Join BLT as he gives a regular update of what’s happening on the Twilight Imperium Discord server.
BLT hops back into the podcasting chair to talk about which techs are correlated with winning the game, weird Yin rules, async Eclipse (?!), and the one-year anniversary of Async Rank! 1:21 Weird Game Mode of the Week (Async Eclipse) 3:28 Best Thing I Saw this Week 6:32 Stats Thing of the Week (tech winning correlation convo) 17:47 Tech of the Week (Supercharge) 19:25 Weird Rules Thing of the Week 23:00 Various Updates and Async Rank Explanation 29:24 List of New Rank-ups 31:45 Recent Bot Updates
BLT pops in to talk about pbd1000 (48-player megagame) and pbd100-two (24-player megagame), catch up on TIGL ranks, and eat a sandwich.
BLT rambles for a while about Arborec and how "easy" it is to "win" with them! 3:00 Arborec component overview 10:46 Arborec guide 24:40 Best thing I saw this week 27:48 Weird rules thing of the week 29:07 Various updates
BLT is back after a week off to tell you all about The Council Keleres and why they're definitely A tier!
Bluebird takes the stage for this week's episode because life got busy. If you've ever wanted a bunch of medium takes from Bluebird, this is your episode! Also, there is an IRL twilight imperium tournament in South Bend Indiana on July 20th and 21st. There will be prizes and also Jazz will be there. Sign ups close soon, Sunday the 14th, so if you're in the Midwest you should join up! 13:35 Tech of the week 15:58 Various updates
BLT and Bluebird talk about what they do when it looks like they're about to be eliminated… not that that would ever happen, right? Also, congrats to Cal for winning Async Tournament 2 and to all the folks involved with getting pbd1000 going. 3:08 - So you're facing elimination 12:33 - Weird game modes of the week 15:37 - Tech of the week (Aerie Hololattice) 20:38 - Various updates
BLT breaks down how Miltydraft works, and shares how he thinks about Miltydrafts in his games. Miltydraft is fully supported within the async bot! 1:25 Async Summer Showdown 2:41 Overview of Miltydraft 8:05 What I prioritize in Miltydraft 21:20 Best thing I saw this week 22:26 Tech of the week (Mirror Computing) 24:55 Various updates --- Signups for Async Summer Showdown from Chassit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcs2hIxVk58qfnfYVsd6h0wF-0JYB-uUn_pkLjFHzuj7rnlA/viewform
BLT and Bluebird talk about which factions are B-worthy, how to make diplomatic pressure fun for everyone, and what Miltydraft is. 1:56 What to do when someone plays Diplomatic Pressure on you 4:57 BLT's B tier factions 20:40 "Best" thing I saw this week 24:49 Tech of the week (Duranium Armor) 27:34 Async tip of the week (/custom customization) 29:52 Various updates
BLT and Bluebird do their first faction promissory note tier list, both for how good the note is for the faction whose note it is, and how good it is to use or buy. 2:25 Faction promissory note tier list extravaganza! 35:32 Stats thing of the week 36:14 Tech of the week 39:02 Various updates
BLT chats with JakeyJakersJakeington about the difference between IRL and async metas, some fun Discordant Stars factions, and the joy of 14 point games. Bluebird also shares about about the game he and BLT started up recently, with a stuffed penguin playing Argent Flight. 3:52 Best thing I saw this week 5:34 Interview with JakeyJakersJakeington 7:28 Online vs IRL metas 10:22 Playing async on top of regular IRL games 11:50 On playing in tournament games, and having a reputation coming into the game 14:07 On 14 point games 17:00 Chatting about the IRL game, and the Discordant Stars factions that featured (and how I apparently cannot learn boardgames digitally) 27:40 Weird game mode of the week 28:55 Tech of the week 31:24 Async tip of the week 33:39 Weird rules thing of the week 35:05 Various updates
BLT and Bluebird tell you all the stuff you're missing out on in the status phase, plus we're celebrating the finals of pbd2000 and BLT's first ever wekkerdraft game! 1:20 Productive things to do in the status phase 7:57 Best things I saw this week 14:32 Weird game mode of the week 19:54 Tech of the week 23:00 Weird rules thing of the week 25:20 Various updates
BLT and Bluebird talk about how BLT is too wimpy to go for the Custodians point, Dane's new homebrew, and automated ground combats. 1:35 When to go for the Custodians point? 6:50 Opportunity cost and benefits, and whether it matters if you can hold on to Rex 9:50 On sniping undefended planets, and whether it matters if they are neutral, equidistants, or in their slice 12:00 On BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement) in negotiations, including letting people score the imperial point 15:08 Best thing I saw this week (https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/972540551096320030/1241125290248376410) and also OfficialDaveAcct's legendary retreat 17:50 Tech of the week 19:50 Async tip of the week 22:10 Weird rules thing of the week (or, Dane's new stuff he shared after we won the Geek Madness Tournament) 26:55 Various updates ----- Map website: https://ti4.westaddisonheavyindustries.com/ Package to show map/stats side-by-side: https://github.com/aogden/TI4LandscapeMap Dane's announcement: https://x.com/CreussEmissary/status/1792421868885959064
Bluebird joins BLT as a co-host this week to talk about the best strategy cards, enjoying the lore of the game, and why the Argent Flight is the best faction. 1:25 Strategy card discussion 3:30 Tech of the week 7:10 Weird game mode of the week - Bluebird's version 12:00 Async tips of the week 14:24 Weird rules thing of the week 17:15 Various updates
BLT reads a bunch of action card flavor text and asks you to guess which action card it comes from! Anyone know who Connor is? Oh, and he took Mecatol Rex while on an airplane. Check out the flavor text quiz here: https://forms.gle/p72GzRumyxDtLjYF6 1:12 On explaining to "normal" people that I have a weird podcast 2:50 Intro to flavor text quiz 4:40 Flavor text time! 9:45 Tech of the week (Assault Cannon) (and… Production Biomes is good?) 13:50 Various updates
BLT talks about playing, fast and slow — plus, let's win a silly popularity contest on BGG! 0:35 - Root for Fin in the SCPT Finals! 1:35 - On playing fast and floating windows 7:55 - Vote for TI4 in the BGG Geek Madness tournament! (and like a lawnmower or something?) 10:28 Weird game mode of the week 11:33 Tech of the week (Psychoarchaeology) 14:42 Async tips of the week 17:00 Various updates BGG Geek Madness: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/335702/2024-geek-madness-tournament-quarterfinals-elite-e?itemid=10706244#10706244
Rand joins the show to talk about the origin of TI Junkies, the importance of emojis, the joy of playing Nekro, and an idea for building up a TI Junkies-esque story for every async game! (warning: I think I actually got the volume louder finally!) 1:28 Why play async when you get to play TI synchronously so often? 4:07 Why async is better than IRL! 6:25 The origin of TI Junkies 9:45 Can we record micro-summaries from each player at the end of each round, and then reveal them at the end? 14:45 Rand's infinite money printing scheme 21:35 Do you derp more in async or in live games? 24:30 Shoutout to Zulu's tournament in Seattle 27:20 Tech of the week (Plasma Scoring) 31:04 Various updates TI Junkies YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TIJunkies
BLT introduces the Tournament 2 finalists and shares some info about each of them, so we know who we're watching! Also a final update on Sigma's leaders tournament, the first all-Commander game, and BLT hits 100 PoK games played. 1:41 - Intro to Tournament 2 finalists 9:44 - Best thing I saw this week 10:57 - Stats thing of the week (Sigma's leaders tournament: https://challonge.com/ti4lead/standings ) 15:40 - Tech of the week (Infantry II) 21:30 - Weird rules thing of the week 23:03 - Various updates
BLT discusses the practice of selling the speaker token to the person on your right, with input from pally and OldTom'sBootsandHat. Also, this was recorded before the last Tournament 2 finalist was determined — more on that next week! 1:45 Selling the speaker token 13:55 Best thing I saw this week (infinite Nekro/Letnev money) 15:58 Random stats thing of the week (randomkiblitzer's Tech tournament: https://swissonlinetournament.com/Tournament/Rating/2342875ccec149ed849dcf1edc38793f ) 19:00 Tech of the week (Dread 2) 21:25 Async tip of the week (bot thread buttons) 24:58 Weird rules thing of the week (Creuss IFF) 26:26 Various updates
BLT shares a few fun game anecdotes, including the Hil Colish being… good? Plus, a 4v4 alliance fog game variant, and Milty draft coming into the bot itself. 2:33 Random personal thing of the week 4:35 Best thing(s) I saw this week, from pally and sarbor (and BLT) 11:05 Stats thing of the week (Ghosts winning tech paths) 12:50 Weird game mode of the week (4v4 alliance fog mode from Fin) 16:20 Tech of the week (Sling Relay) 20:35 Async tip of the week 22:15 Various updates
susan joins the show to talk about playing TI with a more aggressive playstyle, the power of whispers, and Embers of the Imperium. 1:33 - Best thing I saw this week 2:50 - susan joins the show! 3:40 - Why are you aggressive, and how do people tend to respond? 7:25 - Aggression can be fun; going counter to the meta can be especially fun 10:38 - A conversation about whispers in async games 13:48 - Aggression in async games (vs synchronous games) and ghosting/ragequitting 17:10 - Creative writing, TTRPGs, susan's TI4 murder mystery, and async Embers of the Imperium 20:30 - susan's favorite faction 24:42 - Being aggressive but still being chill above the table 25:53 - Tech of the week: Space Dock II 28:20 - Async tip(s) of the week 31:36 - Weird rules thing of the week - Mahact Commander 33:00 - Various updates Susan's guide to Being a Pleasant Habitual Murderer https://docs.google.com/document/d/144B9ikAVa6s2_NxzT5eQSlBSiThbYN85fhJSmtYz7nM/edit
BLT shares the joys of running fog games and the thought process behind the foggy maps he makes, plus the usual rundown of various things "of the week". 1:07 GMing fog of war games 3:33 Getting to see everything! 5:55 Building fog maps 13:38 Best thing(s) I saw this week: Enrick and ppups 16:06 Stats thing of the week: most common win paths for 10- and 14-point games 19:17 Tech of the week: X-89 Bacterial Weapon Ω 21:35 Async tip(s) of the week 27:10 Various updates
BLT shares how good an experience he had losing his SCPT game, talks about Arborec and Muaat again, and congratulates the 5th finalist in Async Tournament 2. 0:40 SCPT Prelims game mini-recap 1:50 Best thing I saw this week 3:33 Stats thing of the week: faction tech path data 6:10 Weird game mode of the week: 2 games using the same Milty draft 8:55 Tech of the week: War Sun 12:10 Various updates --- Winslaying blog from TheCalculatingPoet: https://bellumgloriosum.substack.com/p/the-many-flavors-of-winslaying
sarbor joins us to talk about campaign games in Twilight Imperium! If you've ever wanted a sort of "legacy" aspect to TI, this is a great way to get into it. 0:34 Async tournament 3! 2:24 sarbor! 5:22 Campaign TI games 19:20 How do I get started with my own campaign game? 22:20 Fog campaigns and fun Fin maps 25:49 Why we love Arborec 31:57 Various updates
BLT is traveling, so instead of coming up with anything useful to say, he let the Discord server tell him what to say instead. He also may have almost lost his voice before recording. 0:37 Mailbag questions! 19:55 Tech of the week - PDS 2 22:45 Various updates
BLT shares the latest from Sigma's leaders tournament, codytct's list of the best Taylor Swift song for each faction, and the first Async Rank Commander! (pally) Also the "p's" are kind of loud this time, I'm still experimenting! 2:00 - Best thing I saw this week (Taylor Swift song mapped to TI4 factions!) 4:52 - Stats thing of the week (Sigma's leaders tournament) 8:43 - Weird game mode of the week (Drrek's "Musical Planets") 10:47 - Tech of the week (Cruiser II) 13:48 - Weird rules thing(s) of the week 17:02 - Various updates Show notes Taylor Swift TI playlist from Fin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr_r3TlSujzdvZfj5JU0ZT4dkMEcoJwQP Leader Tournament Leaderboard from Sigma: https://challonge.com/ti4lead Round 4 of voting for Leader Tournament: https://forms.gle/rGtYRokbY6WqKqV29
pally joins the podcast to talk about what makes TI fun, some of his favorite stories from games, Daxcive (or is it Dacxive?) Animators, and of course, Arborec. Also BLT continues to experiment with sound settings and isn't sure this one was the best :P 1:05 pally joins the show! 1:47 On dialing back how much TI we play 2:58 On novelty of TI wearing off over time 6:32 Weird game modes bring more novelty 10:27 The stories TI lets us experience 12:52 The glorious async TI community and pbd2000 17:16 How pally found TI (and TI vs Eclipse) 21:07 On winslaying and the importance of winning to getting people to stay with the game 23:14 BLT is accused of winning too many games with random shard pulls 25:08 On eliminations 30:45 On winning from behind and pally's love of resources (over influence) 34:00 Arborec!! 39:06 Tech of the Week - Dacxive Animators 46:27 A couple of final stories from the fog 51:20 Various updates
BLT opines about factions again, and encourages folks to use Sarbor's shoutout channel to send good vibes throughout the community (for devs, or for anyone!) 1:00 - Best thing I saw this week - Sarbor's shoutout channel 2:43 - Anecdote of the week - Kaiser and BackAtMatt 4:10 - Stats thing of the week - TIGL faction win rates 6:13 - Tech of the week - Light/Wave Deflector 9:01 - Weird rules thing of the week - Saar docks get wrecked 10:31 - BLT's tier list (tier C-1: 13 Muaat, 14 Empyrean, 15 Arborec, 16 Argent, 17 Creuss, 18 Yin) 16:45 - Various updates
1:20 - BLT's SCPT qualifer win 3:00 - susan's excellent treatise on mutiny 5:46 - Best thing I saw this week - pbd2000 8:20 - Anecdote of the week - IronMandalorian almost uses the Argent hero for victory 9:26 - Weird game mode(s) of the week - Bunkerdraft and Wekkerdraft 12:04 - Stats thing of the week - Sigma's survey on Relic ranks 16:00 - Tech of the week (Fleet Logistics) 20:18 - Weird rules thing of the week (rifts affecting weird kinds of movement too) 21:52 - Various updates Show notes Susan's guide to Being a Pleasant Habitual Murderer https://docs.google.com/document/d/144B9ikAVa6s2_NxzT5eQSlBSiThbYN85fhJSmtYz7nM/edit Picture of wekkerdraft: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1011689148563853423/1201621361114759168 Sigma's survey on relics https://discord.com/channels/409096158372167683/767851684708745217/1200666791463112764
1:07 - Best thing I saw this week (Will's stats) 3:10 - Most and least played factions 4:06 - Weird game mode of the week - FoW30, FoW41, and Ghoti fishing (hat tip to hawkeye52, whose idea that last one was) 7:30 - Weird rules thing of the week - what you have to declare before sabos 9:40 - Tech of the week - gravity drive 12:50 - Brief chat about having guests on the show 13:38 - BLT's faction tier list: C Tier (bottom half) 18:10 - Various updates (incl. PBD2000) Notes: FoW30 also had gravity rifts everywhere, and you'd lose your ships on a roll of 1-4 — it was hard!
somno joins the show to talk about the history and pre-history of the async TI4 server, from BoardGameGeek play-by-forum games 6 years ago, to getting all the image files loaded up for the maps, and seeing the community grow from 20 to 2000. 1:17 - Best thing I saw this week 3:12 - Tech of the week - Self-Assembly Routines 6:10 - somno! 7:00 - Starting on BGG forums, descriptions of early maps, needing a host/GM 9:36 - somno's intro to TI4 10:30 - On GMing early games and uploading all the image files 16:26 - On perfectionism 17:40 - Moving to Discord and the beginning of the bot (TerTerro) 22:30 - The community growth 25:20 - Shoutout to various developers, and the joy of both backend improvements and buttons 28:15 - Googley-eyed stroters, Jack-o-war suns, and cucumber fields 31:30 - On being an admin for a huge community 35:10 - Weird rules thing of the week 36:08 - Various updates --------- Map images from somno: PBF#1: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/guv2EVIJuqNSQDPsyG4xXg__original/img/Yk9Svwvq5nbjjd6KAt3Muk5BWJA=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic4041742.jpg PBF#2: somno's first game as a host and the first iteration of his map file: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/aQBcLp0ajxOkdiW39YFHSQ__original/img/ish7C1f0gY96Zo9LwTEuFhpm3F4=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic4034391.jpg PBF#5: second iteration of the map file. First tech board and planet overview. And the Sweet Candy colour. Theoretically no more status blocks needed at this point: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/CoKfnFSl9PzvbfzpY-Ffyw__original/img/ROvdB7dXjwhbAFA4IeD3dtDH2Wo=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic4307474.jpg PBF#9: 8p game with some wacky house rules and a couple of custom tiles that still exist today and are in the bot: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/sqb0srJK8Nyded3LRFjoCA__original/img/Z_0vugCVEH5GdeVVR1OoO0Feb4A=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic4475849.jpg PBF#43: the Ordinian Scenario from Codex I, featuring HolyTiSpoon as Nekro. Also a refined tech board I made somewhere in between. You can definitely see the roots of the tech board we have today: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/UGBTzR8QtwSAdvVlYCYczw__original/img/A6eZlANqwRV-h7f5RWMCndUSFeM=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic6029555.jpg PBF#64, a full 5p PoK game on the final version of the map file. Several known faces here: https://cf.geekdo-images.com/JLw4rAXdEucrzBCXxcZiXA__original/img/eGK55nmu_wxpzqILiULHi8XojNc=/0x0/filters:format(jpeg)/pic6832767.jpg
Flight of Fancy joins the show to talk Argent Flight, playing factions that aren't strong, beating BLT in a Ministers game with the Strengthen Bonds secret, and whether BLT likes mayo on his BLTs. 0:55 - Async Rank Update 1:53 - Flight of Fancy joins the show 3:00 - Getting into TI4 and Async TI4 6:20 - On playing fast 8:01 - Argent Flight (of Fancy) 12:55 - Argent's starting tech (and why you should go green/yellow) 19:58 - Tech of the week: Neural Motivator 24:02 - Does BLT put mayo on his BLT? 25:37 - Async TI and parenting 28:54 - Bot updates
BLT congratulates the Tournament 2 Semifinalists, invites you to play F(r)og of War, and fails to invite a guest or to make progress on his faction tier list. 1:42 - Best thing I saw this week - Tournament 2 quarterfinals are finished 3:47 - Weird game mode of the week - Fog of War 10:43 - Tech of the week - Predictive Intelligence (gah!) 14:52 - Weird rules thing of the week - Spatial Conduit Cylinders + PDS II 17:05 - Various updates
BLT wishes you a happy new year, shares another edge case that makes Crown of Thalnos almost good, and starts off his Faction Tier List with his D Tier factions. 1:12 - Best thing I saw this week 1:29 - Weird game mode of the week: Pally's Ixthian Variant 3:17 - Tech of the week: Hyper Metabolism 6:09 - Weird rules thing of the week: Letnev and Sol agents can improve Crown of Thalnos! 8:40 - BLT's Faction Tier List! D Tier: 25) Barony 24) L1Z1X 14:53 - Various Updates
kRuthless (Kyle) joins the show to talk about pbd1, Ghosts, Mentak, burnout, and being ruthless on the board and friendly above it! 0:45 - pbd266 finally finished! 2:34 - kRuthless joins the show! 4:01 - How did you join the async community? (and pbd1) 8:46 - Burnout and knowing how many async games to be in at once 13:48 - Being a different persona in-game vs in real life 17:14 - Being more "ruthless" in response to having too much heat 29:31 - Ghosts tips 36:33 - Mentak tips (written version in show notes) 47:10 - Tech of the week (Transit Diodes) 51:27 - Shoutout to the Lone Star Galactic Council Tournament (Jan 13-14 in Texas, see show notes for discord invite) 52:10 - Various Updates Show notes: Rough Mentak Guide from kRuthless: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--oDRBYUV61y-f3b7HU-TSC-riEzesQPIYhfcxJG5bY/edit?usp=sharing Lone Star discord for the tournament: https://discord.gg/Apbc9Ps2
BLT goes solo again to talk about the server feeling both fast and slow, solo TI, and the first Async Rank - Agent. 0:40 - intro on the server feeling slow and fast, pbd266, and an IRL game 5:19 - Best thing I saw this week 6:04 - Weird game mode of the week - "Solo Mode" by BigAlCupaChino and Hadouken 9:35 - Tech of the week - Scanlink Drone Network 12:29 - Various updates - OfficialDaveAcct is the first Async Rank - Agent!
Chassit joins the show to talk about Async Tournament 2, taking home systems (or not), 3D maps, and Bio-Stims! And BLT continues to learn how to edit audio. 0:30 - Chassit joins the show 1:35 - Chassit's playstyle 2:15 - Do you expect to need to take somebody's home system? 3:39 - Async Tournament 2 4:38 - Homebrew flourishing on the server 7:30 - Recent Tournament 2 winners 7:55 - Tournament 2 slice design principles 12:44 - Teaser: Tournament 2 winner prize! 13:56 - Tech of the week: Bio-Stims 18:40 - Weird game mode of the week: Chassit's 3D map 27:14 - Various Updates 28:36 - Outro ---- Show notes 3d map picture from Chassit: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1170157778652909658/1178120132531339394 Production math in bot: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/958008111250145370/1181084189219627050 Async tournament stats in the pins here: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1159457513809379358
BLT welcomes Argocontrol to the show to talk about playing a lot of games and the TIGL ranks, plus — intro music! 0:33 - Best thing I saw this week (6 Z'eus per round) 1:56 - Argocontrol joins the show! 3:21 - The Argocontrol origin story 4:06 - Joining too many games 5:45 - TIGL chat 13:17 - Weird game mode of the week - Oath of Kings mod from Jangles 15:36 - Tech of the week - Integrated Economy 18:06 - Weird rules thing of the week 19:51 - Various updates -- Rules for Oath of Kings mod from Jangles: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1174346025754955828/1174881894333161573 TIGL ranks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQZqau3XQ_Cw0Ayl1LubodcJiLuf-jmp4rGTY0sEzVPSo0TFyVKQtttFnQZhzbKjGEDanPfdMZfruHR/pubhtml Image with all available colors: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/958008111250145370/1178383697788014703
BLT professes his love for Muaat, new tournament semifinalists and ministers, and PupRock joins the show to talk about how cute the Vuil'raith are. 0:17 - Muaat love 1:26 - Best thing I saw this week (Kolione winning on accident - https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1174301137768288336/1174425239778758656) 3:26 - Weird game mode of the week (Gunboat Diplomacy - pbd1445, Oops All Ixthian) 5:25 - Tech of the week (Magen Defense Grid Omega) 8:12 - Kid insight of the week (Vuil'raith are cute, featuring PupRock) 9:23 - Various updates
0:35 Errata 2:07 Best thing I saw this week - Tactical Bombardment 3:39 Weird game mode of the week - Odds and Evens 6:18 Tech of the week - Stroter 2! 9:14 Weird rules thing of the week - Crown of Emphidia scoring timing 10:46 Server updates - Song of the Stroter from Brassbird: Github links to the async bot: https://github.com/AsyncTI4 https://github.com/AsyncTI4/TI4_map_generator_bot
BLT talks about TIGL, the Twilight Imperium Global League, and how much he loves Arborec. 0:00 Intro 1:12 Best thing I saw this week 2:16 TIGL and the new Async Ranking 6:25 Weird game mode of the week 8:08 Tech of the week - Sarween Tools 10:20 Weird rules thing of the week 12:20 Server updates
BLT shares his feelings about Ixthian Artifact voting and Graviton Laser System, and updates on the cool Halloween war suns you may have seen this past week. Apologies for the quiet audio, I'll get it eventually! 1:14 How I got into async 3:00 Ixthian Watch update! 6:46 Weird game mode of the week 8:23 Tech of the week - Graviton Laser System 11:27 Weird rules thing of the week 13:23 Server news
BLT bumbles through episode 1 and shares a few highlights from the async TI server this past week. Send feedback to BLT on discord!