Kart Talk - Episode 29 (Season 2 Episode 3) - August 20th 2022

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 3 of Kart Talk! We hope you enjoy this awesome episode! Join Studfit, his members, and friends from around the community to discuss the hottest topics in Mario Kart Tour. 

This episode's guests include:
Larry98 - Super Stud Member
Frenzy Grind - Super Stud Member
EDietel - Super Stud Member
Geeves2424 - Super Stud Member
Godmode - Friend of the StudFAM

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**TIMESTAMPS:**
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

**ICEBREAKER**
2:40 - My brother added me to his friend list on Mario Kart Tour a couple months ago. This tour he hasn't logged in and isn't sending greeting coins. How long before it is acceptable to replace him on the friends list?

**FRIEND LIST:**
14:25 - Will Nintendo ever expand the friends list to 75? 100?

15:48 - Will Nintendo ever add that “give all friends greetings coins” option for better sending?

**BOWSER TOUR:**
18:14 - What are your thoughts on the Bowser Tour, in general?

30:20 - Also, new Offroader re-skin. Everyone's favorite kart, hooray. Potential new CB? Not so hooray!

40:39 - We are seeing plenty of new karts and gliders next tour, but only one new driver being Gold Charging Chuck, who doesn’t even seem to be in the spotlight pipes. There was a similar situation in the Sundae Tour with only one driver, but several karts and gliders. Is this a result of the Miis taking over? Will we start to see even more karts and gliders opposed to less drivers, due to the Miis dominating the driver scene?

**MII SUITS**
47:00 - How do you see the Mii drivers progressing? They don’t have the raw coverage but have the unpredictability of cup boosts and the built in base point advantage. While traditional plus skill drivers tend to have more coverage and an occasional cup boost. Should we only be investing in Mii drivers or will their day come and go much like a fad?

51:39 - What is the best way to grow an account that does not invest heavily in Mii suits? Is it foolish to do it that way? Can a top 1000/top 100/top 10 player expect to remain competitive without Mii suit investments? 

**INVESTMENTS:**
1:13:33 - What is the thought process on the recent track selection where we have has the same tracks shoved down our throats the last 4 tours e.g. Coconut Mall, etc. Next tour looks to have a new variety of tracks, what are your thoughts on this trend?

1:20:03 - One consequence with getting a lot of the same tracks over and over (WS, KC, RMX VL, CM) is that items receive a lot less buffs and it takes longer before you can tell whether a new item is good for your account or not. Examples this tour: lightning streamliner (introduced 2 tours ago) not a single non-city buff and some items from last tour only got 1 non-city buff and in most cases an older track (DP, VL). How do you react to this? 

1:23:05 -  Do you gamble more with investing without knowing much about its future value or do you keep more items at level 1 longer (maybe 5 or 6 tours instead of 2 or 3)? How do you value the potential tracks something hasn’t seen yet vs established value?

**PREFERENCES:**
1:35:01 - Of all of the tracks that have been seen in Mario Kart Tour, which tracks do you recommend if you want to boombox?

1:50:52 - Should the Gold Mii Suit be the Number 1 Driver? Should a driver that only around half the community got from getting Tier 80 be the top spot, even if most people do not have it?

**FINAL THOUGHTS:**
1:59:30 - What advice would you give to new players? Thanks for watching!