Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2024-07-03
After Elf's AI Wizard Wednesday theme song, he begins introductions with Dotta, Bear, Entropy, and Tad Major.
3 Years of !Magic
The team speaks about Elf's "3 Years of !Magic" Forgotten Runes anniversary video.
Logan Paul Cameo
Elf notes the Logan Paul cameo, and community member Bill Gains' aversion to it. Elf defers to Bear on why it might be beneficial to have someone like Logan Paul appear in a Wizards promotional video. Bear says, regardless of your feeling about Paul, he is a person of influence and having him appear in a frame of the video is more positive than negative. Bearsnake goes on to say that the reason that Logan Paul was at the Wizards NFT NYC event feature in Elf's video was because he is friends with Oliver Tree. Oliver Tree was performing at the event as the Beast, Gigas Chad.
"He came to see his friend perform."
Overall, Bearsnake says that just because someone was in the footage doesn't mean that Forgotten Runes endorses them. He says, "but anyone can feel or say whatever the hell they want. That's fine with me." Elf agrees that it leverages the Network Effect.
Crawly & Wizard Memes
After a brief aside about Elf's theoretical entrance to the crypto boxing ring, conversation transitions to Crawly, the small green mall wizard. Elf says that he might have a bias, but he feels like the wizard meme has been gaining popularity the past couple of years.
Then, Elf and Bearsnake speak about a Space they attended with NFT Now earlier in the week. Bear says he feels the specific show was a nice change of pace from the usual Spaces he has joined. Elf says he enjoys talking on Spaces and really enjoys NFT Now.
Cult Questions
ON1 Force & "Ours Over Official"
Elf begins Cult Questions with an inquiry about ON1 Force has dealt with "ours over official." Elf explains his understanding that their "franchise platform" basically allows the community to submit ideas to the founders. Bear thinks they're doing well directionally. Dotta and Elf agree that it's difficult for crowds to vote for groundbreaking concepts and that it helps to have visionary leaders. He notes on the Space with NFT Now, they spoke about the length of time from inception of George Lucas' and JK Rowling's worlds to mass media.
Elf and Bear were asked on the Space with NFT Now if they thought it would take 7-14 years to get Forgotten Runes into mass media. Elf says he doesn't think it will take that long and the mantra of speedrunning a franchise still has weight because the community builds together. Elf also speaks about the potential for multiple "breakout Characters" or Characters aside from "main characters" that gain popularity and lift the entire franchise. He says that "fans'" (tokenholders') ability to own their Character also creates an instantaneous bond.
Then after more conversation about the rising tide of Magic and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Elf returns to Cult questions.
Kids Wizard Wednesday
Elf notes at one point the founders spoke about hosting a kids Wizard Wednesday. Community member Sharon asks if that's something that might still happen. Dotta says that his kids would love to have a kids Wizard Wednesday, and he thinks he would be ok with it. He notes they've been practicing "Rainbow Connection"
Elf says if anyone wants to organize that, he thinks the team is open to it.
Comic Release Schedule
After that, community member SnoopDoug asks about the release of the next comic covers. Bearsnake says that they have Issue #5 in the office, but it has not been distributed yet. He says after that, they will be finalizing artwork for the "graphic novel" (Issues #1-5 + extras) On the topic of Wizards in pop culture, Bearsnake says that he believes the comic book will be a thing that will have a long lifetime value. He says he believes the comics have a sleeper quality that people will be able to latch onto after launching the game, show, etc. Entropy notes that the comic is also a very nice touchpoint for introducing new people to Forgotten Runes.
Forgotten Market V2
Dotta then speaks about the upcoming V2 of the Forgotten Market. He says he will put a new tweet thread of all of the features and gives an ETA of "next week"
Are Warriors Also Wizards?
Then Elf answers a lore question concerning whether or not Warriors are Wizards. Vmark explains his reasoning for the question: they're not villagers and many of them are masters of martial arts, and Magic is an artform. Elf says they are not Wizards, and wield Might over Magic Elf puts an asterisk on his own explanation, noting that Warriors of the highest caliber can briefly tap into Magic at their peak, but would never admit it.
He notes that this is heresy to the Warrior code. Elf says this question got him thinking about the other folk outside of Wizards, Warriors, and Souls in the Runiverse. He asks "Who are they?" and says it may be a topic of discussion someday.
Upcoming BlackSand Pony Burn, Ministry of Art, & Lore From Sharon
After that Bill Gains takes the stage to give an update on the BlackSand Pony burn, noting that they are waiting for Legatus' final notes. As part of the Burn, Bill notes that all Elysian Ponies will have a Soul Pony counterpart.
Tad Major then announces the re-establishment of the Ministry of Art before community member Sharon takes the stage to share her most recent Runiverse Bedtime Story.
Cult Content
Following this, the team reviews the Cult Content Chronicle—art from the past week within the Forgotten Runes community aggregated weekly by Tania Del Rio.