This week The Wrap celebrated the holidays with a festive “ugly sweater” ride. Participants in the ride were encouraged to wear their “worst” combination of in-game gear for the 43km cruise along the new Coast Crusher route. Lots of in-game banter was had around all the diverse kits on display. Plenty were featured in the post-ride show in episode #75 but only one could come out as the winner on the day. Chris Wallner took the honors and right to be on the judge’s panel for next year’s festive ride!
Going by Chris Crush MS on Zwift, after getting the news of winning he said, “I can neither confirm nor deny purposely adding in the KOM gloves and the Pink visor! Knowing the audience and research paid off. It was the Zwift Steel bike and some supersonic wheels as well. Love the show clearly and I’ll happily be a Kit Elf judge next year.” Chris is obviously an avid listener of the podcast as each piece of riding attire seems to have been selected from Anna’s discreetly revealed “most despised” list of kit over the 75 episodes of The Wrap. Well done being so attentive to detail, Chris!
Other EP #75 topics include: Dealing with tech issues around zwifting, XP farming updates, and a bunny trail into possible future race formats for ZRL and game event in general. My personal favorite topic of the week is the potential of Zwift adding a place to “set up Fort Brag” after an event… or at least give all my excuses as to why I did not win! A post-event “space” in-game that is exclusive to an event for discussion, banter, debriefing, and congratulations is a long time coming. At the least a message board living on indefinitely in the Companion for us all to recognize each other’s achievements, talk thru tactics that were employed, and plan our next showdown!
0:00 Opening scene
3:38 Intro & Topics
5:55 What have we been up to: Anna ZRL racing and Nathan’s tech issues
14:42 How is XP farming going, leveling too easy now?
22:43 Festive Ugly Sweater ride rankings and winner!
37:50 Community Fashion pick
39:32 ZRL 2023 Round 2 Wrap-Up, format & course ratings, new ideas!
55:47 Stealth Updates? More workouts in club rides, PR notifications, social enhancements
1:06:00 Gun time vs Chip Time in events
1:10:00 Streaks, butterflies, & long animations worth the time?
1:12:55 Are riders leaning more in the pack?
1:14:42 More festive ride chatter
1:17:40 NPC Story Submission
1:20:20 Coming up, Teppi level 100 ride, Anna Ironman training and Nathan weight training
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