Danny said but we're trying our
4773s	best to get the worst ones every update
4775s	every maintenance every optional Etc
4779s	right
4783s	a pro player is it from France I think I
4786s	think he's a friend which is French or
4788s	Belgium I don't know yeah uh why on
4791s	other games you can play only on your
4793s	own your servers and on brawl Stars you
4796s	wait five to ten minutes to play again
4799s	and then when you play again you'll go
4801s	to other regions
4803s	yeah I assume equac is pretty high in
4805s	trophies right
4807s	so so first that's a pro a problem
4810s	actually most people don't face every
4812s	day or not at all playing brawl so Raul
4816s	was concepted as a global game
4818s	from the get-go so our server
4820s	infrastructure is built in a way that
4822s	you know
4823s	if you're in Japan and you play with a
4826s	friend in Germany you can do that it
4829s	won't be a great experience but you can
4831s	and all Superstar games have been
4833s	structured that way since forever we
4835s	always try to have truly Global games
4837s	where you can have friends even in
4838s	different places spectate someone in a
4841s	different place and there's good use
4842s	cases for that where you're actually
4843s	like oh you can you know just spectate
4846s	someone in Japan from Europe
4849s	uh you can in-game befriend them Etc you
4852s	won't have a great experience playing
4853s	with them in a match though
4855s	our servers are generally trying to
4857s	place you on the best service that is
4862s	pretty complex and there's a lot of
4864s	we actually had a video series about
4866s	that with Arc at a point where we
4868s	explained a little bit like
4870s	how complex it is to find the right
4872s	service for you to make sure you know
4874s	everything is going smooth
4876s	but yeah at the end of the day when
4877s	you're when you're in the top one
4879s	percentile or so and I guess equagus
4881s	even like in the top zero dot something
4884s	percent
4886s	um if you have 60 70 000 trophies
4889s	yes it will take you longer to find the
4891s	right match and of course since we are
4894s	trying to you know just just imagine
4895s	matchmaking is a bubble
4898s	and that bubble expense of multiple
4900s	Dimensions it's like
4902s	4D
4904s	it's 3D
4906s	um
4907s	it expands in
4910s	who do I pair you with in regards to
4911s	Trophies that's one dimension and
4914s	another is then
4916s	what is a latency
4918s	and it expands in both directions so it
4921s	might find someone who's lower trophies
4923s	than you
4924s	eventually because they are like at 800
4926s	lineage office and you're at 12 1200
4928s	trophies eventually will be matched
4931s	depending on how long the 1200 trophies
4933s	player waited that's why it takes like
4935s	five minutes at a point or longer
4938s	and in the other dimension it's the same
4940s	maybe I'll find another 1200 trophies
4942s	player but he's further away it is not
4945s	ideal latency voice
4947s	and the moment you know that happens not
4949s	for one player that happens for every
4950s	player on this planet and eventually
4952s	these these two bubbles
4954s	they touch and the moment they touch
4956s	it's a match
4959s	and yeah and it is not usually it's like
4961s	it's not a one versus one thing right so
4964s	the game needs to find six players or 10
4967s	players
4968s	and so it says compact complex construct
4971s	of bubbles of networking which is slowly
4973s	expanding in our little bubble verse
4975s	and and uh yeah that's that's how it
4978s	happens so the alternative is just
4981s	we could have a heart rule
4983s	and then you might wait like four five
4986s	six eggs as long you know and and we
4989s	just know from experience that nobody
4990s	likes to wait 30 minutes
4992s	for the perfect match
4994s	when the match takes in 1890 seconds in
4997s	average yeah and I guess that he did
4999s	compare to other games so then like
5000s	maybe if you play League of Legends like
5002s	you wait 10 minutes to play a 30 minute
5004s	match it makes sense but if you wait
5006s	like 10 minutes to play a two minute
5007s	match it's like yeah no and like I
5010s	remember I remember in league for
5011s	example there were like moments where
5013s	depending on where you are yeah you know
5015s	you can wait 45 minutes oh yeah for sure
5017s	like I was waiting hours and that's
5019s	maybe like at someone it becomes
5021s	tolerable
5022s	if you have it like on a second screen
5024s	you know on your PC and you're just
5026s	waiting and you're watching a Netflix
5028s	show or whatever
5030s	um but but yeah for us it just does make
5032s	sense we whenever whenever we tune
5035s	towards optimizing for better
5037s	matchmaking
5039s	that led to slower matchmaking and
5041s	slower matchmaking always had the same
5043s	result
5044s	um our players in that region would drop
5047s	we tried that out in Australia
5048s	specifically you know and we could
5050s	literally the day we turned on the
5052s	service and prioritize those servers for
5054s	players from there
5056s	we saw the amount of people playing in
5058s	Australia drop
5061s	so it's like it's just the practicality
5063s	of things yeah
5065s	I'm glad you asked this question because
5067s	it allowed the issue to Bubble Up to the
5070s	surface oh yeah
5073s	um
5075s	whole carob I won't say the numbers
5077s	anymore
5081s	why not add Danny Piper
5085s	one million questions
5090s	you're gonna break his heart live why
5092s	are you doing that stuff I will I have a
5094s	professional answer though oh yeah oh
5096s	okay I do have a professional answer
5097s	which is
5098s	I think one of the dangers of adding
5100s	people on the dev team to in-game is
5103s	that we experienced this at my prior
5105s	company where um if something
5109s	happens to that person let's say they do
5112s	something that is even after they've
5114s	left the company for instance and they
5115s	do something illegal or inappropriate
5119s	then
5121s	and I don't know this guy I'm not saying
5124s	yeah
5127s	fast and we all know what you're
5130s	implying me
5132s	you don't have to hold back your
5133s	feelings let it out I mean and I will
5137s	say it was rough trying to remove when
5139s	you have especially if they're such so
5141s	systemic to the game you know it's
5143s	really hard to remove them afterwards
5145s	um and you know uh these things are
5147s	really tough and I think there was just
5149s	a rule at the company I was at that we
5150s	would just no longer do that now
5152s	fortunately I don't think any of those
5153s	incidents have happened you know here
5155s	are knock on wood at supercell
5158s	um but it's certainly uh you know
5160s	something to keep in mind if we were to
5161s	go ahead to do that yeah I think I think
5164s	that's one good reason I'm not doing it
5166s	maybe I don't have to break your heart
5167s	anymore
5168s	if you already did yeah there's there's
5172s	another there's another reason
5175s	um less than one percent of you are on
5177s	social media of you Uso Community you
5181s	are watching and listening to this so so
5183s	it's like for for the vast majority of
5186s	all players 99 it would be just really
5189s	weird there would be like why
5191s	uh and it's like yeah it just doesn't
5194s	make sense in the in the context of a
5196s	skin which we typically also sell
5198s	so so yeah holistically just it just
5201s	doesn't really make sense well well some
5204s	of you would appreciate that I mean I
5206s	would appreciate it I would really I
5208s	really like you
5210s	um wow but wow but um glad we have that
5213s	tonight not awkward at all slow
5218s	oh that's enough
5222s	so yeah yeah but uh I liked Frank's
5225s	answer better
5226s	than mine yeah and I I actually I had a
5229s	point like against that but like I think
5231s	your answer is actually really good like
5233s	of course like I trust myself that I
5235s	wouldn't sure anything illegal after
5238s	supercell or anything but uh is it
5241s	something that yeah maybe
5243s	like people surprise you right yeah and
5245s	like it is like a huge risk and then
5247s	what you gain maybe yeah it's fun for
5250s	sure yeah it's fun for a little bit
5252s	but at what cost you so maybe April
5255s	fools okay let's go
5259s	um
5261s	stop this those names are the best stop
5264s	this do you sometimes play Brawl star in
5267s	your office and is there someone who
5269s	clearly establishing self as the best
5271s	player
5273s	clearly
5278s	but I think it's also clear who is the
5280s	best let's be honest really yeah at what
5283s	exactly all brawl Stars wait I think
5287s	it's between you two because like I I
5290s	know that it depends on the roller I
5292s	think I'm good mechanically and that's
5294s	it like but I'm really bad at like
5296s	picking Brawlers I never know who to
5298s	pick and then when I play everyone too
5299s	and you know
5303s	drafts and they're always perfect
5305s	you always think of us yeah it's true
5308s	anyway but uh I think if we had to pick
5311s	one who is the best I would say it's
5313s	Adrian oh I think so yeah I think it's
5316s	more more of a you still like Daddy as
5319s	much
5327s	really yeah I think so wow
5331s	wow it's like the love here oh he's just
5334s	giving them right now it's not this guy
5337s	as long as it's not this guy no yeah I
5341s	mean like obviously the three of us are
5343s	playing in the team yes right so and I
5345s	guess we're not making a secret out of
5347s	that the three of us are playing we're
5349s	in the same Club we're in the same we're
5351s	playing the same power League we're
5352s	playing all the challenges together
5354s	um so so more often than not we are
5356s	pushing together Etc as well so it's
5359s	really like because we have a similar
5361s	level and and it kind of makes sense but
5364s	I guess each of us are also better at
5366s	specific Brawlers yes you know like when
5368s	it's about when when someone's playing
5370s	Piper it's typically Danny uh when it's
5373s	a virgin I'm playing Gene Adrian is
5375s	playing Agro Brawlers a lot like like
5378s	bus and and Ash and and Co so I guess
5381s	because our play starts also somewhat
5383s	compatible it kind of works I think
5385s	that's what people are Nest to meet is
5387s	usually not just about skill
5389s	it's it's also about like you know uh
5392s	adapting working well together yeah
5395s	but yeah we play a lot I guess
5398s	I guess at least Club League matches we
5400s	play together at the beginning of the
5401s	power League season we play together
5403s	sometimes people just push together so
5405s	yeah I mean we try to make a point of of
5407s	trying to play a little bit at least
5409s	each day oh not always we don't always
5411s	manage to especially if we're really
5413s	busy at work and stuff like that um
5415s	delivering cool content wink wink
5418s	um but yeah we do try to make a point to
5420s	play together as much as possible and
5422s	you know in days when there's a brawler
5423s	release Etc it's also it also happens
5425s	that we are you know pushing from the
5427s	office Etc today today was a release of
5430s	Willow ah great release flawless
5433s	flawless release of course not as usual
5436s	yeah we watched the yde on stream you
5439s	know
5440s	um and some of us playing as well so I
5442s	was like yeah
5443s	currently a few people on the team are
5445s	pushing masteries and try to get their
5447s	titles
5448s	shout out to ID and Trevor Trevor
5451s	results
5455s	um playing rocket League yeah yeah but
5458s	they play Wheels
5460s	uh Zoot Alors
5463s	when is my chubby dinosaur going to get
5466s	a friend
5467s	but if you accept your Dinosaurs the bus
5471s	is kind of ripped I don't know it's
5472s	chubby okay no but yeah I don't know
5476s	deadbot
5482s	two out of three got it did you find it
5485s	oh my god really that's the one why do I
5489s	deserve it
5490s	amazing timing uh we don't know yeah of
5494s	course like they go with some of us know
5496s	like the goal is to have all trios
5498s	completed right So eventually it will
5500s	happen it will happen it will happen but
5502s	maybe it could be like it's almost like
5504s	a meme right so maybe he will never get
5506s	just so oh no why would you say that
5508s	yeah like forever alone
5510s	and then you can always tease like oh
5513s	it's a dinosaur but it's another Trio
5517s	wow so mean the velocity like but next
5522s	I'm not sure if there's much space for
5524s	other brothers
5526s	laughs
5532s	um next whoo
5536s	that's the name that's the name
5538s	what what
5542s	uh will Edgar get a reward this year
5546s	oh this isn't it that's a tricky one
5548s	it's a long answer everybody's like oh
5550s	my God you know when we talked about
5552s	modest la
5553s	yeah you know I mean
5556s	I guess I can start a little bit about
5558s	this so
5560s	there's a lot of things to dissect about
5561s	that car I don't want to go too long but
5564s	Edgar is very much liked in the
5566s	community
5566s	for how he is right now and this is
5570s	really important to point out there's a
5572s	lot of things we for example don't like
5574s	with this playstyle we think he's very
5576s	polarizing and quite boring to be frank
5579s	a lot of the time when you sit in a bush
5581s	forever and then jump in and maybe die
5583s	instantly to a gale it's not the best
5585s	experience
5587s	um
5588s	and because it's one of the most popular
5590s	because a lot of people actually like
5592s	Edgar so do we want to rework something
5594s	that a lot of people like that's very
5596s	risky I think from our point of view
5599s	um so I guess I guess that's where we're
5601s	looking at it
5602s	um there's definitely maybe improvements
5604s	that could be made maybe reworks um but
5606s	we haven't decided either way I would
5608s	say
5609s	yeah if a brawler is not generally a
5611s	problem
5612s	in in regards to like win rates or play
5615s	rates
5617s	um again it's like I guess if you would
5620s	look at the play rates of Edgar in in a
5623s	graph
5624s	you know the the lower un Trophies the
5627s	more likely you have fun with Edgar
5629s	the higher you go in trophies on power
5631s	League the less fun you will have with
5633s	Edgar yeah
5635s	um
5635s	and on the on the lower ranges that also
5637s	means you're likely
5639s	you have fun with it because people
5641s	don't know how to deal with them or how
5643s	to counter him and so you will see
5645s	success if you play him
5647s	and on the higher range where where
5649s	people generally know how to deal with
5650s	an Edgar he becomes weaker
5654s	um but I guess ultimately that's okay
5656s	for us it's not generally
5659s	it's like we get the same argument with
5660s	Shelley all the time right it's like you
5662s	know but if we would give Shelley a
5664s	significant buff
5666s	she would just wreak havoc in the lower
5669s	ranges of the truck she is already doing
5671s	that yeah so it's like it would just
5673s	make things worse for new players which
5675s	is horrible
5676s	and that goes in a similar situation and
5678s	actually Shelley is a great counter for
5680s	him yeah on the lower ranges funnily
5682s	enough yeah it was balance is restored
5685s	yes
5686s	it could be like maybe it's not so
5687s	problematic that every brawler is not
5689s	available on high competitive game modes
5692s	right maybe some brothers are like
5694s	casual and it's just to introduce you to
5696s	brawl Stars I mean Chester is a great
5697s	other example for a more recent brawler
5699s	that's more of a for fun brawler I would
5701s	say rather than this is an Esports ready
5703s	always pick brawler uh although he was
5706s	at the start my bad
5707s	um but yeah
5709s	so I think you know I I think our
5711s	fundamental philosophy is that not every
5714s	brawler has to be viable at all ranges
5716s	at all times and equally balanced
5718s	because that would make the game also
5719s	very stale if you don't see any
5721s	progression in how you yourself see
5723s	brawl stars and how you improve as a
5726s	player and what the picks you start
5727s	liking and disliking and so forth then
5729s	it would also be I think quite Bland to
5732s	play it again yeah I don't know where
5733s	you guys are at trophy wise but editor
5735s	is pretty good yeah are you the guy that
5738s	sits in a bush and showdown at the 10K
5740s	it's pretty good where I I am I'm
5742s	definitely above well above 10 000
5744s	trophies thank you very much
5746s	and he's also one of the brothers I have
5748s	above 500 trophies so I don't know why
5751s	I'm just saying
5754s	people keep taking off me he doesn't
5757s	understand season reset and it's just
5759s	like I don't know what are these
5760s	complaints
5764s	thanks for the question though yeah uh
5767s	oh share Usher art actually I know
5770s	cosplayer right yeah she actually made
5772s	that cosplayer from Mandy and then she
5774s	had a friend doing Chester and then they
5777s	had like a whole storyline it was really
5779s	nice to follow that's cool uh will there
5781s	be a brawl Stars movie slash series
5784s	starring Danny no that's himself
5791s	that's a good idea no I still like if
5793s	I'm a criminal in the future it could
5795s	ruin the movie right maybe you're a
5798s	criminal in the movie you know spoilers
5801s	but yeah yeah yeah I guess I mean we we
5804s	love to yeah
5807s	yeah I mean it would be really really
5809s	cool for us to eventually do that uh you
5812s	guys are commenting on our YouTube
5814s	videos whenever we release an animation
5816s	so it looks like
5819s	our players would like that so I guess
5821s	like yeah we'd like that too but it's
5823s	you know I want to say these are really
5826s	long undertakings so producing like an
5829s	animated show an animated you know movie
5831s	is not a small feat to do yeah and so
5835s	you know if we do anything it's not
5837s	anytime soon and if uh like maybe
5839s	correct me if I'm wrong but the crowd
5842s	and like the The Clash uh short wasn't
5846s	like five years too
5848s	okay
5866s	yeah
5867s	so yeah we I think the tildeas we'd love
5870s	to yeah but it's it's it's complicated
5872s	it's complicated
5876s	um good question though good question
5881s	artichoke fantastic
5884s	finally finally that's the name that is
5886s	the award a name a name I can get behind
5890s	uh any plans on improving me improving
5893s	the chromatic Market we kind of like
5895s	touch on that already yeah also I find
5897s	the factor of Simply buying gadgets and
5900s	star Powers with only coins a bit boring
5902s	is there any possibility
5904s	possible way for you guys to add the
5906s	ability to get gadgets and star powers
5907s	without going somehow that's a way
5911s	gems
5914s	I don't think that was this and also
5921s	uh there's more uh appreciate the just
5924s	ah there he also praised the podcast
5927s	idea
5929s	exactly
5931s	that was the most number of sounds were
5934s	used in this short time frame I guess we
5937s	touched basically on everything right
5939s	yeah we did I think it's like yeah it
5944s	it would be nice to have like some some
5946s	of these fun moments back yeah and we
5949s	will keep thinking about it but yeah no
5951s	no Clear Solutions right now yeah
5955s	uh I'm missed ourselves
5959s	uh what Brawlers release cycle are you
5962s	all proud of the most these brought out
5965s	actually release Post Release balance
5967s	plate well it's basically the whole
5969s	thing the whole package yeah
5972s	I guess it's very personal also it is
5974s	very personal yeah yeah so I I said mine
5976s	is already Janet and Bonnie which was a
5979s	great example yeah yeah you guys have
5981s	any other I mean for me I mean I have to
5984s	take the the latest update because it it
5987s	was the first I worked on from design
5988s	from the on the kids
5991s	um and I think Willow especially is very
5993s	unique I think a mind control mechanic
5995s	is something that you know you can have
5997s	endless amounts of fun with it's just
5998s	such a deep mechanic so even though the
6000s	launch wasn't you know without its bumps
6003s	um but I think I'm very proud of that
6005s	mechanic how it turned out in the end so
6008s	yeah and then I I think when uh you're
6011s	discussing that I was already thinking
6012s	like oh this is a nightmare because like
6014s	every Broadway release you have to test
6016s	every single possibility of controlling
6018s	that problem yes so we have like this
6021s	Everlasting test we have to do like does
6024s	it break Willow when released so I made
6026s	more work for myself yes exactly yes
6029s	good job very smart
6031s	yeah I'm not sure if there's like
6033s	one specific brawler standing out like
6037s	I I like no like the brothers I like the
6041s	most the releases were not glorious I
6044s	Mean Gene Gene was like uh it was the
6047s	first product we had to disable
6050s	um
6051s	Leon was actually like one of the first
6054s	Brawlers it was the last problem we
6055s	released before global
6057s	and he was one of the first Brawlers
6059s	which had the the new production
6062s	pipeline we're using you know I hit a
6064s	higher resolution model better textures
6066s	all of that I think it was really cool
6068s	when we released them and he's like
6071s	I'm not even playing him that much but
6072s	he was completely broken when we
6074s	released him so I cannot really say that
6076s	I'm super proud of that even though of
6078s	course I jumped him and then uh owned
6081s	people for a few hours or so before we
6084s	did anything else
6086s	um this guy I do I do like the the
6089s	release when when we released Bell quite
6093s	a bit I think the storytelling around
6095s	belt's release was really cool I think
6097s	the the trio we are establishing there
6100s	with bell and Sam now I think it's
6102s	really it's just really fun and very fit
6104s	it's almost going uh back to the roots
6107s	you know it's like it feels just very OG
6110s	brawl stars in a way I guess because it
6112s	touches touches on the western
6115s	um but but yeah I like the storytelling
6116s	around that I also
6118s	you know that she's the mom of another
6120s	character in the game it's like it's
6123s	it's really interesting
6126s	I don't have a brawler actually but I
6129s	really actually enjoyed the lead up to
6131s	uh the loot box removal I just felt that
6134s	there was a lot of breadcrumbs along the
6135s	way yeah for instance we did you know
6138s	the community event I think that was and
6141s	at that point I had only been on the
6143s	team for a while a couple months but
6145s	just to see kind of the community
6146s	reaction towards
6149s	um what they were going to get if they
6150s	hit their Milestones to what we
6152s	announced during the World Finals to
6155s	um what we posted on social media all of
6157s	it and then obviously a leading up to
6159s	the brawl talk and then subsequent
6160s	release
6162s	um being you know a relatively stable
6164s	build also uh at launch all of that was
6167s	just like quite quite impressive to see
6170s	um and I hope we can do more of that in
6172s	the future with other updates uh that
6174s	might be coming so yeah I just thought
6176s	that was really well I executed among
6178s	multiple disciplines
6192s	art another ping uh fun artist by the
6196s	way uh maybe that will be very long but
6199s	maybe we picked just one uh person tell
6203s	us about how you got into this company
6204s	and about the most memorable moments
6207s	associated with it like do you have it
6210s	it can be like a few lines yeah
6214s	Danny stud yeah okay uh I always like
6217s	keep saying that like when people say to
6219s	me like oh how is it working at
6220s	supercell like I think most of us like
6222s	we start working in the company or a
6224s	small company and then when we start
6226s	like we we always have this drink like
6228s	oh I'm working with games it's so
6230s	fantastic and they're like it's horrible
6233s	you do like with so much so many
6236s	problems like like a revenue over like
6239s	fun and things like that
6241s	and then when I got super so I realized
6243s	like oh it's like the vision I had
6246s	before what is working with game is
6248s	actually true it's like I think
6249s	supercell is really like I'm really
6251s	proud to be here because like it is
6254s	really genuine the
6256s	how we want to to want to make the game
6259s	better like of course you want to exist
6262s	so it needs to profit uh but like it's
6265s	uh we worry about like is this not fun
6267s	enough we need to work on that and
6269s	things like that and one example I have
6271s	is like well the previous designer from
6273s	brow Stars uh John uh one of the
6276s	original yeah yeah uh like we are
6278s	testing BB and then BB wasn't working
6280s	and like I I had just joined joined the
6283s	thing I think it was like two weeks and
6285s	then I said like oh what if you had like
6287s	this bar that charges and then she
6288s	knocks out and then he yon just look at
6291s	me and said yeah like let's try and like
6293s	in my uh experience in the gaming
6296s	industry never a game designer like uh
6300s	like accepts like a suggestion on the
6302s	fly without trying yeah from a commit
6305s	manager without trying like hey I can I
6308s	have to prove that this is really good
6309s	because look at the data look at the
6311s	Players like this can like it was just
6313s	like a suggestion on the Fly and then it
6314s	just tested and that was designed that
6316s	yeah very cool we shipped yeah
6319s	very cool that's a great story yeah
6322s	um I mean for me I think it's very
6323s	similar I think it's going to be very
6324s	simple for a lot of people you talk to
6326s	at supercell
6328s	um but yeah I mean for for me I think
6331s	the coolest moment on the team in these
6332s	two years has definitely been the World
6334s	Finals
6335s	um in Paris um I'm a huge fan of Esports
6337s	myself and just seeing all you know the
6339s	fans in person all the pro players just
6342s	being really excited about the game you
6343s	know just it's a real moment of Pride I
6346s	think something you've worked on being
6347s	appreciated to that extent by so many
6349s	people and of course it's you realize
6351s	that you know looking at social media
6353s	numbers but it's completely different
6355s	seeing someone in person being being
6357s	that passionate
6359s	um and and that's that was a huge moment
6360s	for me personally how did you get into
6362s	this job how did I get into this job
6365s	um yeah I mean there was I mean a long
6368s	story but I worked for another company
6370s	for a long time
6371s	um and then the previous uh tester on
6375s	broadstars um who is still at the
6376s	company he's just another project
6378s	um he basically asked me if I would be
6381s	maybe interested in joining
6383s	um and of course I always already a huge
6385s	fan of brawl stars and supercell so I
6387s	was like let's go for some interviews I
6389s	guess or let's try my best and long
6391s	story short I apparently you know have
6393s	fooled everyone so far so let's hope I
6396s	can keep the appearances up yeah cool
6398s	well Frank how about you yeah it I think
6402s	it was like my first month on the job uh
6405s	so I got here and then we had to
6407s	basically work on this project of
6409s	removing
6410s	um brawl boxes from the game and I think
6413s	you know I've been prior to this at
6414s	another company which was on a huge Dev
6417s	team of like 200 plus people and brawl
6419s	stars is quite a bit smaller than that
6421s	um and so coming to a small team you
6423s	know I really I missed and like I missed
6425s	this about large company about small
6427s	companies that I worked at which was
6429s	having that autonomy where you get to
6432s	come to work and you know uh you can
6435s	just kind of focus on the craft and make
6437s	really good
6438s	um features for the games and uh there
6441s	was a feature that uh you know uh one
6443s	aspect of of this redesign which needed
6446s	some work so we ended up chatting with
6448s	some folks off team and we got some
6450s	pretty direct feedback that you know the
6452s	early designs of what you now know a
6454s	Star Road were quite
6456s	um maybe less thought out and I was
6458s	really inspired by the fact that people
6462s	were willing to kind of tell you
6463s	directly that hey this part might not be
6466s	working maybe really consider changing
6468s	it um because I'm I guess I really
6471s	appreciated when the best idea is won in
6474s	terms of when we design something and
6477s	you know the fact that people can be
6478s	constructive about why they feel
6480s	something is better than maybe what you
6482s	had initially proposed
6484s	um that's something I think that exists
6485s	here like people want us to make the
6487s	best future possible want us to make the
6489s	best uh Brawlers possible and so I I was
6492s	just really inspired by
6494s	um people genuinely wanting to help out
6496s	and give you good feedback
6498s	cool how about you Frank yeah I also I
6501s	worked with another gaming company
6503s	um
6503s	until until fortunately
6506s	supercell found me and by that moment I
6509s	only had heard about the puzzle in one
6511s	corner that was Boom Beach
6513s	so I had a colleague of mine I worked
6515s	with before he had introduced me to Boom
6517s	Beach and I think I already had spent a
6519s	few hundred bucks
6520s	which is very me if you know me
6524s	um so so I went through you know like
6527s	interviews and everything it was was
6529s	kind of fun
6531s	um and ultimate ended up relocating to
6534s	Helsinki and and you know really getting
6536s	into the vibe of things and of course
6538s	over the years I started in a very
6540s	different role than the role I have
6541s	today and but but somehow ended up in
6544s	this in this position
6546s	and uh yeah for me the coolest moments
6549s	in the company
6550s	uh the World Finals 2019 in Busan and
6553s	South Korea and there will always be
6556s	some somewhat uh close to my heart I
6559s	think it was just a insane equal event
6561s	to go there it was just like the whole
6563s	city was you know like breathing raw
6567s	Stars South Korea at that point is the
6569s	number which is public so I don't mind
6570s	talking about it but at that moment we
6573s	had five million people in South Korea
6575s	playing Rosas every month
6577s	and so so everyone there played brawl
6579s	stars and it was like
6581s	you know we had this giant installation
6583s	of uh Robo Spike coming out of the sea
6587s	and there was this like huge huge huge
6591s	Contraption with like I mean it was like
6594s	literally like Kaiju size you know
6597s	and uh standing there and seeing people
6600s	taking pictures and all of that and then
6602s	there was this game exhibition
6603s	well we had Ortho Booth which was like
6606s	completely branded brawl Stars which was
6608s	like almost like Boltz diner with a car
6611s	and and characters there and I think we
6613s	it was just it was just mind-blowing
6615s	moment and I was like we'll never see
6618s	something like this in general at
6619s	supersawards
6621s	what's making me really like coming
6623s	coming to go to work every day is like I
6626s	think it's just the opportunity work was
6629s	so many exciting and awesome people
6631s	it's like just it's almost impossible in
6633s	most companies to to find like to be
6636s	surrounded by people or really like what
6638s	they do and and I feel like everyone in
6641s	the broad team and then in other teams
6642s	here actually they they really want to
6645s	be here and they really want to work on
6646s	this stuff yeah and that is that is just
6649s	super refreshing if you've you know at
6651s	like 20 years experience or something
6653s	before in different companies and I
6655s	never worked in a company where that was
6657s	the case and that just is you know it's
6659s	just it is cool because you're getting
6661s	inspired by your colleagues and all of
6663s	this every day so even if you are a bit
6665s	lower energy you feel like oh I really
6667s	have to step it up because everyone else
6669s	is so excited and is giving their a game
6672s	yeah
6673s	yeah I definitely Echo that yeah
6675s	home so everyone uh this video is like
6678s	quite long already so like we have some
6681s	questions still that we want to go
6682s	through uh and maybe like if you want to
6684s	hear more about a certain question
6686s	please ask again but like we are gonna
6687s	do like a speed run now uh for the
6691s	remaining questions
6692s	so let's go uh revilo he has like we
6696s	have seen collaborations with supporting
6698s	clubs blah blah with other brands
6702s	well uh like do you plan collaborations
6705s	with Disney Marvel animes or what is
6708s	yours they completely open and minded
6710s	about collaborations
6712s	um the the reason we're not doing more
6713s	of them is that we still feel like we're
6716s	establishing broadstars as a brand
6717s	itself
6719s	um but yeah we're gonna definitely
6721s	collaborate with more
6732s	how are you
6734s	very well how are you very good yeah
6736s	nice getting retired here
6739s	of these other three people
6745s	um
6748s	crazy the kid you will ever be expanding
6752s	the trophy Road from 50k to something
6754s	else maybe even to 100K what will the
6758s	rewards be
6759s	we definitely want to make improvements
6762s	like we think that there's probably some
6764s	improvements there trophy Road
6765s	particularly if you just hit 40 000 and
6768s	you're expecting something great uh
6770s	there's not really something great for
6771s	you then and uh you know I think there's
6774s	certainly like we're not happy with the
6776s	way trophy road is certainly
6778s	uh yellow is here uh why is there such a
6781s	clear difference in the direction the
6783s	game goes oh that's that's a spicy one
6786s	uh Direction the game goes and the
6788s	attitude and communication towards the
6790s	community between broad stars and Clash
6792s	Royale
6793s	shouldn't your company hold the same
6795s	values and mindset across its things and
6797s	games each became recently biased yeah
6801s	yeah that's definitely recency wise um
6803s	no every every game team is is
6805s	essentially their own cell within
6807s	Supercell so every game team has their
6810s	own way of working with the community
6812s	dealing with the community
6814s	um embracing Community feedback
6817s	but whatever things might look sometimes
6820s	all the game teams here are listening to
6822s	the community and reading all the
6824s	channels and take feedback into
6825s	consideration so that's not a brawl
6828s	unique thing or anything it's really
6829s	true for all the game teams here for
6831s	sure and some games are in harder
6833s	problems than others like bro certainly
6835s	has its own problems too but some games
6837s	are certainly have harder problems to
6838s	solve than others based on the way
6840s	they're built yeah maybe if that
6841s	question was uh said when we were the
6844s	gear had the greatest thing like yeah
6846s	three hours way yeah yeah it would be
6849s	the opposite way around it comes in
6851s	waves yeah exactly and among people yeah
6854s	it happens it happens yeah uh Delete
6857s	teaming in Showdown that is not even a
6860s	question it's just a statement okay all
6862s	right sounds good but it's a good
6865s	question right yeah so we're also not
6867s	fans of teaming and showdown at least
6869s	most of us no maybe Frank maybe he likes
6873s	apples he likes spin he likes Bush I
6875s	don't know I do like my bushes I mean I
6878s	haven't seen you gaining trophies
6879s	anything but yeah like we would love to
6881s	find a solution yeah if there would be a
6883s	gameplay solution we're not fans of like
6887s	reporting or anything like this because
6888s	ultimately it's a gameplay thing yeah so
6891s	it allows for it so people use it yeah
6893s	that's it yeah because that's a survival
6895s	mode so people want to survive yeah yeah
6896s	but we will keep experimenting yes this
6900s	was frackitor by the way yeah
6904s	um
6905s	please answer these from yunus unusars
6908s	do you plan to develop or publish other
6910s	games set in the brow Stars universe
6915s	brow Stars card
6917s	oh brawl card
6919s	the future is long okay the yeah I'm
6923s	just extra polite from Clash of Clans so
6925s	it's like building up a huge IP as a
6929s	company is like a significant investment
6931s	okay just from a business side of things
6933s	so you would like to use that IP IPS
6937s	intellectual property in August prostas
6939s	you would like to use it you know for
6941s	other games so that's all I will say to
6944s	this
6945s	sounds good
6947s	um
6948s	uh Rico ax7 we will add 5v5
6954s	that's a cool idea
6965s	maybe this one
6973s	but
6975s	briefly on a serious note like we're not
6977s	against 5v5
6980s	um however however
6983s	there is implications for roster
6985s	specifically which we have to consider
6987s	our UI is not made for 5v5 for example
6991s	um and there's loads of other underlying
6993s	systems which are just not made for 5v5
6995s	so if we were to do this it's quite a
6997s	bit of effort
6999s	so we might experiment with it who knows
7001s	but no ETA or anything and for something
7004s	that it might not lend right yeah it
7006s	just might not work so so we have to
7008s	really balance that yeah right uh
7012s	sticky uh have you ever considered
7015s	adding more star powers or gadgets for
7017s	already existing Brothers I guess the
7019s	third star power or gadgets
7022s	yes we have considered it we don't have
7026s	a decision on it but yes also happens
7029s	roll it out here yes yeah
7031s	but as you pointed out earlier where
7033s	where there's two gadgets for most
7036s	products right now oh yeah and someone
7037s	pointed out they are useless so like
7039s	some of them are useless yeah so there
7041s	is some ways to go yeah yeah I think
7043s	before we would add a third of each
7046s	we would like to make sure that what we
7048s	have is enough yeah good enough that is
7050s	superiority for sure Angelo staying back
7053s	uh my question is to Danny and Paula uh
7056s	why how they fell in love about stars
7058s	and how it felt when they got put in the
7062s	position I guess we kind of touched on
7064s	that you kind of touched on it told us
7065s	unfortunately not here yeah but she said
7067s	that she wants to be part of it so like
7068s	if you guys want to see another episode
7070s	maybe Paula can be uh one that's a
7073s	second here on the table
7076s	um I by the way I think uh heroic play a
7080s	player or a viewer they will go through
7083s	all their questions and they'll put the
7084s	timestamps right someone will do that a
7087s	hundred percent we really love you if
7090s	you do whoever you are yeah whoever you
7092s	know you are there yeah you
7095s	that's you uh Luan Gabriel uh why are
7099s	only some some skins coming back why not
7102s	from previous broad passes
7104s	well we we because because we said the
7108s	exclusive
7109s	and the moment we changed our mind about
7111s	exclusivity we started communicating
7113s	about it and the first skins now uh out
7116s	already I guess yeah so we had uh Rob
7120s	House season 11 pass or the skins and
7123s	the products again are now available
7124s	again for everyone
7126s	now this being said we might consider
7128s	doing recolors of previous skins but I
7131s	guess that's that's still something we
7133s	are discussing has not been decided but
7135s	if we were to bring them back it would
7137s	be a color vibration and definitely not
7139s	the original yeah so then we kept our
7141s	Pro we keep our promises correct yeah
7143s	that's pretty important for us
7146s	uh Diego
7149s	wait it's in Portuguese
7152s	because I should have translated
7154s	beforehand uh do it live ah why don't
7158s	you have like the
7160s	sentences like uh suggesting the player
7163s	to change star power or Gadget like the
7166s	the auto message
7168s	what does it mean like you know when you
7170s	say like I think in group chat or emotes
7173s	no no the message that you can like tap
7175s	and uh
7177s	ready messages it's a good idea yeah I
7180s	think I think someone actually did
7183s	something about it
7185s	but maybe yeah it's used to us yeah yeah
7189s	it's not a bad idea yeah it's a good
7192s	um
7193s	and now the this is like the Korean
7196s	section so like I'm sure when I get the
7198s	names wrong uh but this is how this is
7201s	actually English far a latte
7203s	yeah spicy drink is there any
7206s	possibility to make a playlist for
7208s	background music or season theme sound
7210s	like I guess for the main screen
7213s	I know it's just a playlist so I guess
7215s	it could be anyway on YouTube or
7216s	something so just uploaded old Spotify
7218s	yeah sure I guess it wouldn't hurt is
7222s	that a lot of work it's for me
7231s	not a priority not a priority okay
7234s	backtracking real fast
7237s	there's a question for the other guys
7239s	yeah
7240s	sun
7242s	is there any possibility to delete the
7245s	thumbs down emoji
7248s	it's popular for a reason right it is
7251s	popular for very popular yeah you guys
7253s	like bming each other I don't know why
7254s	but yeah like I'm I'm like I'm not sure
7259s	like you have the option to disable
7260s	emotes if you right yeah yeah
7263s	you'll still see it on the loading
7265s	screen Maybe
7267s	true
7268s	maybe I don't know but we're not going
7271s	to delete any emotes is the short answer
7272s	yeah yeah I guess yes yes but but we're
7276s	we're not super fond of toxicity yeah
7279s	so that's actually a very important
7281s	point that I think we should talk about
7282s	it's like but but there might be other
7284s	ways of discouraging people
7286s	from using specific
7288s	oh really that could be you know is it
7291s	like one can imagine that
7294s	yeah every time we have any type of
7296s	potential toxic Behavior we're certainly
7298s	looking for ways to combat that and I'll
7301s	thumb down maybe part of that category
7303s	maybe not but you know we
7305s	yeah it's something to certainly think
7307s	about more it's very it's very it's very
7309s	individual right how you feel about that
7311s	for some is just banter yeah and like
7313s	any any sport yeah there would be some
7316s	banter you know it's like
7318s	um and and so
7320s	it's a tricky one because you you don't
7322s	want to take away the the
7325s	expression people have and the way how
7328s	they express themselves yeah and if
7330s	you're getting taunted by thumb down
7331s	it's kind of also on you
7333s	so it's like so it's a it's a tricky one
7336s	but yeah again it's something we're
7338s	thinking about yeah
7340s	uh Aaron Aaron is there any possibility
7344s	to come out uh
7347s	a new brother Rarity
7350s	hmm
7352s	I mean it's not
7354s	out of
7355s	completely out of question there's no
7358s	use basically but right now we don't
7359s	have a need for introducing another
7361s	brawler Rarity so like we would have to
7365s	I mean there would have to be a clear
7366s	use case before that
7367s	yeah the chromatic came out of necessity
7370s	it was because they wanted yeah correct
7371s	correct does he want like a wood Rarity
7374s	wood Rarity what even worse before I'm
7377s	not sure maybe oh like
7380s	here's the new bro and it's wood he
7382s	didn't specifies like what this person
7384s	did that
7386s	I never clarify the question here I
7388s	don't think he was looking that way I
7389s	don't know yeah well next yeah
7395s	that's Japanese I guess
7398s	you did that pretty well that's really
7401s	good relatively legit believable
7405s	uh plans of bringing Showdown plus deck
7410s	not exactly sure on plus no
7412s	um because it didn't fix what we were
7415s	set out to fix with it which was less
7417s	teeming
7422s	so uh yeah like we're not gonna bring
7425s	shot on plus specifically back
7429s	can you resuscitate Crow please
7432s	uh maguron when will Dynamic HP be above
7437s	to
7438s	9800. wow a joke nice that they
7441s	explained I'll get right on it yeah
7443s	thank you yes uh
7448s	what is inside Barley's bottle red wine
7452s	white wine or something else no
7454s	alcoholic beverage yes as a Elixir or I
7458s	don't know barley Brew what do you think
7460s	robots drink
7462s	oil oil probably no yeah last question
7466s	okay I guess okay I should have like a
7469s	better question for the last one it
7470s	should have been like the actual drum
7472s	roll you have there
7474s	thank you thank you anticipation
7478s	foreign
7483s	are there any plans to sell brow Stars
7486s	merchandise in Japanese stores not like
7488s	the most exciting questions but come on
7491s	I guess maybe it is for him for them
7493s	that is fair I'm surprised we are not
7496s	yet doing that with my line is in Japan
7498s	right line is in Japan isn't it yeah we
7502s	have I would expect that I guess you
7503s	need to go to some other stores maybe
7505s	yeah this individual should check out
7507s	some stores maybe there's a lion friends
7509s	store yeah Tokyo or something yeah you'd
7512s	think so maybe maybe or maybe they're in
7514s	we look into it
7517s	yeah we'll get back to you sounds good
7520s	all right so that's it lots of questions
7523s	how did you guys feel
7525s	very good super fun yeah yeah that's
7527s	good yeah thanks for doing this this was
7528s	really quite the pleasure
7530s	despite how many people like to trash
7533s	how many trophies I have you did it to
7535s	yourself I don't know it was
7537s	self-inflicted but cool uh thank you
7540s	everyone if you guys watched till the
7542s	end like I'm very proud of you all uh
7545s	like please give any feedbacks you have
7547s	like either you want to keep it shorter
7549s	whether you want me more focused on a
7552s	specific topic we are open to feedback
7554s	because this is uh X an experiment yet
7558s	pilot pilot yeah pilot nice
7561s	and yeah this first one was a q a I
7564s	think like the next one would be like a
7566s	topic specific it's like if you have
7569s	something in mind like it's a Esports
7571s	art like you want to bring other people
7573s	from the team as well or guests and of
7576s	course like if you like give it a like
7578s	because it helps the video uh comments
7581s	on what you want to see share with your
7583s	friend who is asking the same question
7585s	on social media it would be great
7588s	actually yeah yeah maybe like uh share
7590s	your knowledge yeah share the knowledge
7592s	share your knowledge but uh that's it
7594s	thank you for uh watching and listening
7597s	thank you thanks a ton bye
7604s	okay thank you

[2023] TIME TO EXPLAIN - The Brawl Stars Podcast - 1st Episode!

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