CORDIAL MINUET ENSEMBLE

May I suggest Telegram? I play a game called Armello that, up until a recent Steam sale, has a very sparse player population. Some of us formed a Telegram group to chat it up and organize games and events. It works on mobile and has a desktop client. It's incredibly handy. The only downside is that you sign up with your mobile number and only has one identity. So it's sort of the opposite of CM in terms of anonymity.

Anyway, I stopped back in these forums here to see what was going on. I got the itch to play again. I miss it.

Back when we were talking about how to expand the game beyond more than just 1v1, I had this weird idea about being able to watch two people playing and betting on the numbers they would get, sorta like keno or roulette, or even letting multiple people watch and those viewers could bet amongst themselves on who would win.

I never actually suggested this, because I'm not sure it would still qualify as skilled-based betting and wouldn't get pass the internet gambling laws. Something like that would allow people who are frustrated about losing a way to still play the game, tho.

He originally mentioned 36 amulets here, and this is an excellent point. I don't recall exactly when the switch from 36 to 12 happened, but I seem to remember it occured after a few of them had already been made...

Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to be solving whatever secret the amulets hold.

However, on the same topic of solving mysterious occult riddles, I thought you guys might enjoy this freshly-posted Kotaku article:
http://steamed.kotaku.com/the-people-tr … 1727023156

Awesome! I don't know how to do that spoiler thingy, so I'll be vague... it was the same number but I was 2 points the other direction! It is updating live apparently, so as people guess lower and lower, that number should change! Then again, there are some people who don't think that far ahead and drive the average back the other direction.

I feel like I get in that same headspace when I play CM. My opponent is countering but I'm countering his countering. Those are some of the most intense matches

I haven't forgotten about writing up an OBS guide! I've been working on the tutorial slides for my livestream. I'll hop on OBS this weekend and do a little write up.

Also, mildly off-topic, I found this thing the NY Times is doing that you guys might find interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015 … aders.html
In my head I feel like it uses the same sort of strategic thinking as CM, and I was only 2 points off!

I'm really sorry to hear that, Jason. It's totally understandable that you wouldn't want to put any more in to it at the point.
I'm thankful that you did it though, regardless of the risk. I think at this point, any audience building will need to be done by us in the community, as long as the server remains.

Hey, thanks CellBlock! That'd be awesome! Ya, streaming and these side-by-side videos really seem like a good idea to show off the game to more people!

I used OBS for my side of the match. I'll do a little write-up tonight when I'm home about setting it up. It's fairly straight forward if I remember correctly.

Thanks!

Yay!! Thank you guys so much for joining the stream and watching the video!

Seeing both sides is actually really eye-opening. There are plenty of times where I folded with a winning hand or second guessed myself. I'd love to do more of these videos! I'm also going to make some flashcards explaining the game that I can use as wallpapers behind the live stream. So anyone new joining can understand the game easier.

Ano, I agree about the community aspect. Actually, my friend who just joined because of our livestream was saying the same thing. Thematically, it makes sense to isolate players from each other behind anonymity, but community is what keeps a game alive. I love this community, but not everyone who plays the game finds the forum.

I'm going to keep streaming and making videos. Hopefully that'll help extend the reach of the community further than the forums.

Also, Jere and I want to do more of these side-by-sides, and not just between us! If any of you would be interested, let us know!

Awesome!! Hah!
Ok, so we're just about ready, I think. We should be starting within the next five minutes or so. I'll be streaming it on my personal Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/manedcalico
Hopefully I don't embarrass myself