Kart Talk

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 11 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. 

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Herooftheskies - Super Stud Member
Draco655 - Stud Member
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WELCOME
0:00 - Welcome & Intro

ICEBREAKER
7:43 - With Nintendo releasing a Larry alt, what koopaling alt would you like to see and give me a fun example (Wedding Wendy, Pharoah Iggy, Elephant Morton, etc)

PEACH VS BOWSER TOUR
16:53 - (Was written when Shrumping was not fixed) Something that has probably been on every player's mind as of... today. The battle mode score exploit! Nintendo was very quick with fixing this one, but we can still talk about it. In general, what are your thoughts about shrooming? Did you use the exploit? 

(CONTINUED)
Do you think people should be punished for it? How do you feel about the way Nintendo addressed the shrumping glitch? Did you see Shrumping as cheating or just a strat? What do we do about these 100,000 scores still out there in ACR, should those scores be removed? will this tour be seen with an asterisk like steroids in baseball? How big a difference will the shrumping exploit make in ACR? Will there be a retroactive ban? Are there other hackstrats out there we haven’t discovered yet?

30:56 - With the update that fixed shrumping, Nintendo also updated the "About the Spotlight Shop" and It looks like some items will be introducing sale prices for the first purchase. If you haven't purchased any dupes via the shop, what sale price would you need to see to start buying dupes of items? I would expect it to be launched for real in next couple tours. Would be lovely if the prices are reasonable.

40:44 - Not sure if anyone else employs the stall and leave phone (drunk driving) to calm the bots. But there has certainly been a change. Some tracks continue to have full badged lobbies, no matter how many runs I do. Not a game changer for most. But has been my bread and butter for CB. Especially if dealing with tracks like DK Mountain. I have noticed that if you actually start to race them "properly" some badges will start to disappear and the bots do slow down to an extent. But nothing like before, where they moved at a snails pace. Anyone else seen this? Hope not just me.

SKILL
46:45 - When considering a top 100 run what is a reasonable AC percentage to shoot for? 95% seems elite for this game. 90% seems difficult but attainable. Thoughts on what percentage for a gold pass player would be considered a realistic chance to get top 100?

58:37 - Is there any difference between people using their intellect to get better scores compared to people who use their money?

HOLIDAY TOUR
1:17:07 - Are Winter items cursed? If they are cursed except for December and January, does it make sense to invest in an item like Bowser Santa or Snow Crystals now, knowing you’ll have a few tours to use them?

1:30:00 - Santa Mii next tour we finally get a new L7 mii suit, however its starting tracks will probably feature a lot of cities and nitro tracks with Merry Mountain and Vancouver returning. The previous plus skill mii suit (yellow) got introduced in a full city tour and the one before that (Petey suit) is already 5 months ago. By releasing so few plus skill mii suits and giving them rough starting tracks, do you think this is Nintendo's way of balancing the game? If

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 10 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. 

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Frenzy Fans - Super Stud Member
Geeves2424 - Super Stud Member
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Herooftheskies - Super Stud Member
Adam82 - Stud Member
Spy2K - Stud Member
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WELCOME
0:00 - Welcome & Intros

ICEBREAKER
45:00 - This is many players’ favorite tour in quite some time, what is your favorite tour this year and why?

ANIMAL TOUR
56:28 - What is your favorite part of this tour? No New HE driver? Two new tracks? New fun large karts? Fun ACR tracks?

1:07:00 - How do you feel about getting 8-10 new track variations a tour? Excited or overwhelmed trying to cover inventory on all variations?

ITEM AQUISITION
1:12:45 - People seem to be upset that there hasn't been a new spotlight driver, besides the two new Luigi's. But as a GP Subscribers only. The game only gave 99 rubies this tour. So without buying the packs our getting rubies in the DPP and the TS and MP pipes. The game doesn't even give enough rubies for one new kart or glider let alone a spotlight driver. So, since the Meta has changed, can we see very few new drivers or more specifically plus skilled drivers released in the Spotlight? And what should a new player do with such limited rubies?

VS TOUR
1:28:23 - What VS team (Peach or Bowser) are you choosing and why? BigBroLo: What's your W - L record up to this point? (please research: you can select badges and see if it is gold or silver)

1:42:57 - How will the new widespread adoption of autoclickers impact the VS Tour’s Token war?

1:52:20 - VS Tour: With the 8th installment of VS tour coming next week, the Peach vs Bowser Tour Part Duex, are the devs really being lazy with this back to back rematch? What VS tour would you like to see? 

2:01:00 - Other than the new Peach Garden track, is there anything you are looking forward to next tour or will we have ourselves a, dare I say it, “filler tour”?

ITEM ACQUISITION
2:07:25 - Items: Entering the 4th tour since update, we have seen an increase in new HE GP reward Items (Gold Eagle and Gold Rambi Runner), ranked rewards (Green Speeder and Red Vampire Flyer), and commemorate Items (Blazing Eagle and Moo Moo Offroader). With all of these new ways to obtain HE Items along side the Spotlight Shop Items (Camookie Kart); going forward, what method of item acquirement will have preferential treatment in the future?

GOODBYES
2:21:05 - Thanks & Farewell

ICEBREAKER

What is your favorite city track (if you can, include variation) in Mario Kart Tour?


AUTUMN TOUR CITY TOURS

BigBroLo
In the last 6 months we have been hit with 3 "All City Tours". Metropolitan Tour (European), Anniversary Tour (Mixed), Autumn Tour (North American). Is this just a buff catch up on old City Tracks, or is it time to take City tracks more seriously? 

Studfit
We heard Antilev give a VERY slight value to city tracks in his algorithm this tour. How much are you personally valuing city tracks? Have you invested in any items this tour; if so, did its city coverage help?

Studfit
Do items like Gold Petey getting 5 city buffs impact it’s value in your mind? If you did invest in Gold Petey, would you rather have him remain as a middleweight coinbox driver and get only 2 city buffs or get his rightful heavyweight coinbox adjustment with 5 city buffs?


ANIMAL TOUR

MattYT 
Now that we know we are getting Dk mountain and still no kong alt, could this seriously mean we may never get another kong? 
2022 ended up being the year of Luigi, if Nintendo continue to hone in on certain characters - which one would you like to see get a glow up in 2023 with more alts?

Rakker85
A lot of people this tour said: get these eagle karts as their hitbox width is so huge. Now next tour we get another 3 karts with above average or even very big hitbox (tanooki, rambi and offroader). Their start is much much better, so these eagle karts are doomed and probably end up like most of the MK2s?

Milli
We're getting 3 fan-favorite kart re-skins, which one will you be going for? Camo Tanooki (Camooki?), Gold Rambi or Cow Moo Offroader?

Milli
Another huge gold kart which will presumably be a gold pass gift. Would it be unreasonable to assume that this will be a regular thing every tour now?


SPOTLIGHT SHOP

WuhuLoopMKT
With the New spotlight shop could you start to see some whales buy a glider like blackstar 3 times since items in the ruby spotlight shop are limited to 3 per tour. Thoughts?

EDietel
Actual question: Other than coin rush, what are you spending your rubies on? I have decided to invest in the Mii suits. Nintendo is clearly never going to cap them, and - for legacy accounts like mine - the spotlight shop has felt lackluster. Is this the perfect time for mii-resisters like myself to give up the fight?


MII SUITS

BigBroLo
With the Mii base points possibly hitting 2k by New Years Tour. Would you consider investing in a Dud Skill Mii? Why or Why not? 

Studfit
There have been discussions of a “Mii Cap” where base points stop being added at some point. Sammy stated today, he’s riding this fine line of investing in most Mii’s not all in case there is a cap added. What do you think of this strategy of being able to pivot in the event a cap is added, or could this strategy of having one foot in two canoes backfire?


INVESTMENT ADJUSTMENTS

BobLoblob
If we assume this pace of new tracks is the new normal with nearly every tour debuting 8+ completely new tracks in the rotation, how are you adjusting (if at all) what you choose to level up and how far you will level up debut items?

ER Rakker85
A couple of months back set the goal to have items of at least 6-2 on every retro non-city track. With the introduction of the spotlight shop Nintendo is giving us every tour: not one but two new tracks, a new battle track and on top of that 1 or 2 new RT tracks (Shy Garden and Baby Park RT the upcoming tour). Is my goal of having at least decent (level 6 double uncapped) coverage still valid? So perhaps having decent coverage on EVERY track isnt necessary anymore?


BATTLE MODE

BigBroLo
What has been everyones strategy with New York Minute Battle course? Any pro tips for those farming a

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ICEBREAKER

What is something you enjoy about Battle Mode?

SPOTLIGHT SHOP

BigBroLo
Prior to 3.0, I would whale if the pack made sense for my coverage. Would pull pipes for the thrill of it. Now am sitting on 700 plus rubies and I am lost. Anyone else on this Island of Misfit Kart Toys? Whats everyones approach now? Spotlight new stuff only, spotlight dupes, Miis, or Coin Rush x10? (edited)

KartLife
We're two tours into the new era and are just starting to wrap out heads around purchase and investment strategies within the new setup. The one thing I'm focusing on is this: the 4-tour gap between an item debuting and then later appearing as a Spotlight Shop item. During this time it is essentially locked in the vault. Will early Ranked value be emphasized during this window, or continue to peak 4 or 5 tours after debut, thus allowing players to purchase the item just as the time is right? For example, the Shielded Speedster will be available the tour after Autumn Tour, if pattern holds, so we might be able to catch its early value still. But what do you make of this 4-tour exclusivity period? How will they incentivize players to actually purchase new items, rather than wait 4 tours and see how they do?

ER Rakker85
Why do you think they release so few new items in the spotlight shop? This tour only one glider. Do you think Nintendo made 2 CB drivers of the last 3 introduced on purpose gold, such that they have a much lower chance of showing up in the spotlight shop? Do you think more +gold CB drivers are on the horizon? Why are we getting so many CB drivers…it becomes really hard to get a lobby without any 


BATTLE MODE

What is your overall reaction to Battle Mode? Has it been good addition? How do you rank it compared to MP racing?

milli
Twilight House has been discovered to have an exploit that allows the player to jump onto the roof in the middle, effectively rendering you invincible to attacks. Do you think this will have a big effect on battles, or are people too lazy to pull it off? (Video of the exploit, it's actually kind of funny to look at https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioKartTour/comments/y8szuf/i_broke_battle_mode_they_have_to_patch_this_its/ )

Crazi
How long can we continue to expect one new battle course per tour?


FUTURE OF MKT

Crazi
We are seeing Nintendo pump out even more new tracks as the year goes on. Donut Plains 3 this tour came out of left field. And if you count the extra R/Ts & the battle course, this is the most new tracks we’ve had in a tour for a good while. What does it mean for the game’s longevity if they keep doubling up on tracks?

Studfit
Gold Petey had a controversial start in the game by being a medium hitbox. Did this impact your interest to invest in him? With so many other coinbox drivers released over last two months, how do you gauge his value? By having Gold Petey twice this week in Ranked with little other top skills make him too attractive to invest in; maybe it being a trap?

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 6 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:
Herooftheskies - Super Stud Member
Frenzy Fans -  Super Stud Member
Matt Aldridge - Not A Dud Member/Content Creator (Member Multiplayer Monday Contest prize)
Bobcat - Super Stud Member
Torch - Not A Dud Member
Jedi - Friend of the StudFAM

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INTRODUCTIONS:
0:00 - Welcome and Intros

ICE BREAKER:
15:22 - How many EXP levels did you grind this tour? What was your strategy (Where did you start, how did you keep track of which cities you grinded, did you drain to move on or just skim off the top of all)?

ANNIVERSARY TOUR:
29:02 - Did you pull for King Mario? It seemed like the worst value (all city tracks) and hardest to acquire (non-spotlight with 15 options) but with pipes going away, so many pulled for him. Was Nintendo trying to make us hate pipes enough we would feel a “good riddance” to ruby pipe pulls or was this their last chance at the “cash grab” before the game moves to new markets (that had banned gacha games).

3.0.0. UPDATE:
59:10 - Regarding the “try again” option after update, it seems like Nintendo was trying to make boomboxing easier now. If you restart a race, you get the same lobby but with a different starting lineup. So imagine you have 2 coinbox bots in your lobby starting place 7th and 8th, you just finish a race, press try again and the two coinbox bots will be in different starting spots. You just finish a couple of race and your coinbox bots will be in spots 1 to 4. Will you boombox more often and/or invest more into boomerang drivers?

1:30:08 - How many cap tickets will it take to quad cap something? 15, 16, 20 or other (talks of a golden ticket earned in order to quad cap)

1:37:48 - Do you believe Miis will be able to be Quad Capped? There’s a group (mostly people who didn’t invest in Miis) that believe Nintendo will save the Meta by denying Mii suits the ability to be quad capped. Others (mostly people who didn’t invest in Miis) would wonder why Nintendo would turn their back on their beloved Mii Suits they’ve glorified all year (and the whales who invested in them) by rewarding the players who ignored the “hype”.

1:42:20 - Assuming a HE quad cap would cost 20 tickets, would you rather quad one driver/kart/glider or triple cap two?

1:59:15 - With the Tier increase from 80 to 99, will the rewards change? Especially with the expectation of 20 cap tickets needed for a quad cap.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
2:05:10 - Advice to New Players & Goodbyes

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 5 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. 

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Firestorm - Not A Dud Member
Draco655 - Stud Member/Content Creator
Kevin Garrett - Content Creator
Kronos - Friend of the StudFAM
Groovy - Stud Member

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

ICEBREAKER
4:25 - Which team did you pick (Mario or Luigi) and why? Do you think your team will win or lose?

MARIO VS LUIGI
6:44 - Have you enjoyed this VS tour more, less or the same than past VS tours and why?

9:44 - With 4 new sets of tracks released this and last tour, the good news is that you have 12 new tracks to grind EXP on, but bad news is that you have 12 new loadouts to cover. Do you see this new “trend” as more positive than negative or vice versa?

18:26 - "Mariokarted" is a term we use to describe when the the game decides to completely wreck our "perfect" runs at the worst absolute time. Such as blue shelled inches in front of finish line only to come in 4th. However, we have seen some really off the wall examples of being "Mariokarted", what is the worst MarioKarted runs that happened to you?

29:05 - Last VS Tour was Bowser Vs Peach. By the end of day 9 of that tour 2.65 Million tokens were collected. In comparison, players have collected 2.02 Million tokens in the current Mario Vs Luigi Tour which is about 31% lower than last tour. One could assume that would equate to a 31% percent loss in player base. Is the drastic changes to the game next tour be enough to blow wind in the games wings? 

BATTLE MODE
53:55 - Nintendo has so far mentioned we would have Balloon Battles in the upcoming Battle Mode update. Will they add other fan favorites modes like Coin Runners, Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief? 

ANNIVERSARY TOUR
57:28 - What skill do you think King Mario will get? Will we see another must-pull coinboxer before ruby pipe pulling goes away?

PIPE PULLING/SHOP UPDATE
1:04:31 - How are you approaching the new restructured shop? Are you saving resources like rubies/coins more or is there a thought cashing in on quick ticket refreshes and pipes while they’re here?

1:11:17 - With the Spotlight Shop’s addition next month, new spotlight items will likely be much more accessible for many players, including F2P and GPO players. My question is would this encourage Nintendo to tilt the value even more onto pack exclusive items? Will we see more valuable pack items and less valuable spotlight items going forward, since the Spotlight Shop makes these items easily obtainable?

ANNIVERSARY TOUR (CONT.)
1:28:23 - When Gold Mario Drops will he have two skills? 1 being a passive with coin vacuum that’s always active, and 2 with a random skill that’s appears for him in the item boxes. With this addition he may be a new tier of unit or a new tier of high end so that he is able to consume the normal high end tickets. What do you think?

1:32:05 - What do you enjoy the most about Anniversary celebrations? It’s been a while since we saw cities, are you excited to get some city tracks back?

RANKED
1:41:38 - Since hitting Tier 80, I have been enjoying T-ball ranked groups where I have been doing little to no investments to take the W. However, my Dons in T71 to T79 has been running through the gauntlet with fierce competition. Is this the case everywhere? Is this a sign that T90 is around the corner? 

FINAL THOUGHTS
1:50:45 - Advice to New Fans & Goodbyes!

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 4 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. 

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Frenzy Grind - Super Stud Member
Draco655 - Stud Member
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**TIMESTAMPS:**
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

**ICEBREAKER:**
11:16 - With pipes potentially going away forever, what was your favorite pipe pulling experience of all time?

**SHOP / NO MORE PIPES:**
23:24 - Is removing the gacha a sign the game is on its last leg? Or are they trying to better their game in a last ditch effort to draw in new players? Or is it neither, simply an update part of Mario Kart Tour’s progression? What is going on?

41:14 - I’m having a very tough time figuring out where the game goes from here. Removing the gambling element from the game is huge for me. What actually separates this game from all the other racing games out there? Where’s the draw? They should’ve just made a different game and left tour alone.

52:13 - Not really a question, but I feel like a HE driver may be sold for around 75 rubies. When you spend 75 rubies thru coin rush, you get approx 12k coins, exactly the price of a HE driver ticket. Karts and Gliders then can you for 60 rubies. A full set comes out at 195 rubies. HEs from the regular pool should be slightly cheaper, say 60 and 50 respectively. Then you get 6 HEs for 355 which is less than 450, but this should in fact be the case as sometimes you get all HE before you empty the pipe Of course they can throw all kinds of exotic options in the mix, like get a discount for a dkg bundle, pair a new HE with an old regular pool HE, get a discount on first purchase, discount for GP players etc.

**BATTLE MODE:**
1:01:52 - With the upcoming MP update, is the battle mode hype still up? In MK8, the original battle mode was not played on battle courses, but rather on the default tracks. Is that a possibilty to solve the no-breaking issue? How else would they solve this issue? Or will they just add more ranks to MP, possibly with more rewards? Suits are thrown out every tour, maybe one for reaching highest rank?

**MARIO VS LUIGI TOUR:**
Of all new 2022 retro tracks is the one you are looking forward the least? Will N and R be hard to nonstop combo on the straight?

**DRIVERS / MIIS:**
1:09:57 - A part of me is wondering with all the Mii’s and plus skill characters if the thought process in the community needs to shift from the meta and focus more on overlap. There’s too much for 95% of players to invest into. Heck I’ve got Gold Egg Yoshi and silver Mii suit at L1, several other plus skill drivers at L4-5 I want to level up, plus now a new coinboxer! It’s too much.

1:17:15 - I love the Rundown, love the rankings. But what does it matter to me if someone shoots up into the Top 10 if at L7 double capped they’d only give me 4 new tracks. I know this is the function of the trackers, but I’m curious if anyone else feels that with the abundance of plus skills, including the Mii’s, relative to the quantity of HE tickets, if we need to start focusing much more on overlap and types of overlap

1:35:36 - How much does coverage matter anymore? At what point do you just invest in the new items you like and throw caution to the wind?

1:42:43 - Which Coinboxer should I level up?

1:50:05 - Are there any non top 15 items that have helped you tremendously this year?

**FINAL THOUGHTS:**
2:02:05 - What advice would you give to new players? Thanks for

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!

Welcome everyone to Season 2 of Kart Talk! We hope you enjoy this amazing 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:
FrenZgrind - Super Stud Member
Geeves2424 - Super Stud Member
FrenzyFans - Super Stud Member/Content Creator
Sammy D - Stud Member/Content Creator
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**TIMESTAMPS:**
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

**FAKE ICEBREAKER**
5:46 - What will it take for Studfit to level up his amazing, beautiful and favorite glider to 8 (Yukata Ribbon) maybe some donos? 

**REAL ICEBREAKER**
6:38 - With thousands of games out there, why do you play MKT?

**THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS**
27:09 - The first question I ever submitted for Kart Talk, which kicked off the first episode, was "what is one ticket investment that you made that you regret." My question for this episode is: "What regrettable investment (tickets, money, time, discord/YouTube, anything) did you make during the last year, and what wisdom did you gain from that decision?"

1:00:43 - With the token shop pipe, new tracks with EXP ceiling raised, so many boombox potential tracks, do you enjoy the never-ending gameplay or has this game become TOO grindy? 

1:24:18 - How do you balance life and MKT? Do you ever feel you need to tone things down in how much you play or does it usually self-correct?

1:32:01 - If I asked your significant other “What do you think about MKT?” What would they say?

2:09:34 - How many of your friends (known before 2019) have you told you play MKT? Did you downplay with a ‘I sometimes play this game called MKT’ or have you told them you playing this game hours a day, being on Discord, Being a Super Stud, plan your meals around your CTPs, etc?

2:21:18 - Imagine it’s year 2052 and MKT hasn’t been active for 20 years and someone mentions the game (like we do Mario Kart 64, GoldenEye, etc), what will be your first thought of nostalgia?

2:34:32 - Recreating the famous Tabor 10 Pull!

**FINAL THOUGHTS**
2:41:50 - Thank you to the Panel

2:42:54 - Thoughts to the Fans

2:51:17 - Thanks for Watching! Remember to Like and Subscribe!

Join Studfit and his members and friends from around the community to discuss the hottest topics in Mario Kart Tour. This episode the guests include:
Frenzy Fans - Super Stud Member
FrenZgrind - Super Stud Member
Zooms - Stud Member (2nd Place MMM)
Herooftheskies - Stud Member (3rd Place MMM)
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**TIMESTAMPS:**
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

**ICEBREAKER**
3:18 - What are your Top 5 favorite city tracks in MKT, in order?

**BANGKOK TOUR**
8:34 - How has the introduction of another coinbox driver (ThaiDai) impacted the meta? This is really the only coinboxer heavily tied to a city since Mario Hakama and maybe Peach (Vacation), one of which had notorious bust value due to city coverage and the other the queen of 2020. Will ThaiDai be cursed like Hakama or be the new city queen in town?

16:58 - What’s your favorite item coming out of Bangkok Tour?

20:48 - Coming out of a Metrofest, are you sick of city tracks yet?

27:03 - Mario Kart Tour has yet to visit South America and Africa. Which continent will be visited first and what city would you like to see from that continent? 

31:52 - What are your thoughts on the new update, is the Daily Selects reset through Quick Ticket the only “big deal”? Is it a gamechanger? Do you believe we’ll ever get a Battle Mode?

**PIRANHA PLANT TOUR**
38:18 - Petey Piranha is coming! Petey won Sammy D’s most requested original character contest (over Kranky Kong), who ever played with Petey back in the day? Why do you believe he so loved? What are your favorite memories of Petey? Who here would have voted for Kranky Kong and is still bitter about it?

44:25 - What will Petey Piranha's special item be?

50:41 - If we have two boomerang drivers (Petey Piranha and the PeteMii Piranha), how would you prioritize investments between the two?

**MII SUITS**
52:30 - When do you guys think the ? Block mii suit will appear in the mii shop?

**PIRANHA PLANT TOUR (CONT)**
55:13 - Do you think the Petey Piranha Mii suit will be a ranked reward or purchase-able in the shop? Thanks Studfit for the question I hope you all enjoy the rest of the tour 

58:39 - If Petey doesn’t have a top skill, will you still pull for him? 

59:46 - We’ve seen new drivers be brought back just months being introduced with Luigi Vacation, Rosa Volendam and now Pinja next tour. Is this a trend or a just a few outliers? Does this change your strategy with new drivers in 100 pipes? Is any pipe a “must pull” if it returns in two or three months?

1:06:00 - What are your thoughts on Cheep Cheep Mii Suit and Dolphin Mii Suits? What skill do you anticipate them having?

**MII SUITS (CONT)**
1:08:21 - Anyone sick of Miis and wish they would stop?

1:12:53 - What is your Mii suit strategy? Buying at least one copy of each one or just getting them for free when possible? Have you leveled up ANY of the Mii suits?

1:19:57 - How are you looking at the ? Block Mii Suit?

1:26:21 - When driving the Coin Box Mii Racing Suit (not the Gold Mii), do you ever think you have a coin box and it is just the helmet?

**PERSONAL OPINION**
1:28:32 - Is anyone using the great online resources (MKT Hub and MKT Toolbox) on top of the sheets? Why or why not?

1:32:18 - What was one of your favorite memories, and one of your worst memories about (lowest moment playing) MKT?

1:39:13 - If you’ve achieved tier 80 and the Gold Mii suit, what other goals do people have in MKT? What keeps you motivated?

**FINAL THOUGHTS**
1:52:35 - New MKT Player Advice

2:06:52 - Thanks and Goodbye!