Tonight was supposed to be a fun loving good ole fashioned laid back chill night on Twitch. BUT, as the conversation geared towards G7 and player expectations, we started having a great conversation, and it just HAD to be turned into a show. Shoutout to MOOPSIE for kicking us off tonight on what turned out to be an AMAZING conversation about G7's first week.
here are your timestamps:
00:00:00 – Opening chatter and unexpected “interloper” joins
00:03:00 – Moopsie returns, teasing a new “Downfall” parody video about G7
00:06:00 – Breaking down launch bugs, errors, and frustrations from players
00:08:45 – Discussion of paywalls and time-gating in the G7 expansion
00:12:00 – DJz and Griffin counter with positive experiences from their alliances
00:15:30 – Arguments over Scopely’s pacing – slow by design or poor delivery?
00:18:00 – Moopsie details his “broken miner” issue in the Veil and Scopely’s silence
00:21:30 – Server-sync bug explanations and talk of compensation for affected players
00:25:00 – DJz acknowledges communication failures but defends overall design intent
00:27:45 – Day-eight perspective – reminding players G7 is still new content
00:31:00 – Conversation shifts philosophical – how much patience should players have?
00:33:30 – “Camping chair” analogy – DJz explains his philosophy on value and spending
00:36:30 – Chat debate on refunds, spending habits, and game enjoyment
00:39:30 – Griffin compares Scopely criticism to consumer protest culture
00:42:00 – Community frustration vs. personal enjoyment – finding the balance
00:45:00 – Transition to listener participation and open-mic discussions
00:47:00 – K9 joins the show (Ops 72) to voice G7 concerns from a whale’s view
00:49:00 – Forced collaboration complaint – Veil and Surge systems under fire
00:53:00 – DJz questions how this differs from earlier generations’ content
00:56:00 – K9 explains the problem of investment scale and reset fatigue
00:59:00 – High-cost progression to 73+ – too steep for meaningful advancement
01:02:30 – Debate on “slow by design” – whether G6 feedback caused the shift
01:06:00 – Player isolation vs. forced teamwork – balancing design philosophies
01:10:00 – Hazards vs. Veil – comparing past solo mechanics to new alliance ones
01:14:00 – Arguments over accessibility and alternate progression paths
01:18:00 – Acknowledging Scopely’s challenge – serving five generations of players
01:22:00 – Finding middle ground – Veil as both opportunity and limitation
01:26:00 – DJz reinforces Talking Trek’s open-platform approach to criticism
01:30:00 – Audience Q&A – who actually enjoys G7 so far?
01:33:00 – Positive reports from chat – players share early success stories
01:37:00 – Discussion about whales, catch-up mechanics, and compressed content
01:41:00 – Frustration over required alliance activity and dependency
01:45:00 – Hazards, surges, and solo play revisited – the ongoing debate
01:49:00 – DJz mediates closing thoughts – fun, freedom, and fair design
01:54:00 – Wrap-up, post-show Discord invite, and lighthearted closing banter