The Letters Page!

Hey, Sentinels fans!

One thing that comic books have that I've always enjoyed is a "letters page" - a page or two at the back of the comic book where readers can write in to ask the creators questions. Adam and I were talking about this recently, and we've decided to launch something similar, but in our own way.

Rather than doing a written thing, we're going to do a podcast.

We find ourselves talking about the world and history of Sentinel Comics on a daily basis here in the office, and thought this might be a great way to bring that world to those of you out there who are interested. So, this is a "soft announcement" of our upcoming podcast: The Letters Page!


But what does any Letters Page require? Letters, of course! The format of this show will be very Q&A oriented, in that the bulk of it will be us reading e-mails sent in by Sentinels fans, and then answering your questions and talking about anything we're inspired to talk about, given that topic. We want to launch the podcast in a couple months, and that will give us time to start the process of reading your letters and recording our answers.

So! Want us to read and respond to your letter in The Letters Page? Use this handy form (thanks, Pydro!) to submit your letter! We'll be talking about Sentinel Comics things, not card games or tabletop games or anything like that - this is about the comic book stories and back stories that make up the world of Sentinel Comics. So make sure that your e-mails are about this history of the characters and what stories we have told, not "How do we beat Iron Legacy?" or "Who is the next big villain?" There's plenty of help with gameplay stuff and future-speculation right here on the forum!

Submit your questions! We look forward to reading your letters! 

This is super exciting. Expect some email from me when I'm off work.

Also, I love the in-joke with Adam's mug. Kudos.

Ooooo, this will be fun!

I look forward to hearing your replies!

Ha! And I just saw Omnitron was the mic, nice touch!

I wonder if ending every sentence in this post with an exclamation point getting a 1:1 ratio is some sort of record!

Really?! Do you mean it?

This is exactly what iv been waiting for. Omg I'm gonna spam your inbox SO hard when I get home from work. 

This is better than Tactics and GSF and double fudge brownies combined. 

It might save a little time if you answer this right now:

Will you be revealing new stuff that we shouldn't know yet, or only expanding on thigns we do?

If the former, there will be a lot of questions asking you to reveal info.

Soooo many questions to ask.  

Really? Awesome!

Really looking forward to this! Don't even know where to start on the questions, but will definitely think about it ASAP.

Questions:

1. When do you need the letters by (for the first ep)?
2. Timing of first ep?
3. How will we get the episodes? (Will they just be posted here on the forums, available via iTunes, something else?)

Thanks for giving us this opportunity!

Glad I wasn't the only one who got that!

I don't think the walls are orange enough, though.

Will you be revealing new stuff that we shouldn't know yet, or only expanding on thigns we do?

We could totally reveal past things that you don't know yet. We're unlikely to talk as much about the way things are moving forward - especially with Sentinel Tactics story stuff. But things that have happened in the "history" of Sentinel Comics are the best bet. The further "back" the questions go, the more likely they are to be answered, and expounded upon.

This podcast, at least at the beginning, is more interested in filling in the gaps in the history than in setting the stage for the future.

Given it's you answering the questions, how much can we trust the answers?

I mean, an entire podcazst of reading out questions, followed by someone screaming "Smoke bombs"! wouldn't be fun. Ok it would be fun, but only at first.

Russ has questions!

1. When do you need the letters by (for the first ep)?

Whenever! We want to start recording an episode or two a week within the next couple weeks - we're shooting for each episode to be about an hour long. Questions we get in the next couple weeks are more likely to show up in earlier episodes. But there's no deadline! We're going to be putting out a new episode once a week, and we intend on doing this for a long time. At least, we hope you all have enough interest for us to get to share that much!

2. Timing of first ep?

We would love to put out our first episode in, say, mid-late July? But we're not sure yet. Depends on how long it takes to build the website and such. Which brings us to...

3. How will we get the episodes? (Will they just be posted here on the forums, available via iTunes, something else?)

They will be at www.letterspagepodcast.com eventually... still working on that part. While Joel is working on website stuff, we're working on episode and recording stuff! We're also hoping to have them on iTunes and Stitcher. Are there other ways you want to get them? Let us know! We've never made a podcast before!

Thanks for your questions!

I’m confused. How do we see the beard on a podcast?

It will make itself apparent.

Beards can't have babies silly

Question:

Should we word these like they are letters to a comic book, or just ask a question?

For Example:

Dear Legacy,

Did you ever get Grounded?  I got grounded for going to the playground when I was supposed to be doing homework.  Can you tell my Mom that exercise is important?

Thank you,

Geoff.

Or:

Hey Christopher, can you give us a story about Legacy getting in trouble when he was younger?

Either or! We would totally take either question and answer them in the spirit they were written!

Cool...so could questions be addressed to the characters, and then you'd answer them in-character? Because that would be epic :D.

Dear Christopher,

Its dark and I can't see anything. Also I have lost feeling in my legs. Where am I?

Love,

Golem Unity's incap side

so could questions be addressed to the characters, and then you'd answer them in-character?

Hah, well, we probably won't do any radio plays or anything like that, but we would talk about what the character's been through and what has happened in their life that would inform that question, and then come up with what their answer would be in their words.

So, pretty much, yeah. Just don't expect professional voice-acting or anything like that out of us.

This is exciting. I’ll definitely have to send in a question or two!

Pydro has done a most excellent thing and put together a submission form! Check it out here!

So, when submitting your questions to the Letters Page, please use this form! 

And don't forget to thank our friendly neighborhood Pydro for being awesome!

[EDIT: Updated to include correct link!]

Good idea. I (and presumably everyone) need access to both the form and the spreadsheet. Check your permissions.

Slight mistake. Here is the link to the form.

This sounds awesome.  I will probably wait a few shows before submitting as I know there will be a ton of ideas to start with.  Also, might breed more questions.  I really think this will help develop my favorite characters' personalities.

Ohh yeah a podcast is audio isn't it...I didn't think of that. Okay so for in-character replies you could just do it as though the character had been given the question and had passed on a written reply for you to read out :D.

Will have to try and think of some questions to ask all of the people :D.

Would you like it to be only one question per submission? I do have quite the number on these two sketch pads in front of me (yes, I needed two pads. And no, don't look at me that way. You shouldn't be surprised all things considered)

If a question has multiple related parts and aren’t too long, one submission is fine. However, do not put multiple questions in one submission. Christopher wants to mark off the queations when answered, which will be much easy with separate submissions. Of course, this is only a guess.

Well, at least he'll have a more than steady stream of stuff to look over

This idea is so awesome. This is going to be great.

I look at the The Letters Page Image and I get the feeling Adam is not pleased with Christopher for being so cheery before he has had his coffee. 

This part:

Adam is not pleased with Chris[topher] for being so cheery

...is just generally true.

I like this idea! I just submitted a question as well! I asked it a long time ago, I hope I finally get a proper response! 

Hey, folks! 

We've gotten a ton of great questions! We're working through them now, and we're currently working on an episode about Legacy! We've got a few questions already that we like, but we could certainly use a couple more. Got some burning questions about the first American hero? Ask them here!

Thanks!

If you folks need any music, let me know. I compose all the music for my videos and did the music for this podcast: http://dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com/?m=1

Just saw this a few days ago and am very excited. Any (more recent) word on when the first episode will hit?

Hey, do you guys actually for sure control www.letterspagepodcast.com ? I swear that looks like a squatter page…

We do! The actual site is not yet live, so I guess our registrar squats it in the mean time :P

Any chance the first episode will be recorded live at GenCon?

No, unfortunately. We hope to start recording some time after PAX, though that depends on a variety of factors.

I think if you do onw in October/November, you should record it in Australia 

Okay, I have a few questions:

1.  In the history of SotM, who is really the first modern hero (i.e. those who came after G.I. Bunker and G.I. Legacy)?  Is it Legacy himself, Black Fist (a.k.a. Mr. Fixer), or someone else?

2. You guys have made an awesome game and come up with a back story and an excellent comic.  Will we ever see just fun, possibly (non) canon fanfiction from Christopher, Adam, or Paul?

3. Will we see more villains in the same vein as those featured in the Vengence expansion?  Will those featured in the Vengence expansion get the original villain setup?

4. Which villain do you most regret creating either because they are too dark or silly?

5. Your heroes often have unique flaws that separate them from most heroes in comics which seem like gods among men.  What flaw either emotionally or physically would you most like to explore next?

6. Will we see the return of a team-up with Richard Launius ever again? 

7. If you were ever given permission, which comic hero would you like to bring to the world of Sentinels and which version?

8.  Will you ever do a "cameo" ala Stan Lee where the creators are heroes in their own world (even though you guys are already "Citizens")?

9. Which hero's backstory would you most like to flesh out and turn into an animated movie?

10. Can we expect to see more Sentinels minis from GTG or are you going to just stick with tokens for future Tactics expansions?

11. What is the best criticism of the game design that you have heard that has helped shaped the game?

Okay, that was more than a few and there are more to ask, but these are off the top of my head.

You'll probably have to submit those questions using Pydro's form.

Was the Letters Page advertised at GenCon?

Is there a final ETA on release?

Now that the cons are over, does this make the short list?

I asked Christopher about it at the pre-PAX mixer and the way he explained it, it sounds like they know exactly what they're doing in the first episode already, and just need to find the time to record it.

So...maybe it makes the short list now?

Is this still happening in the foreseeable future?

Absolutely! We're still very excited about this. It just had to take a back-seat due to a few major projects, such as the Sentinel Tactics tournament stuff.

Legacy what do think of sonic.

Any updates on this, even if it is “now on the back burner”.

Christopher had some news regarding The Letters Page on the Handelabra stream last night. I can't link to it at work, but he bascially said that his new setup for live streaming will open the door for The Letters Page to be a thing. He still didn't commit to actually doing it, though, but it's the most encouraging news on this in a while. 

Please. No more. My heart can't take any more disapointment on this front.

No, seriously, we're going to do it.

Adam and I have been dying to make this happen for so long. We talk about it at least once a week.

Thing is, we've gotta make games. Once OblivAeon is off to the printer, we're going to make it a priority.

Give us those playtesting files now so you can get it to the printer sooner then!

While I am itching to see OblivAeon I am far more interested in the Letters Page!

So…

Anyone notice this?

DO NOT TOY WITH MY EMOTIONS THIS WAY

Response from Christopher indicates that they still have our questions from last time, no need to resubmit those, just come up with all new, all different questions of excellence.

Y'know, I had a burning question I wanted to ask someone about two days ago, and now I cannot for the life of me remember it. D:

How about if I toy with them in this way?

Or maybe this?

Parts of me are tingling that havn't tingled in a long long time.

Mostly my toes.

That reminds me. I gotta ask the doctor to check if I'm diabetic.

Submitted a few questions! :)

Submitted my question! I'm looking forward to this. 

I guess this means they now have lots of time on their hands for another project...?

OK, this might be a silly question, but where exactly does one find episodes of Christopher's Letters Page podcast? The URL letterspagepodcast.com is for a parked domain and Google searches lead to this thread or other podcasts on which Christopher has been interviewed. There's nothing on the GTG site map, either. I'd really like to listen to episodes that presumably exist somewhere, but somebody has done a great job hiding it.

That's because it doesn't exsit. GtG is still actively taking questions though, but the first episode hasn't been announced yet.

On the 100th Handelabra stream Christopher and Adam said they expect to release the first one next month

So expect it to be out next Christmas haha

^

We need more image reactions on this site. :)

I've really been making use of the question submission page. I hope they don't end up getting upset, I've probably asked a dozen questions since the stream, and I don't doubt there will be plenty more to come if I can think of them in time

They've been great! Thanks for the questions!

Oh, also, WE'RE LIVE!

https://greaterthangames.com/content/the-letters-page

Woo!

Foote will be shocked.   

He has every right to be!

When are you doing the letter R?

That's in the pirate episode. Along with the C!

So is the next episode about Baron Blade in three to six years or do you have plans to go over other characters before that?   Also, the page the Legacy episode is on lists it was posted on December 29th but this was only announced this today so could was this available before today?

There will be other episodes! Who knows when they will be! (Actually, they'll be on Tuesdays!)

And yup, that website was live at the end of last year. We did a bunch of testing and had different names and such on the page to fool search engines into not revealing what was happening. 

This link can help find out when the next podcast will come out:

http://isittuesday.co.uk

Actually, because I've gotten questions about it already, I'll let you know that next Tuesday will be an episode about The Wraith, and we're recording this Friday, so if you have questions about her, ask them now!

I ask because on Reddit someone said they listened to this over the weekend.   Anyways, a lot to take in and I feel I need to listen to it again to fully grasp all the topics.   Nicely done and I look forward to more.  

When will the next X episode be?

Listening to the Legacy episode will probably bring up new and exciting questions about Legacy, when will you be looking back at Legacy again (You know this is going to be an FAQ so putting it out there early!)?

That's what the short Thursday episodes are for! We won't have them often or on a regular schedule, but if we need to go back to a character we've already covered, we will get to those questions on occasional Thursdays.

This is fun!

It begs the question, though: What button do I push in the Sentinels of the Multiverse app to make the theme music be this awesome 8-bit speedrun version?

I never really got into Chrono-Ranger, but the small bit about him makes me like him a lot more.

Can't wait for more.

That was fun. I'm glad you guys were finally able to do it.

You push the "Back Handelabra Games' Season 2 Kickstarter" button (although admittedly this isn't in the app)

Like, I'm on the page, but am I really seeing this? No, of course not. It's my eyes who are wrong. Must be.

Nope, you're halucinating. Take your meds.

He did.

That's why he's hallucinating.

One of the more surprising things I learned in the podcast is that Tachyon and Absolute Zero are close friends. I never really got that from other exposure to the lore. In fact, I figured Ryan would be one of the harder heroes to get along with. (“You’re out of line, Frost!”)

I wonder how Ryan and Meredith became such great friends, and what they do on their days off.

Why wonder when you can ask! (and get an answer within 3-6 years)

That first link doesn't go anywhere, unfortunately.

Here's the correct link (delete the 'and' from the end): http://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=File:421234220.jpg

It was apparent to me there was a good friendship between them from the ARG http://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=File:421234220.jpg  and enforced a bit with this incap image http://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=File:Freedomfivezeroincap.png

I hate when links do that I've edited it but I'm not sure if it'll show for everyone. 

It makes some sense if you think about it: she was the surgeon that saved him after the initial accident that turned him into what he is, sheprobably is his go to pysician now, she keeps up the maitinance of his suit, and she just seems like the kind of person who tries to be friends with someone who needs it.

Woo! Congrats on the release!

Any chance we could get either a subforum for the podcast or move further discussion to separate threads? Think it’d be cool to have a way to track discussion per episode (similar to threads on the weekly one-shots), especially if we’re getting deep into lore on specific characters and events.

For now, let's just use the "Sentinel Comics World Discussion" section for threads about Letters Page things, as they're entirely about Sentinel Comics World stuff. Right? Let me know if this seems like a terrible idea.

It's a terrible idea how dare you use an existing subforum for this!  

:C

Seems fine to me!

So, new thread or split off discussion from when episode 1 was posted into a new thread and clean up my rambling?

As I understand it there is some crossover with Fabled Nexus products, where then should The Letters Page go if that is ever discussed?

I'd say new thread since this was originally  started back in 2014

I must say that whenever you played the "Christopher and Adam" song I kept expecting it to turn into The House at Pooh Corner

Me, too!

http://www.lagerrhythms.com/aftermath.html

There's an Interlude Podcast up now http://theletterspage.libsyn.com/interlude-1-the-multiverse-and-more if you missed it

After today’s mini-sode, I think I will be spending many a game shouting, “EVERY GAME IS CANON!” as a rallying cry.

That concept is excellent.

Agreed!

With that in mind, in my experience, there are a lot of multiverses out there comprised of nothing but pain. c.c

I'm extremely pleased to hear that "every game is canon"! From the beginning, this is how I interpreted it on the meta level, and it's nice seeing that my interpretation was correct. So much good stuff in this podcast...!

Thank you, >G!!!

Does “Every game is canon” include the game where I stopped bothering Baron Blade so that AZ could repeatedly light himself on fire, or the games where all the heroes suicided in order to get an unlock? I’m not sure I want every game to be canon.

Or, how about when I purposely have my team beat each other up so Haka can be the last hero alive for an unlock condition?

Also canon! There's a lot of egos and posturing in that timeline. Pity the villains seem to do so much better, though.

That would be a much darker take on that timeline. Haka locks himself inside Con's Bunker and waits for the heroes to sort things out amongst themselves or get killed off, whichever comes first.

Looking forward to tomorrow's podcast. Besides most of the standard questions, I'm expecting a few about the relationship between Bunker and Wraith.

Can I just say that one thing I'd really like to see, going forward with the podcast, is that each episode include a suggestion from Christopher of one game setup that depicts an iconic comic issue related to the topic of that episode?

I know, we're getting all that in the world-guide for RPG, but it'd still be neat to get some game content out of the podcast, too. :)

Is there a set time of day(Like 10am, noon or 5 pm) that we can expect the podcast to be avaliable, or is it up once it's finished?

Just want to know if I'll need to check the podcast page every hour or two or not.

Episode three up http://theletterspage.libsyn.com/episode-3-the-wraith

@Phantom5613

The goal is between 10am and 1pm Central every Tue!

Shouldn't that be Episode two?

They're counting the 'interludes' as episodes, which they technically are. They're just shorter.

Thanks! I'll be sure to listen once I'm home from work.

The page lists episode two but the address bar says three. Doesn't matter much overall.  

We are "naming" it "Episode 2", but the podcast hosting service disagrees :)

Aw man! The Christopher and Adam song is just so damned pleasant! Like, I want to gush about their creativity, and how well they understand the history of comics and how these characters are so much more than the sum of their parts, but that song just puts me to sleep in a good way!

I'm thrilled that you like the song. I'll pass your words along to my brother. He's a professional musician, and since Adam and I have been friends for over 20 years, he grew up knowing Adam as well. So, when I told him we were doing a podcast and what it was about, he threw that song together in an afternoon in his studio. Without me even asking for it. What a dork.

I love that kid.

Something I've been curious about is the referance to the different story-arcs and more specifically the books. Obviously there's the quotes at the bottom of each of the cards and it got me thinking if there is/was an actual comic book series in the universe, or if it's based on a plot-line that happens through the expansions of the games and the characters. and if there's a comic series, how would one get their hands on it?!

There is currently one issue of The Freedom Four, available on the GtG website.  There will be a comic coming with OblivAeon.  Other than that, the comics only exist as quotes and art on cards.  That said, Christopher and Adam have fully planned out the comics history.  You could pick any card in the game with attributed flavortext, and they could tell you what happened in that comic, which heroes and villains were in it, and where it fits in the publishing history of Sentinels Comics.  Most of what we know of the storyline has been pieced together from card art and quotes, character bios on the website and video game, Words of God from Christopher and Adam, and the ARC that lead up to OblivAeon (which featured a few comic covers and summaries)  The details have been pretty well collated by the wiki that Lynkfox manages, and of course we're now getting new info from the Letters Page.

All in all, Christopher and Adam have done an incredible job of telling a cohesive story in a non-linear format.  The only comparable example I know of is Magic: the Gathering, and it took them two decades to figure out how to do it right.

"ARG", not "ARC".

AHH!

LOOK WHO IT IS!

AHH is only 3 letters.

I think you meant AHHHHHHHH!!!

Thats 12 characters, i think you meant

AHHHHHH!!!

Quick! Let’s all divvy up responsibility for working through the clues in this list!

I’ll take “arrant cog.”

Hey, folks!

I am going to be out of town next Friday, so Adam and I are going to be recording the April 4th episode on this coming Monday. We didn't realize it in time, so we didn't announce it (episodes are still releasing on the same times and days), but as a result, we only have a (high) single digit number of questions on that episode's subject: NightMist! SO! Faithful forumites! Now is the time to use our question form and ask all the NightMist questions you have! We'll be recording Monday morning, so please get your questions in before then.

We can totally do the episode with just the questions we already have, but I'd hate to not give you fine folks a chance to have your voices heard. Also, I think the epidoes with lots of good questions are just better.

Thanks, heroes!

Done.  Hopefully my questions make the cut.  

I actually provided a question! 

Really enjoying the reveals and backstory – the podcast has been a blast! 

>tfw whatever Nightmist questions you might have had suddenly vanish

I don't do well under pressure. :(

I just submitted around 13 questions (the exact number varies depending on how you count exactly).  I hope that helps!

Just watch out for that wolf Hunter…

I am a mystic hunter in my own right.  I have nothing to fear from any mere mortal.

That's not pressure - that's just what happens when it comes to Nightmist.

yeah I posted a bunch of questions too. I tried to stay away from ones I think others would ask so hopefully every base can get covered. 

Thanks everyone for all the great questions! For those of you who haven't yet submitted any, you've still got about 24 hours left to get them in!

It's really been a blast making The Letters Page happen, and one of my favorite parts is reading all of the comments and questions from all of you - know that I do go through and read every single one to figure out which ones will be the best to use on the air.

You're all great!

Hey @Christopher On the offchance you are still poking about the forums, any chance of this weeks LP going up a little early? I am bored

It's up now! Not early enough, I know. Sorry!

Shoot! I Totally forgot to ask any questions related to Nightmist and BugBear! UGH. Did anyone here remember to do that?

I did not ask about Bugbear in my questions.  Most of my stuff was related to card art. 

(We talk about Bugbear in the NightMist episode.)

Do you talk about Bugbear's bugbears?

Good because the more I look through the cards I don't see much of a connection between them.  

BugBears incap art deserves at least 10 full minutes in and of itself

I would agree that's the only artwork they show up together on.  

Odd isn't it?

Anyone else think they should release it a day early so I have a reason to wake up on Monday morning?

So, I am looking at the banner for the letters page. It looks like Adam has coffee. Right there with you buddy!

Is Christopher drinking bourbon? Do you drink bourbon whilst you record Christopher. Please say yes!

I think Christopher is more of a Scotch guy IIRC, but I guess it's more semantics when talking whiskey.

I did nearly say bourbon or scotch actually, as I have some whiskey drinking friends that would keelhaul you for saying it was only semantics :P

How about it Christopher, Bourbon, Scotch?

I am certainly drinking Scotch during each episode of the Letters Page. It's usually an Islay, but sometimes I partake in something else, like a Speyside or even an Island. I have a lot of Scotch here in my office.

Adam is usually either drinking coffee or a flavored sparkling water of some sort.

What time of day do you and Adam record, if I may ask?

From what I've heard you normally record on Fridays, but this last one you mentioned that you recorded on a Monday.

Fun/Silly idea: Would you and Adam ever consider recording AT Fridays, on a Friday? You could get something to drink there while you record the Letters Page, and I heard that Endless Appetizers were back, if that sweetens the deal. :P

We almost always record Fridays around midday. We only record on non-Fridays when one of us will be out of town on the appropriate Friday.

I also wanna say... you guys always seem to apologise when you go off onto tangents and things. I can't speak for everyone, but that is one of my favourite things. One of the things that makes this series so appealing is how much damned fun you guys are obviously having whilst doing it

Idea for an interlude: I'd love to see Christopher and Adam break kayfabe on Sentinels Comics and talk more about the meta of how they came up with the idea for the multiverse, the origins of the characters within (which ones were created specifically for the Sentinel Comics verse, which were repurposed from earlier materials like tabletop games and other stories, etc), and how they built up this idea prior to producing the games within it.

For example, Christopher is openly a fan of Mutants and Masterminds...which characters started as PCs or NPCs within tabletop games they've run?

^ Seconed. ^-^

They should have a foley artist on call so they can have their impromptu Roleplaying sessions. I also can't wait till they start a podcast where they both just banter for an hour. Totally listen to that.

 I am still waiting for Christopher and Adam to say " just kidding on the whole Nightmist is dead and has no future. Let's rewind to before we said that. . ." I am still waiting (Denial is the first stage.) (Also I needed a Just kidding they are not dead for my bingo card.)

I am so sad I missed out on the Nightmist ask question time. She is my favorite by far. So sad she is gone, but she will live on in my Sentinels RPG I am running. I really want to read a Faye Diamond comic book with 1920 feeling PI stories. A knock on the door, somebody with an easy job that ends up being really unnecessary complicated. Darkly lit with a sax playing in the back round and lots of self-narration.

+9,000

Please, Christopher and Adam? Easter special?

My sentiment as well. Also, just so you know, the "…and then, he died. End of his story." joke never gets old…!

I'd really love to hear about the creation process of the different characters as well! I never realized Faye was connected to the Arkham Horror universe until I listened to the Nightmist episode and I think it is really cool!

You guys! I keep remembering it is Tachyon in two weeks and I litterally vibrate in excitment

It just dawned on me that I have completly forgotten to submit my Gloomweaver questions, of which I had a good number

RIP

Really Indignant Person?

On occasion

Foote, you still have about an hour to submit them. 

Yeah I'm at work and don't have my cards with me (plus there is no proofs of infernal relics in the PT forum that are accessible anymore). I'll try and remember what I can and submit at least 1 or 2. Thanks.

I already submitted some meta-questions; I bet they’ll do an interlude at some point.

Me, too! Tachyon is one of my favorites and I sent in several questions about her.

I want the Tachyon episode to be the same length as the others, but played at double speed so we get twice as much info.

With pizza!

Asked this question elsewhere, but I'll ask it here too. After all the character, team and event episodes, would we be able to get an episode on the "real world" history of Sentinels Comics?

What do you mean?

Christopher & Adam frequently talk about the "history" of the comic book(s) that a particular character comes from. He means something like that (and put a similar post in the "what can I do for you?" thread).

Which received an entertaining response… 

And now I'm gonna have to wait for this 'mysterious' announcement. Darn my sense of child-like curiosity!

Technically, it's because Christopher is evil and cruel. 

…

I'm sorry, that's not really fair.

Christopher is not cruel. 

I wouldn't go that far… You know someone can be amazing and cruel and the same time, right?

I also am dying inside because I share your sentiments, and am too impatient to wait a year

*to the tune of that song from Willy Wonka*
 

Christopher

Says some words

Now you wait with pure anticipation...

(Eh, it's a half-rhyme at best, but it works for me)

I thought it'd be a fun project to try to turn the stories being told in each of these podcasts into something more organized and readable -- a reference companion for the podcast, if you will.  Unfortunately, that would require a reliable way to transcribe the audio into text so I can manipulate it and there isn't a free option I can find that does a useable job of it.  Since I'm definitely not going to type out a transcription of the podcast each week myself, that kills the project before it got started, which makes me sad. :(

@Spiff: Yeah, I originally tried it myself and reached the same conclusion.

WalkingTarget has been writing up excellent summaries on Reddit and the Wiki, though, even if it admittedly misses out on the humor a bit.

(Like "They get along well, even though they have different paths in magic.", when it was more like Adam roleplaying Nightmist acting like Argent was a hippie who needed to be told to "Take a shower and get a job". (To which Argent replied, "Excuse me, I do take a shower..." "...all right, I guess you do. But still, get a job."))

HEY! HEY YOU! Adam and Christopher, if that is your real names!

Christopher said that you were recording Tachyon next and then said, speciffically to me that I should not send in any questions for my favourite hero because it was already recorded.

But my favourite hero is Tachyon, which was previously said to be recorded tomorrow.

And I have already sent Tachyon questions in...

What can I do now. How can I trust you? How can I trust anything!?

And by the way Adam... My name is not Jake!

Yes it is.

*side eyes*

In less than 20 minutes The Last Jedi Panel is streaming. Christopher and Adam are talking about my favourite hero today. It is a good day

Speaking of The Last Jedi and The Letters Page, I couldn’t help but notice all the floaty rocks in that trailer!

Hey hey Christopher and or Adam.

If we have questions about Felicia Parsons how should we label them? As Young Legacy, Beacon or Felicia Parsons - I am sure that you could find them under any of the three, but it helps to have a consensus for your ease of use right?

So one suggestion I'd make: Name the files after the date of publication, rather than the date of recording. Makes it easier to find that way.

So I posted La Comodora question as Maria Helena . . . .

Will your filters pick this up? I want to make sure you find the questions I posted about La Comodora. I am Pumped to listen to her podcast. So excited.

So if I heard right on the State of GTG video, they're apparently doing one Prime Warden a month and combining Captain Cosmic and Infinitor's episodes together.

This saddened me a bit when I heard that mentioned.  I thought he might have enough lore to him to fit into his own episode.  Guess I'll need to write up enough questions to fill an episode…

I'm personally guessing it's probably the other way around and it's Infinitor who doesn't have enough lore to rate his own episode.

Yeah you're probably right on that.  Though Infinitor is one of the few villains with a variant.

True, but even that variant overlaps with an event Captain Cosmic was a part of. Basically Captain Cosmic's story is "looking for his brother with a side of having occasional side adventures presumably mostly with the Prime Wardens", while Infinitor's story seems to be "being crazy with a side of occasionally terrorizing some poor mortals before Cosmic gets him to gain some sanity and oppose OblivAeon".

And then Tactics and RPG are both Captain Cosmic finally being totally his own person. So yeah, I'm guessing the logic was that Infinitor just doesn't have very much lore that doesn't overlap completely with Captain Cosmic's lore.

Poor Nigel. We don't even really know much about what he looks like, let alone what he was like personality-wise before going crazy.

It could also be that the two's story is so intertwined that it's just better to talk about both of them at one time than try to divide them up into one episode each. That makes enough sense in my mind since a) they're brothers, b) they share a power source, and c) I'd hazard a guess that they spend alot of time fighting with/searching for/trying to help one another.

And it's not like they haven't done this before.  Omnitron and Omnitron-X aren't really the same person even if they come from the same place.  Neither are Visionary and The Dreamer.  

Thank you I think the point has been beaten in on me at this point.   

Heh, sorry for the pile on. X3

I too want to hear all the things about Space Dad (and, er, Space Uncle?), since we don't really have a whole lot about Captain Cosmic as a person yet other than "cheerfully British". Also that he's a heroic lawyer. (Note to self: Ask what branch of law he's most trained in.)

Also, his Xtreme variant has the best dialogue. :D

Yeah, I think that is one of the coolest parts of the Letters Page, we get a lot more look into the personality of certain characters.

Sure, we knew a little about The Wraith, but I would never have guessed she fears crossing the line because she doesn't know if she'll be able to find her way back. I had never associated that with her before. Or AZ being the most philosophical of the Freedom Five and on and on. These are insights we just couldn't get any other way, and I love them

I think the truest tragedy of them talking about the Prime Warden members seperately is that we likely won't get much XTREEEEEEME content until the group episode. Seriously, I love the tongue-in-cheek nature of these promos.

Granted, even after their episodes there's a few characters where we still don't have much of a handle on their personalities. looks disappointedly at Nightmist and Argent Adept

True, but we still got something.

Argent is "like a man working on four master's degrees" that makes him harrowed, highly focused and yet distracted at the same time. He's insecure about what he does know, assuming others have more knowledge about what is going on because he still has so much to learn. He prefers resolving conflicts without fighting, and preserving life when possible in the case of that Portal Fiend egg.

It's all stuff I didn't know about him before that helps flesh him out.

Same sort of thing with Nightmist, especially since she was the "plucky daughter sidekick" of a detective for years, learning to rely on provable fact and denying magick and the arcane. I don't know if we knew that before. She's also immersed in her studies, but less frantically than Argent. She seems like she's confident in what she knows (taking on a student in Lillian) while still realizing how much bigger the world of magic is.

Man, I love these characters SO MUCH!

I know exactly what you mean. And i love the letters page, though I think my favorite episode so far was definately Haka. We got so much further into the character of the man than some other episodes, though that could be because his powers & background are simpler on the surface. Loved the whole "it's never the Haka show" that… Adam(i think) mentioned. Can't wait for the next letters page! ^.^

Then again I could be biased about the Haka episode they answered SoO many of my questions.

Haka does sem to be the moral compass of the Multiverse, doesn't he? I definitely have much more respect for him after his episode.

Is the Google form linked in the OP still active - is that what I should use to submit a question?  Or is there a better way?

The link to the form is this https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9aq1Kv7Y1eObnBj4fqhQzwI3rYfAKEyuzYzgyowNZKQxeRg/viewform and can be found on the Main Letters Page site at http://theletterspage.libsyn.com/

That seems to link to the same form as the one I used from the first post.  Thank you!

Something I am curious to know: why is the Letters Page so shy from brand names? In comparison other podcasts I listen to (eg Secret Cabal, Dice Tower) do not shy away from brand names at all.

Is this because of the 'type' of podcast? Letters Page deals with its own IP and should therefore tiptoe around other IPs, whereas the aforementioned podcasts deal with the review of IPs belonging to others.

It’s a running gag.  https://twitter.com/gtgchristopher/status/917736533066731520

Especially since it plays into the Sentinel Comics Publishing universe being its own thing. Can't have the same names in that version of our world; where's the fun in that?

Sentinels is hardly the only property to do this anyways: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yatter

That's hilarious. XD

And all I can think is, "Are hardcore users of the site known as Yattermen?"

Someone on Tumblr recently described the Letters Page as "two dudes talking about their OCs and making bad puns for an hour and a half" and I was like, "Yeah and people love to listen to it; Christopher and Adam are kinda getting to live every creator's dream right now as a result, aren't they?"

Yup, sounds about right. And I've been enjoying it so far.

If you had a podcast of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby discussing Marvel Comics, you could describe it exactly the same way.

I think I would add "bad voice acting" to the list, but fairly accurate

I see nothing wrong with that description.

Hey, folks! I was just looking at the schedule for November, and I realized that Adam and I are going to have to be recording all day tomorrow and Friday. We leave next Tuesday morning to go to Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged, and then the week we get back is the week of Thanksgiving, which Adam is traveling during. So! Here's what we have to record before we leave:

• Urban Settings: Megalopolis, Freedom Tower, Rook City, San Alonso, Maerynian Refuge, Mordengrad
• Blood Magic: Blood Countess & the Court of Blood, Bugbear, Hermetic
• Biomancer
• Editor’s Note #12

Whoof! That's a lot of stuff.

Anyway! Please send us your questions on those things ASAP!

Geez you guys won’t have any energy for other stuff after all of that.  Guess I’ve got some letters to write.  

I already sent in some Megalopolis and Blood Magic questions (at least I hope the latter made it in, as I accidentally sent it through BaconReader's built-in browser instead of my usual browser), so I just gotta finish writing down my Biomancer thoughts. :D

Edit: And there goes that letter too... whee!

I never know what questions to send in until it's too late anyway. D:

Same, and then I face-palm when I realize there were obvious questions I defintely should have asked.

If it makes you feel better, I can write letters with a bunch of questions and then still realize I forgot something. (Like when you tell Twitch you were off writing letters with lots of questions about [x] and Twitch is like "Did you ask about [thing y] for [x]" and you're like "uh... well... I should have, oops".)

You can always ask follow-up questions! That what Editor's Notes are for!

And we should still tag those followup questions with the character name, not "Editor's Note" or "Followup" or anything weird, right? I'm never sure if I should be going for the deck/character, or the episode it's going to be on, like with the Urban Settings...

Yeah, I felt a little confused, so I tagged my Megalopolis question as Megalopolis but labelled my Blood Magic questions as Blood Magic because my letter was mainly about blood magic as a general concept...

Yeah, just always tag your questions with what it's about. Baron Blade questions should be tagged "Baron Blade". Megalopolis questions should be tagged "Megalopolis". And so on and so forth.

Random question: If there was an editor's note style question where it was more about a topic about how it relates to multiple characters, is it better to ask individual questions for each hero, or group them together under with a tag under that topic?

I have a serious question about puns/one-liners and can't decide the best way to submit it.

Maybe you could tag that “The Publishing Universe” or “The Writers” or “Sentinel Comics?”

If it can be broken into questions about individual characters and tagged that way, it would be best. Otherwise, "Other" is good.

If I sent in a letter, but then wasn't sure if I tagged it, is it best to resubmit, or just hope for the best?

Pydro was providing a letter searching service a while back.  Try shooting him a PM.

They discuss it in detail on their Intellectual Property Podcast

Is'nt that the one they release on the 7th Sunday of every month?

Only if it falls on a Tuesday.

Yes but they always release an episode on Febuary 30th 

As long as the Moon loses her daughter.

I have a question that’s more of a general cosmic setting question than one of the particular environments, what should I label it?

Misc (Cosmic Settings) maybe?

"Cosmic Settings" is a good label for that!

The Time Travel episode will be recorded this coming Monday per twitter https://twitter.com/scletterspage/status/951959594695299072