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With COUNTER/Weight firmly wrapped up, we take some time to answer fan questions, discuss the highs and lows of the season, and talk a little bit about what’s coming next for Friends at the Table!
For those following along at home, make sure to check out the following things during the relevant segment of the show: This map of Mode City, September; this tweet which explains the actual, true origins of Divines and Riggers; this picture of a robot friend from Titanfall 2.
This week on COUNTER/Weight: Live Post-Mortem
Take a bow.
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The cast answers questions from listeners about the following topics:
- What everyone’s favorite moment for their character was this season?
- Is there any chance we’ll get to see a release of The Tower?
- Is Ibex really dead?
- How did you feel about the system change? Did it change how you thought about your characters?
- Was there a time you did something as your character you really didn’t want to do?
- Was there a moment that completely shifted the direction of the plot?
- How far in advance did Austin plan AuDy and Mako’s reveals?
- How successful did the faction game feel it aligned with what was happening in the Chime game?
- Where did the vision of the Diaspora’s kind of ideology came from?
- Who was Mako’s first kiss?
- Are there anime conventions in the Golden Branch and does Orth cosplay?
- How did you decide what areas of the game world to fill in and what to leave ambiguous?
- Does anyone find themselves gravitating to a specific character type when they roleplay?
- Did Austin know that Apokine was down on September?
- What Divine would choose you—the player, not the character—as their candidate?
- What was Cene’s reaction to finding out AuDy was a Divine?
- When was Rigour first conceived as a villain?
- How many vocal takes were in the Sermon of Sister Rust?
- What was it like to watch people start to like Ibex?
- What does being queer or trans look like in the Golden Branch?
- How did your plan for your character compare with where they ended up?
- What was the inspiration for the names in this season?
- Advice for building a world as complicated as Hieron or the Golden Branch
- How do you all think the characters celebrate their birthdays?