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We’ve had a large influx of players, which has been fantastic.
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It remains under-promoted in formal channels, however, and it’s fair to say the streams, while greatly improved over season one, are still finding their footing. The increase of activity in the lobby is noticeable, and anecdotally it seems like new players are climbing the skill curve faster than ever. It’s the most sustained and successful attempt thus far at formalizing competitive play. The most significant change is probably the introduction of the SCL (SpyParty Competitive League). I find myself asking: what’s different? What isn’t? What’d I miss? What’s New These are the kinds of things I find myself thinking about more after taking some time off. All of this was by accident: I thought streaming would be fun, and no one was doing it, so I did it. I was privileged to host many players regularly who are now among the best in the world, like bloom and canadianbacon. And the community was small enough that I was streaming earlier and more often than anyone, which gave me more influence on the game and the community than I had expected ( Kraz圜aley first found the game watching my streams, and lthummus was introduced to higher level strategy through them). Without trying to sound pretentious (as if I need to try to sound pretentious), I started playing around the same time as many great, highly influential players: virifaux, KCMmmmm, zeroTKA, and slappydavis to name a few. I think I’m in a unique position to comment on the evolution of the community, for a few reasons. Now, I find myself drawn back to both the game and its still-welcoming community. It’s been over a year since I posted this message and took a leave of absence from the SpyParty community.