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Here is our second time trying out Build the Team. We are glad that so many people enjoyed the first episode. We made a few tweaks and will continue to workshop it. We think this format really showcases Lando and Connor's strengths!

We will also be changing the naming of "early access" to "full episode". We feel like this will be clearer when people go back to the collection playlist as a way to view ad free versions of public uploads. They will continue to be uploaded ahead of the public release, but a full playlist of "early access" doesn't seem to be a good way to label them. Admittedly, today's episode won't be much of an early access since we are trying to catch up after our trips to Salem last month.

Thank you for your support!

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yitaozi

at 12am on a school night??

bratgum

TALK ABOUT TIMING

Nesit1

I feel so happy when I hear that intro song

瓅葉MOMICHI

Thank you so much for all your hard work! hope you’re not pushing yourselves too hard, either. I’m looking forward to whatever new laughs this episode has in store, and secretly hoping we might get to hear you share some stories from your trip to Salem!

Agus m

LETS GOOO almost 6am here in Argentina, one more best in jest before bed

Agus m

Also YAYYY A DIFFERENT GAME I like guess the character (nothing better than a GAMEPLAY tho) but I love to see variety and i really like the little hint at the beginning!!

SHMKehoe

I like the format a lot, but I feel like having the prompt be revealed at the end is a mistake. They're just bidding blindly which is kind of... eh? My suggestion would be to give them slightly different prompts. Then give characters that overlap slightly they can try and snipe from one another.

kioreve

I miss the pieces of paper with 1 written on them 🤣

SpamandRice108 ~ Asia

I enjoyed the last episode of this game, but this one is even better! I like that they know some of the prompt prior to making their decisions. It definitely fed the imagination for Lando and Connor šŸ˜†

Ross Castro

I really enjoyed the tweaks and changes made. This was a much stronger episode than the first one and it made me laugh really hard with the hypotheticals. While I like how the prompt is slowly revealed, I do think it's still a little vague. Even Lando and Connor pointed it out how it could just be "Characters that can [blank] [blank]." Maybe let there be just a little more descriptor words in the prompt? So instead of "Characters you'd want to [blank] [blank]" it could be something like "Due to the looming threat and destruction, your team will gather together to [fight] [Godzilla]. So with that both Lando and Connor could understand they need a team that fights something, but it could also be that they potentially help whatever is causing destruction. While it may make the random guesses for what characters they need not as interesting, it would 100% make the trading and gambling bets more fun since they have a slightly more clear objective. Though prompts that start with wild concepts like "Due to the closure of Jurassic Park you must organize a team to-" or "A high value target from a 90s cartoon has escaped. Organize a team to-" would lead to more fun reactions and brainstorming.

Kevin

I like the changes made, makes it more interesting!

Chandler Moses

Interesting idea. I wonder if it would be fun if they each get the other one’s prompt in secret. But they only get a vague hint of their own clue.

hayle

(Edit bc I didnt watch until the end before commenting…) This format is great for making you get real creative especially whoever is at a disadvantage at the end of the round. Connor’s argument in favor of Thanos and the chaos emeralds was excellent use of the character.

Cassie Eng

Good morning and thanks for the laughs to start the week. Congrats on the budget increase for the team building rounds too. I was drinking my Gamer Supps for the day and almost did a spit take when Connor was the first to go there with the possible "F*ck me" fill in the blank for round one. With the first two characters AND Thanos he did seem to have a sound theory on it being true and was doing so well in budgeting the money. I totally knew he'd pick him too. I like the half-time slow reveal of the prompt to see who's theories were closer so far. Which ultimately did become Landon at that point even though Connor's team still sorta kept with that initial thought after the earthly pivot. That suspense leading up to the final reveal was a great touch which made that half-time change a great upgrade to the game. I just lost it completely at the Thanos Civil War hypothetical. It was hilarious, chaotic, and nearly fitting for the true prompt. I say nearly because Landon's plan felt a bit more sound after the full team layout. After the "leader" themed first half of round two it was hard to tell how it would go even with the half-time as both teams had their merits in different ways. Even if it seemed more grim on Landon's side especially with his hypothetical. Which ultimately became sound at the big reveal. Connor's ultimately became more substantial long term and went a bit further by attacking from the inside out. That slow burn was genius leading into the fiery conclusion. Especially after the final reveal made his choices all the more useful and OP. Thanks guys and looking forward to hearing stories from your respective trips to Salem. I would love that really.

Carey :)

I’m so glad y’all brought this one back!

tort1

I like this!

SteebyWeeby

I’d like to see more of this, but I think it would be interesting to have the full prompt revealed halfway and a twist is revealed after trades are completed. Like the teams are supposed to be fighting Godzilla, but the twist is that the characters are half their normal size

Erik

Not for me.

sailorsuitmachinegun

I wanted the take over prompt to be about the tri-state area so bad 😭😭😭

sailorsuitmachinegun

i like it personally, its really fun to watch them scramble to deliver a good pitch on the spot.

Theresa

That's a lot of dolla bills, gents...

ShyViolet

great new formula for this game, the bigger budget really helped with betting ooo and maybe patreon suggestions for future team builds?

Douglas McCormick

Captain Planet (Don Cheadle) is fantastic— ā€œlooking slutty in that outfitā€ line was hilarious

melly ā˜†å½”

Compared to the first attempt at the team building, this new one's enhancements make it much stronger! It feels more balanced in terms of being able to swap out characters to even out weaknesses after one half of the mystery prompt is revealed and it plays well into the boys' strength of letting their imagination run wild. What I also liked is that winning didn't hinge on a single, overpowered character anymore and instead focused on the entire team composition. The hypotheticals had me dying laughing! Both offering up the Chaos Emeralds to feed Thanos's hunger for power which would cause inner turmoil on the team + untold suffering strong enough to have Sonic step up to intervene and cooking the most scrumptious chilidog found on planet Earth to trap the hedgehog with the help of trained weapon and espionage specialists are Dr. Eggman levels of genius. Lando's idea of striking an economically advantageous deal in order to gain access to the inner workings of the goverment via the distribution of tires wasn't too shabby, a sharp mind can take you far! Whereas Connor's had the makings of an evil mastermind with Wonka and Krabs collaborating to increase the people's trust with delicious food and memorable mascots before the true plan is unveiled. Beedrill's abdominal stinger contains the most potent poison; plus if push comes to shove, it could activate Mega Evolution to overthrow at least a dozen few officials. Connor truly takes a lot after the villains he loves so much. Stopping Godzilla for the tie breaker wasn't what I saw coming at all, all the funnier imagining Willy Wonka concocting the sweet treat that does the monster in. Really, really great episode thank you for the hilarious laughs to start my week with! Hope you guys had a great time during your Salem trips too!

Verdandi

This new format is really fun! I'm glad you made some changes and stuck with it! But if I could make one more suggestion, I think you should add a descriptive word or phrase to the initial prompts. For example, instead of saying "characters who could [blank] [blank]," you could say "characters who could [blank] the U.S. [blank]." Now, the prompt could still be anything from "take over the U.S. government" to "defeat the U.S. Olympic basketball team" to "fix the U.S. economy," but the description would give them something to play off of when they strategize. (For example, a character like Captain America could be an asset for this prompt...or a liability.) The description could also be used to mislead them: "characters who could help you [blank] a really big [blank]," might make them fight over the largest, strongest characters, only for the prompt to turn out to be "make a really big wedding cake" or "get a really big score in Tetris." But somehow, they'd still manage to make it work. My favorite part of this game is when they have to justify their picks, and suddenly recall a minor character trait that pertains to the prompt, or come up with a completely off-the-wall use for an ability. They're like two kids playing with action figures, and I mean that in the best possible way. Great episode!

yitaozi

i like these team building episodes, hearing the hypotheticals and the story tellings is very entertaining. its always a bonus when you guys say something crazy and kane laughs. its highkey giving kids at a sleepover saying explaining why their oc and faves are the best.

Daniel Rodriguez

If you don't want the character they should bid to give it to the other person!

Graeme Clark

Like the changes to this format, but feel like there is more that can be done. The betting still feels like it is a little too blind to know why you’d want a particular character, so there doesn’t seem to be much incentive to keep bidding. Possible ideas: The clues given today should have been switched around. If it was ā€œBuild a team to [blank] Sonic the Hedgehogā€ or ā€œ[blank] the Governmentā€, that gives a clue as to what we might be dealing with, but just trying to figure out what exactly they will be doing. Maybe reveal the prompts for the day beforehand and make them try and guess which prompt they think they are building for. The last prompt they would either know (or it could be 50/50). Or make the prompts multiple options that are revealed at the start of the round, but only one is right.

PurpleMcgee

ā€œgentlemen, have I ever told you about the chaos emeraldsā€ I literally almost bursted out laughing in the middle of class 😭

PurpleMcgee

i’m realizing with this challenge being based on improv bullshitting and hypotheticals, I would LOVE to see you guys play DND

Midir

Brutal pie at the end there, Lando looking like The Moon from The Might Boosh šŸ˜† Many great comments made already so I'll just say I agree that this episode is definitely stronger than the last but there probably needs to just be a few peripheral alterations to really nail it down. Single missing words in a prompt tend to work really well (see Cards Against Humanity) but you can definitely have more with some extra descriptors as Ross and Verdandi at least said above. While not really compatible with The Best in Jest in it's current form, I did find myself wondering if this format would be a better fit for live or streaming viewing since people could vote on the winner per round, with Kane as the final judge giving the vote loser a further chance to plead their case, possibly even sometimes having a guest judge to be completely impartial?

PrincessZelda14

I’m dying at thanos argument lmaooo

Aoife ā˜”ļø

You guys' reaction to hearing the sonic prompt was too funny... and the fact you guys have real money now ksdkjsd I'm always so shocking at trying to figure out what the prompts could be because my mind also always goes into battle mode and who's the "strongest" team in that regard... if you're still taking suggestions then you could both be given two prompts where only one of them is correct and you could be bidding based on those,, hope you guys are having a good week and thanks as always for the episode !! :')

jesiluv

This was so huge!!! Awesome improvement from the last episode

PrincessZelda14

I was laughing so hard at this episode, great improvements guys and funny explanations haha I’m glad the $ was increased it was fun to watch them outbid each other!

Ancient Hiccups

Bro what do you mean Odysseus is LOYAL??? He had a child with Circe and named him TELEGONUS while his son with Penelope was named TELEMACHUS. He stayed with Circe for YEARS just having sex all the time. Annnd he got with the witch too

Brussel_Sprout

I actually like that they dont have any clue! I feel like it leads to more leaps of faith that either pay off or dont

Brussel_Sprout

I know there's mixed reviews but I actually like how absolutely in the dark they are with the prompts! I worry if it too much is revealed or it's too obvious from the jump, then the game becomes too easy and it lacks some of the imagination that I think is such a funny focal point in these episodes (as longbas the boys keep full sending in commiting, that is). I could see a mid-way reveal being fun with a last-minute twist, but I actually like that they're going in dark, and Kein's prompts are always nonsensical, lol

Thomas Hauser

I have a pitch for the hint at the beginning next video. Tell them that the for the first two characters they bid on: one of them is good at it, and one of them is bad at it. For the rest of the round they will be comparing each character's abilities to the first two.

Ross Castro

I was kind of thinking this over too and I think there is room for both approaches? Maybe have the first round start with a hint that is able to push their minds somewhere and then have the second round be a much more vague and confusing prompt, even with hints.

Ross Castro

I actually really like this idea too! You can simply add a "but --" to a prompt and have the rest of it revealed after the trades are completed. Or maybe even before? To encourage more trading.

Ross Castro

I'd love an episode that's just Caine DM-ing a small session for the two of them lol and the "Best in Jest" is whoever DM Caine believes was the most "heroic" during the session. Doesn't even really need to be a super detailed live play. Just push the two into different situations.

PurpleMcgee

a one shot live stream perhaps for a one million sub special would be my dream! Any adventure/modules would be fun but I would love to see them to play as actual jesters in a medieval setting

Brussel_Sprout

The comment about Hawkeye absolutely fried me 😭

Captain Invictus

Apologies if this has been suggested already, but I am watching the episode and noticing something else I'd tweak. I would say making it so that Lando and Connor do not know how many characters will be suggested would make it a lot more interesting, because they don't know when it will run out and so they will feel obligated to spend on the current character rather than hold on for something better, especially after half a dozen characters have already been put up. Making it like, minimum 6 and maximum 9-10 characters per round(with only Kane knowing the exact amount) might make the bidding more volatile. absolutely loving this new format, though. like you guys said, it really plays to your strengths.

jj003333

I still think the person who wins the bid should not be allowed to start the next bid. but the new rules do make it much more fair. loving it

tota1mmortal

ā€œHe also sings a song! šŸ˜Šā€ oh my heart is so full rn

Brussel_Sprout

Less of a good or bad and moreso a shocked and humored, lol

Avery Gibson

don cheadle captain planet is so fucking funny

Joseph Hatem

Hmo thanos starts destroying stuff, captain planet, crimson chin, the lorax form a crew to stop him. They're left out of the plan, but thanos and tom know. Team EPA ask sonic for help, and in the midst of everything Tom catches sonic in a net by sneaking up on team EPA.

Dylan ExoByte Mayo

This was certainly better, but i still feel like the fully blind bidding has 2 mains issues: 1) makes the framing device weak 2) gives so little room for riffing. with effectively no restrictions it just kinda floats. the best comedy in these come after they know the full prompt, which is a pretty small overall % of the show.

veronicake

This episode was so fun I loved the final round