@tobi We've been playing a shocking amount of lightweight social boardgames (ala Codenames, Wavelength) with our non-gamer friends over vidchat and you're spot on, they provide the background activity while we're being social rather than the other way around. I have... feelings here.
@tobi Honestly, even Discord is too much for a lot of people right now. Trying to get a teacher friend set up on it, "Oh this is what my students are always on about." Showing another friend Tabletop Simulator, "Ugh this costs $10!?" There's a pretty large chasm still.
@tobi I mean I know you know this, but think about how many times you'd just log into AC with the express purpose of being social and just killing Tuskers and looting as your side activity, even if it meant your XP/hr was awful (or just macro'ing. :P). Now drag the bar WAYYY lower.
@SteevesJ @FionaMcK @tobi They're largely still scheduled affairs though. :( Making them (more) asynchronous or gracefully handling drop-in/out is still very rare.