Episode 486 - Discordia! Chatting real time
Jul 6, 2020
Today we chat with BoundBun, Damehelsing, and Bluecuts34. Who are they? Well they're 3 Drunk-Duckers and they manage our Discord server! Yes, we do have a Discord! You can visit it and chat with them in person! - or become a patron and see them on video ;)
Topics and Show Notes
Forums are a great way to interact but these days people like Discord a bit more. What IS Discord though? It's a bit like a cross between a form and a chatroom- real time chatting with voice and video capability plus a record of all the posts so you can read over them like a forum.
There's added stuff like adults only sections for NSFW art and discussions too. Discord is a pretty fun way to interact. You just need to sign up for an account and come on over, totally free to join and participate!
The musical feature this week that Gunwallace has given us is theme to Bofonce Mann - Take a walk into a smokey little den, over the thick shag carpet, through the beaded curtains and watch the lava lamp in its slow liquid dance to the sound of happy, happy snake charming sitar music… Then we launch on into the present with a chillwave cool synth piece.
Topics and shownotes
Links
Meet these guys from the cast on our Discord! - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS
BoundBun - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/BoundBun/
Damehelsing - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/damehelsing/
Bluecuts34 - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/bluecuts34/
Featured comic:
Ingenimia Aus - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2020/jun/30/featured-comic-ingenimia-aus/
Featured music:
Bofonce Mann - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Bofonce_Mann/, by Palouka, rated E.
Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Pit Face - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/
Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei/
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